Monochromer (monochromer.cyou) uses cookies in a limited, unremarkable way — mostly to keep the site working properly and, where permitted, to understand which articles about modeling information processes are actually being read. This policy explains what cookies are, how they are used here, and how to manage them in the most common browsers.
1. What Cookies Are
A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser when you visit a website. It can be read again later by the site that set it, allowing that site to recognise repeat visits, remember choices, or measure how pages are used. Cookies do not, by themselves, identify a person by name; they identify a browser or device, and only become linked to an individual if combined with other information. Similar technologies, such as local storage, work in a comparable way and are treated the same for the purposes of this policy.
2. How This Site Uses Them
Cookies appear on Monochromer in three ordinary situations: keeping track of the choice made in the cookie banner itself, remembering small display preferences such as whether a note has already been dismissed, and — only with consent — measuring aggregate traffic so that we understand which topics, from data collection scenarios to transmission between parties, draw attention. No cookie on this site is used for advertising, and none is used to build a profile that follows a visitor across unrelated websites.
3. Categories of Cookies
The table below sets out the categories in use, with representative examples of name, purpose, and retention period. Exact cookie names may vary slightly depending on the analytics configuration in place at a given time.
| Category | Example name | Purpose | Retention period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | mc_consent | Stores the choice made in the cookie banner so it is not shown again unnecessarily | 12 months |
| Essential | mc_session | Maintains basic site functionality during a single visit, such as remembering scroll position between pages | Session (deleted on browser close) |
| Preference | mc_pref_layout | Remembers small display preferences, such as a dismissed notice | 6 months |
| Analytics | mc_an_id | Distinguishes returning visitors in aggregate, without identifying an individual, to measure article engagement | 14 months |
| Analytics | mc_an_session | Groups page views into a single visit for traffic reporting | 30 minutes |
4. Managing Cookies
Cookie preferences on this site can be changed at any time using the 'Cookie settings' link in the footer, which reopens the consent banner and allows preference and analytics categories to be adjusted independently. Essential cookies cannot be switched off through the banner, since the site would not function correctly without them, but they can still be removed through browser settings if desired.
Cookies can also be controlled directly through most browsers:
Google Chrome: open Settings, go to Privacy and security, select Cookies and other site data, and choose to block or remove cookies for specific sites or all sites. Existing cookies can be viewed and deleted individually from the same menu.
Mozilla Firefox: open Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and under Cookies and Site Data choose Manage Data to view or remove stored cookies, or adjust the general blocking level for future visits.
Safari: open Preferences, go to the Privacy tab, and use Manage Website Data to view or remove cookies, or enable options to block cookies from third parties and advertisers.
Microsoft Edge: open Settings, go to Cookies and site permissions, select Manage and delete cookies and site data, and adjust or remove entries for specific sites as needed.
Disabling all cookies, including essential ones, may affect how parts of the site behave, such as the cookie banner reappearing on every visit.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Where analytics tools are used, they may set their own cookies under their own domains, subject to their own retention and processing practices. We select analytics providers configured to aggregate data rather than build individual advertising profiles, and we do not permit third-party advertising cookies on this site. Any external links followed from an article lead to sites with their own, separate cookie practices, which this policy does not cover.
6. Changes
This policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes in the cookies actually used, in applicable guidance, or in the tools relied on for analytics. The date at the top of the page reflects the most recent revision, and material changes will be described here rather than announced elsewhere.
7. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to support@monochromer.cyou, by phone at +44 7700 900094, or by post to Unit 22, 3 Kingsway, M4 4ZX Manchester, United Kingdom, during the hours Monday to Friday 09:30–18:30, Saturday 09:00–15:00, Sunday closed (Europe/London). Related information can also be found in the Privacy Policy.