Cookies

Cookies, and why there are none.

Short version: this site sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and stores nothing in your browser unless you press play on a video.

Last updated 2026-09-07

What this site sets

Nothing. No cookies, no local storage, no session storage, no tracking pixels, no fingerprinting, and no advertising tags. You will not see a consent banner here because there is nothing to consent to.

What the host records

Vercel, which serves this site, writes standard server logs containing your IP address, the page requested, and your browser user agent. That is the ordinary record any web server keeps in order to run and to defend itself. It is not a cookie and it does not follow you between sites.

Video

The speaking page includes a recorded talk hosted on YouTube. The video does not load until you click it. Nothing is requested from YouTube or Google before that click, so no third-party cookie is set by simply reading the page.

Once you click play, YouTube loads in privacy-enhanced mode. Google may still record the view and set storage in your browser at that point, under its own terms. If you would rather it did not, do not press play, and watch the talk on YouTube directly instead.

Payment

Paying for a session sends you to a checkout page hosted by Stripe. Stripe sets its own cookies there for fraud prevention and to make the payment work. Those are Stripe cookies on a Stripe page, governed by the Stripe privacy policy, and this site cannot read them.

Fonts and styles

Typefaces are served by Google Fonts. That request tells Google your IP address and browser, but sets no cookie and is not used to identify you.

Controlling all of it

Because this site sets nothing, there is nothing here to switch off. Your browser settings control what YouTube, Stripe and Google can store, and every major browser lets you block third-party storage entirely.