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Cookie & Analytics Notice
Last updated: 27 September 2026
This notice explains how dan-mekinec.com uses browser storage, cookies, and analytics technologies.
1. Necessary storage
The website may use browser storage where necessary to remember your analytics consent preference.
This preference is currently stored in your browser's localStorage so that the website can remember whether you allowed or rejected analytics.
This storage is used only to remember your privacy preference.
2. Google Analytics
The website uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site.
Google Analytics is disabled by default and is only loaded after you actively choose to allow analytics.
Analytics may collect information such as:
- pages visited;
- interactions with the website;
- approximate geographic information;
- browser and device information;
- traffic source;
- session and usage information.
The website does not currently use Google Analytics advertising, remarketing, or Google Signals features.
3. Analytics cookies
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Used to distinguish users and support website usage measurement.
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Used to maintain session and analytics information associated with the site's Google Analytics 4 property.
In the current live implementation, these cookies are created only after analytics consent. Their effective lifetime can depend on Google Analytics configuration and browser limits.
4. Analytics data retention
The Google Analytics property is currently configured with:
- Event data retention: 2 months
- User data retention: 14 months
These retention controls apply to certain user-level and event-level data. Aggregated reporting data may be retained differently by Google Analytics.
5. Consent
Analytics is only enabled after you select Allow analytics.
You may reject analytics without losing access to the website.
There are currently no separate marketing, advertising, or personalization cookie categories because the website does not use those technologies.
6. Changing or withdrawing consent
You can change your decision at any time using the Analytics settings link available on the website.
If you withdraw consent:
- Google Analytics will no longer be loaded on future page loads;
- Google Analytics cookies created by this site are removed where the browser allows the site to remove them;
- withdrawing consent does not affect analytics processing that occurred while valid consent was active.
7. Other third-party technologies
The website does not currently use advertising pixels, remarketing technologies, embedded YouTube or Vimeo players, Google Maps embeds, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, third-party contact forms, or newsletter signup tools.
If additional tracking or embedded services are introduced in the future, this notice and the consent controls will be updated.
8. Contact
For questions about cookies, analytics, or privacy on this website, contact:
Dan Mekinec
dan@dan-mekinec.com