What we use
The site uses a single essential cookie to store your cookie choice. If you opt in to analytics, Google Analytics 4 may then set first-party measurement cookies in your browser.
Cookies
Cookie preferences and policy.
This site uses one essential cookie to remember your preference and treats Google Analytics as optional. Analytics cookies stay off unless you actively choose "Accept all cookies".
Last updated April 24, 2026. This page explains what the site stores in your browser and gives you a direct way to change your choice at any time.
Current preference
No optional cookie choice has been saved yet.
Until you opt in, the site keeps analytics disabled and only uses the cookie needed to remember your later choice.
How to change preferences
You can revisit this page or use the "Cookie settings" link in the footer at any time. If you switch back to essential-only cookies, the site clears existing Google Analytics cookies that it can access on this domain.
Essential cookie
frank_cookie_consent
Purpose: stores whether you accepted all cookies or chose essential-only cookies.
Duration: up to 180 days from your most recent choice.
Optional analytics cookies
Google Analytics 4
Only loaded after you choose "Accept all cookies".
Cookies may include _ga and _ga_<container-id> to distinguish visitors and persist session state.
Google documents a default lifetime of 2 years for these cookies, although some browsers shorten first-party cookie lifetimes.
Consent mode behavior before opt-in
This site uses Google Consent Mode with analytics storage denied by default. That means Google Analytics can receive denied consent signals and cookieless measurement pings before you opt in, but analytics cookies are not read or written unless you explicitly accept all cookies.
Why analytics is opt-in here
This site treats analytics as optional because EU cookie rules generally require consent before analytics cookies are stored, except for a narrow exemption that many mainstream analytics tools do not meet. Consent mode lets the site communicate your denied or granted choice to Google while keeping analytics cookies blocked until you opt in.