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    Cookie Policy for Handwritium

    Effective Date: May 3, 2026 Last Updated: May 3, 2026

    1. What are Cookies?

    Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

    2. How Handwritium Uses Cookies

    We use a very limited number of cookies to ensure our site is functional and to understand how readers interact with our library. We categorize our cookies into two types:

    A. Strictly Necessary Cookies (WordPress Core)

    Because Handwritium is built on WordPress, certain cookies are essential for the technical operation of the site. These include:

    • Security Cookies: To prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.

    • Session Cookies: To maintain the stability of your connection to our server while you are reading.

    • Admin/Login Cookies: These generally only apply to the site owner (Resteer John L. Lumbab) and are not used for general visitors since account creation is disabled.

    B. Performance and Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

    We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to see which books are the most popular and how many people visit the site.

    • Data Collected: These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, such as the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.

    • Anonymization: We prioritize your privacy and attempt to anonymize data wherever possible.

    3. Our “Privacy First” Implementation

    Unlike many websites, Handwritium is programmed to respect your browser’s “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal.

    • If your browser is set to “Do Not Track,” our website will detect this signal and completely block the Google Analytics cookies from loading.

    • In this case, only the “Strictly Necessary” WordPress cookies will remain.

    4. Third-Party Cookies

    While we do not serve invasive advertisements, our site uses WordPress plugins (such as Site Kit by Google or Fictioneer) which may occasionally set cookies to ensure their features function correctly. We do not control these third-party cookies directly.

    5. Your Choices: How to Manage Cookies

    You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.

    • Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.

    • Google Analytics Opt-out: To provide visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed an Opt-out Browser Add-on.

    • “Do Not Track”: We highly recommend enabling the “Do Not Track” feature in your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari) to automatically opt-out of analytics tracking on Handwritium.

    6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

    We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed.

    7. Contact Us

    If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us: Email: support@handwritium.org

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