Privacy / Transparency
Cookie
policy.
A simple explanation of what this site stores, why it matters, and how you stay in control.
Updated / September 2026Always on
Essential
Keeps the site and your preference working.
Optional
Analytics
Only loads after you choose to accept.
Changeable
Your choice
Reject or revisit your decision at any time.
01 / Overview
Your privacy should be easy to understand.
This website uses essential storage to work properly. With your permission, it also uses optional analytics technologies to understand traffic and improve the experience. You can reject analytics and continue using the site.
03 / What we use
Two simple categories.
Essential cookies
The ridney_cookie_consent cookie remembers your consent choice for up to one year. It is necessary for the consent experience and does not track your activity.
Analytics cookies
Google Analytics pageview measurement and the third-party social feed load only after you choose to accept analytics. They are not loaded when you reject optional cookies.
04 / Cookie inventory
What may be stored.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type / duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| ridney_cookie_consent | Ridney Silva | Remembers whether optional analytics was accepted or rejected. | First-party / 1 year |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Measures visits and pageview activity after analytics consent. | Third-party analytics / Google-configured duration |
| Elfsight storage | Elfsight | Supports the optional social feed when the widget is enabled. | Third-party / Provider-configured duration |
Third-party names, cookie names, and retention periods can change when providers update their services. This inventory is reviewed against the current site implementation and provider documentation.
05 / Third-party services
Some tools are outside this site.
Google Analytics and Elfsight are external services. They are not controlled by Ridney Silva and may change their own cookies, technologies, terms, or retention periods. Optional third-party tools are loaded only after analytics consent.
06 / Your choices
You stay in control.
Choose “Reject analytics” in the consent banner to opt out. To show the banner again, clear the ridney_cookie_consent cookie in your browser. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.
07 / Further reading
The guidance behind this approach.
Our consent pattern is informed by European Commission cookie-policy principles and the UK Information Commissioner's Office guidance: explain each technology, identify providers and duration where possible, separate essential and optional technologies, and provide a simple way to withdraw consent.
Read the European Commission policy Read the ICO guidanceWe may update this policy when our technologies or legal obligations change. Please check this page periodically for the latest version.