Cookie policy

Last updated: 11 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how benjaminpnewton.com, the personal website of Benjamin P. Newton, uses cookies. It covers what cookies are, which ones this site sets, and what they are for. For how personal information is handled more generally, see the Privacy Policy.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. They let a site remember things between page loads, such as a preference you set or the fact that you are signed in. A cookie set by the site you are visiting is a "first-party" cookie. This site uses only first-party cookies.

The cookies this site uses

Every cookie the site actually sets today is strictly necessary or functional: it exists to make the site work or to remember a choice you made. None of them track you, and the site sets no analytics or advertising cookies at this time.

• _bpn_theme remembers whether you chose a light or dark appearance, so the site opens the way you left it.
• _bpn_auth keeps you signed in while you manage your subscription, so you do not have to sign in again on every page.
• _bpn_flash is a short-lived cookie that carries a one-time message (for example, a confirmation or an error) from one page to the next, then clears itself.
• _bpn_pending is a short-lived cookie used during a sign-in or subscription step to hold the state of that flow until it completes.
• _bpn_consent remembers your cookie preferences (below), so the site does not have to ask you again on every visit.

Cookie consent and optional cookies

The site may show a short consent banner asking whether you accept optional analytics and advertising cookies. To be clear about what that means today: the site sets no analytics or advertising cookies at present. The banner records your preference in advance, so that if such cookies are ever added, they are only set for people who have accepted them.

Your choice is stored in the _bpn_consent cookie. Analytics and advertising are off by default, and you can review or change your choice at any time on the cookie preferences page. Declining optional cookies never stops the site from working, because the functional cookies above are all it actually needs.

If analytics or advertising cookies are added later

If I add analytics or advertising cookies in future, they will be opt-in: they will not be set unless you have accepted them through the consent banner or the preferences page. This policy will be updated to list any such cookie before it is used.

Controlling cookies in your browser

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Because the cookies listed above are functional, blocking them may stop parts of the site from working, such as staying signed in or remembering your appearance choice.

Contact

If you have any question about cookies on this site, please use the contact form.