Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function correctly, to improve user experience, and to provide information to the website's operators. Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information on their own, but they may be linked to other data we hold about you.

This policy applies to tarnola.info only. Third-party services linked from this site operate under their own cookie policies, which we encourage you to review.

2. Categories of Cookies We Use

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of the website. They enable navigation between pages, allow the cookie consent banner to record your preferences, and support the security of the site. Essential cookies cannot be disabled without affecting core website functionality. They do not collect data used for marketing or analytics.

Examples of essential cookies on this site include:

• cookie_consent — records your cookie preference selection. Duration: 12 months.
• PHPSESSID — session identifier used by the web server for standard page delivery. Duration: session (deleted when browser is closed).

2.2 Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we use anonymised analytics cookies to understand how readers navigate and engage with the journal's content. This data helps us improve the publication and is not used for advertising purposes. Analytics cookies are only placed if you select "Accept All" or "Accept Selected" in the cookie banner.

Analytics cookies collect information such as: pages visited, time on page, referring URLs, and general geographic region (country level). They do not collect your name, contact details, or precise location.

2.3 Third-Party Functional Cookies

Certain content on this site loads resources from third-party services — including fonts (Fontshare, Google Fonts), JavaScript libraries (jsDelivr, Cloudflare), and an embedded map on the Contact page (Google Maps). These services may place their own cookies independently. Their use is governed by the respective privacy and cookie policies of those services.

Where the Google Maps iframe is loaded on the Contact page, Google may set cookies related to the map interaction. These are subject to Google's own privacy terms.

3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit tarnola.info, a cookie consent banner is shown at the bottom of the screen. You have three options:

• Accept All — enables essential and analytics cookies.
• Accept Selected — you may select which non-essential categories to enable.
• Essential Only — only cookies necessary for basic site functioning are placed.

You may revisit and change your preference at any time by selecting "Cookie Settings" in the footer of any page on this site.

You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies entirely, delete cookies already placed, or set notifications when a new cookie is being set. Note that refusing certain cookies may affect the functioning of some features on this site.

4. Browser-Level Cookie Control

The following links provide guidance on managing cookies in common browsers:

• Google Chrome: settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: settings → Cookies and site permissions

Disabling cookies at browser level will override any preferences set through the consent banner on this site.

5. Cookie Retention Periods

Cookies placed by tarnola.info are retained for the following periods:

• Essential / consent cookies: up to 12 months from the date of consent
• Session cookies: deleted when the browser session ends
• Analytics cookies (where consented): up to 26 months, after which data is anonymised or deleted

Third-party cookies are subject to the retention periods set by the relevant service providers.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable regulation. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will indicate the most recent revision. We recommend checking this page periodically if you have questions about how cookies are used on this site.

7. Contact

For questions about this cookie policy or your data preferences, write to:

Tarnola Journal
61 Thornhill Road, London N1 1HW, United Kingdom
London EC1N 6TP
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]