COOKIE POLICY
Last updated: 1 July 2026. Short version: almost none, and nothing optional runs unless you say yes.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser to remember things between visits — a preference, a session, a consent choice. They can't run programs or read your hard drive; they're notes, not spies. But some notes track you across the web, which is why the law and this page exist.
2. The cookies we use
When you first visit, our banner asks what you're comfortable with. Here is the complete inventory:
| Cookie | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| br_consent | Essential | Remembers your cookie choices so we don't ask on every page. | 12 months |
| Analytics cookies | Analytics (opt-in) | Would tell us which articles get read and roughly where readers come from, in aggregate. Set only if you enable Analytics. | Up to 24 months |
| Marketing cookies | Marketing (opt-in) | Used for advertising measurement. Set only if you enable Marketing. | Up to 24 months |
No analytics or marketing code loads before you consent — the site ships with all optional categories switched off, and our consent settings default every advertising and analytics signal to "denied" until you change them.
3. Changing your mind
Any time, two ways:
- Click "Cookie Settings" in the footer of any page and flip the switches; or
- Delete cookies for battlerelay.com in your browser — the banner will greet you again like an old friend.
4. Managing cookies in your browser
Every modern browser lets you view, block and delete cookies — look for "Privacy" or "Site data" in its settings (Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge all document this well). Blocking our essential cookie won't break the site; it just means we can't remember your consent choice between visits.
5. Third-party cookies
We load fonts from Google Fonts, which involves a request to Google's servers but does not set cookies on our pages. If we ever embed third-party content that sets its own cookies (for example a video player), it will be tied to the relevant consent category and listed in the table above before it ships.
6. Questions
Email [email protected]. For how we handle personal information generally, see the Privacy Policy.