No tracking cookies. Here is the short list of what there is.

Cookies

One, and only by invitation.

The public pages set no cookies at all. The single exception is a private invitation page for early readers: if you open it with an invitation code, one cookie (sps_gift) remembers that your code was accepted, so you are not asked again. It is strictly necessary for that page, it is not readable by scripts, it is never sent to anyone else, and it is not used to follow you.

Kept on your device

A few settings, never sent to us.

Your browser’s local storage holds small notes that stay on your device:

• which of the two looks of the site you chose (Solartime or Cybertime);
• whether you switched sound on, and how loud;
• your progress in the mini game and the timeline;
• a note that you have taken the book, so the page can thank you instead of asking again;
• today’s date, so one visit is counted once.

Clear your browser’s site data and all of it is gone.

Visitor counting

Counted, not followed.

We count page views and downloads ourselves, on our own server, without cookies. No IP address is stored, no profile is built, and nothing is shared with an advertising or analytics company. More on the privacy page.

Other companies

What loads from elsewhere.

The typefaces load from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address and browser type when a page loads; it sets no cookie here. The site is served by Cloudflare, which handles the request in order to deliver the page.

When you follow a link to Bookvault, The Great British Bookshop, Ko-fi, Telegram or a social platform, you are on their site and their cookie rules apply.

Your choice

Block the lot if you like.

Blocking cookies and local storage breaks nothing important: the book still downloads and every page still reads. Questions go to [email protected].