Cookie policy

Last updated: November 2026

The short version

Cookies are small text files a website saves on your device. Some are essential. Others count visits or remember things about you.

This site uses the essential ones, plus Google Analytics and Google Ads measurement only if you say yes when you first visit. If you say no, nothing is counted. YouTube and the podcast player may set their own cookies once you press play.

Cookies the site needs to work

• Spam protection on the contact form. Cloudflare Turnstile checks you are a person rather than a bot. It may set a short-lived cookie to do this.
• WordPress. If you leave a comment or log in, WordPress saves cookies so it remembers you. Most visitors will never see these.

Because these are strictly necessary, the law doesn't require us to ask first.

Videos and podcast episodes

Some pages have YouTube videos and Jentle and Brutal podcast episodes on them. Videos use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode, which means YouTube doesn't store information about you just because you visited the page. Once you press play, YouTube (owned by Google) and Buzzsprout, the podcast host, may set their own cookies or store information on your device. Their privacy policies explain what they do with it:

• Google privacy policy
• Buzzsprout privacy policy

If you'd rather avoid that, you can watch on YouTube directly or listen in your usual podcast app instead.

Counting visits (only with your permission)

If you say yes, Google Analytics counts how many people visit and which pages they read, and Google Ads measures whether someone who clicked one of my adverts went on to book. This is grouped data. I can't see who you are, and I don't use it to follow you around the internet. Google may keep these cookies for up to two years.

Your choice is stored on your device so you aren't asked on every page. Change your cookie choice at any time.

Fonts

The site's fonts are loaded from Google Fonts. This doesn't set cookies, but your browser does share your IP address with Google so the fonts can load.

Booking a call

The "Book a call" button takes you to my booking page, run by Acuity Scheduling. Acuity sets its own cookies while you're there. You can read about them in Acuity's cookie policy.

Managing cookies

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. If you block the essential ones, the contact form may not work, but you can always email me at jentle@jentle.org.

Changes

If I add anything else, I'll update this page.

For how I look after your personal information more generally, see the privacy policy.