What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site work, remember your choices and understand how it is being used. Similar technologies such as local storage work in much the same way.

How we use cookies

We keep our use of cookies deliberately light. We use them to keep you signed in, to remember preferences such as light or dark mode, and to gather anonymous, aggregated statistics about how the directory is used. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

Types of cookies we use

Category	Purpose	Examples	Duration
Essential	Required for the site to function: signing in, security and remembering your session.	session, auth	Session to 12 months
Preferences	Remember choices such as light/dark mode and saved searches.	theme, recent	12 months
Analytics	Anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us improve the directory.	usage stats	Up to 24 months

Essential cookies are always on because the site cannot work without them. Preferences and analytics cookies are optional and set only with your consent.

Managing cookies

You can change your cookie choices at any time using our cookie preferences, and you can block or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Changes to this policy

If we change the cookies we use, we will update this policy and the “last updated” date above. Where required, we will ask for your consent again.