Cookie policy

Last updated: 25 August 2026

This page explains the cookies and browser storage osky.uk uses today. A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores in your browser. We keep this policy short because we do not use advertising or analytics trackers.

Cookies we do not use

We do not use analytics, advertising or social-media tracking cookies, and we do not run any third-party tracking scripts.

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary means essential to provide a feature you have chosen to use.

• Cloudflare Turnstile
  • Purpose: Runs a security check when you submit a form and may set cookies while it checks that the submission is not from a bot. This protects the site from spam and abuse.
  • Consent needed? No. It is essential to process the form you have chosen to submit.

The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) are UK rules covering cookies, similar browser storage and electronic marketing. They normally require a website to explain this storage and ask for consent before using it. Consent is not needed when the storage is essential to provide an online service the user has requested. We rely on this exception for Turnstile, so we do not show a cookie banner for it.

If we later add anything that requires consent, we will ask first and update this policy.

Browser local storage (not cookies)

Local storage is another way a website can save information in your browser, and PECR covers it too. Unlike cookies, local-storage values are not automatically sent to a site's servers. Our site reads these values in your browser but does not send them to our servers or use them to identify you. We use local storage for two preferences:

• Theme preference - remembers whether you chose light or dark mode.
• Idea votes - remembers which ideas you have already upvoted or downvoted on the ideas board, so you cannot vote twice from the same browser.

Managing cookies and local storage

You can block or delete cookies and local storage through your browser settings. Blocking Turnstile may stop you from submitting our forms because the security check cannot run. Clearing local storage will reset your theme preference and the vote history saved in that browser.

Questions

Contact [email protected] with any questions about this policy. See also our privacy notice.