Editorial & legal

Cookie notice

This notice explains the one small marker the Audio DSP Hub reference may place in your browser, what it does, and how to remove it. It is deliberately short, because the desk keeps almost nothing.

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text item that a site asks your browser to hold and to return on the next request. It exists so that a site can recognise the same visit across several pages, which would otherwise be impossible: each request arrives without any memory of the one before it. The same job can be done by other forms of browser storage, and this notice covers those too, because the practical effect for a reader is identical.

The one marker this desk uses

The Audio DSP Hub reference runs without a client-side layer, so it cannot track a reader from page to page in the way an interactive site does. At most, one short-lived session marker may be held so that a single visit remembers a reading preference, such as which question in the FAQ you opened. The marker holds a short random value and nothing else. It carries no name, no address, no history and no identifier that could be matched against another site.

The marker is cleared when the visit ends, or sooner if you clear your browser storage. It is not joined to the correspondence the desk receives, and it is not used to build a profile. Because it holds no personal detail, removing it changes nothing except that an open question may close when you move between pages.

What the desk does not do

The desk runs no interest-based advertising, places no third-party tracking item, and sells nothing that a marker could help to target. There is no analytics stack watching which articles are read, and no identifier shared with an advertising network. Where a hosting provider records ordinary server activity to keep the site reachable, that record is held by the provider for availability and abuse handling and is not joined to anything the desk writes.

Managing the marker

Because the reference holds nothing that identifies you, there is no consent dialogue to answer and no list of vendors to review. If you prefer to hold nothing at all, your browser can be set to reject storage for this domain, and every article will still read exactly as before. The only effect is that an open question in the FAQ may close when you leave the page.

To remove what is already held, use the clear-history or clear-storage control in your browser and choose to include site data. The static notice band at the foot of every page is a reminder that a marker may be present; it is present on every article, on the desk pages and on this notice, and it does not itself hold anything.

Why the notice is static

The reference is built without a client-side layer, which is a deliberate design choice: it keeps every article readable on a slow link, keeps the pages light, and removes a common source of tracking. A static notice is the honest companion to that choice. It states the position once, on every page, and leaves the decision with the reader rather than interrupting the first visit with a panel that must be dismissed before the text can be read.

Questions

Questions about this notice, or about the wider handling of material, go to the editorial desk, or to [email protected]. The broader position on correspondence and retention is set out in the privacy policy, and the conditions of reading are set out in the terms of service.

Last revised: 6 November 2026.