Cookie Policy | NoSuchDevice.com Analytics Cookies

What NoSuchDevice.com stores in your browser, why it happens, and how much control you have over it.

NoSuchDevice.com is a one-person project. There is no advertising system, no user account layer, no comment tracking, and no hidden marketing stack. The only analytics tool intentionally used on the site is Google Analytics 4. Google Search Console is used to understand search visibility, not to place visitor cookies through the website.

The short version

NoSuchDevice.com uses cookies for basic traffic measurement through Google Analytics 4. The data helps me see which articles are read, which pages fail, and how people find the site.

I do not sell cookie data. I do not use advertising cookies. I do not run remarketing, behavioral ad targeting, account profiling, or visitor-level sales tracking.

The site can still be read if analytics cookies are blocked. You may delete, block, or limit cookies through your browser at any time.

What cookies are used

The site uses Google Analytics 4 through the Google tag. GA4 may set first-party analytics cookies in your browser. First-party means the cookies are stored under NoSuchDevice.com, although the analytics processing is handled by Google.

Cookie name	Provider	Purpose	Typical duration
_ga	Google Analytics 4	Used to distinguish one browser from another for analytics measurement.	Up to 2 years
_ga_KL813PKN21	Google Analytics 4	Used to maintain session state for the NoSuchDevice.com GA4 property.	Up to 2 years

Cookie names and durations can change if Google changes its tag behavior or if the analytics setup is modified later. If a material change happens, this page will be updated.

Google Analytics 4

Google Analytics 4 helps measure aggregate activity on NoSuchDevice.com. It can process information such as pages viewed, approximate location, device type, browser type, referral source, and session activity.

The purpose is site operation and editorial judgment: knowing what readers use, where navigation breaks, and which topics deserve more work. The purpose is not to identify individual readers.

You can block Google Analytics by using browser privacy settings, browser extensions, or the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on:

Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Google Search Console

Google Search Console is used to understand how NoSuchDevice.com appears in Google Search. It shows search queries, impressions, clicks, crawl issues, indexing status, and related search performance data.

Search Console does not work like a normal website analytics tracker. It is not a visitor-facing script used to follow readers across pages. It helps a site owner understand how Google crawls, indexes, and serves the site in Search.

What is not used

NoSuchDevice.com does not intentionally use the following cookie categories:

Advertising cookies
Remarketing cookies
Affiliate tracking cookies
Shopping cart cookies
Account login cookies for public readers
Comment cookies
Social media tracking pixels

If a third-party feature is added later, such as embedded video, newsletter software, ads, paid membership tools, or a comment system, this policy will be updated before or at the time of launch.

How to control cookies

You can control cookies in several ways:

Delete cookies already stored in your browser.
Block all cookies or only third-party cookies.
Use private browsing mode.
Install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Use browser extensions that block analytics scripts.

Blocking analytics cookies does not stop you from reading articles on NoSuchDevice.com. Some browser-level blocking may change how external media loads if embedded content is added later.

Consent and future changes

If NoSuchDevice.com adds a cookie consent tool later, it will be used to manage analytics choices more directly. Until then, cookie control happens through browser settings and analytics opt-out tools.

If the site adds advertising, accounts, comments, embedded media, newsletter tools, donation widgets, or other third-party scripts that place cookies, the cookie table above will change. The date below reflects the last meaningful update.