As is common practice with almost all professional Websites, this site uses digital “cookies”, which are tiny bits of data that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience and the operation of the Websites. This page describes what information is gathered, how the cookies are used, and why cookies sometimes need to be stored in your browser. You should know that you can prevent cookies from being stored; however, doing so may downgrade or “break” certain elements of the sites' functionality.

The first thing you should realize is that the Will Murray (Willscrlt) sites do not use cookies for "nefarious" purposes. In fact, these sites generally do not directly set any cookies. However, there are various content management systems that we use that set cookies in order to function properly (WordPress for blogging, the gallery software that displays images, contact and feedback forms, etc.). 

Unfortunately, there are not really any industry standard options for disabling cookies without disabling their related functionality and the features they add to these sites. It is recommended that you allow all cookies from this site if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use. 

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other Websites that you visit. Disabling cookies usually results in also disabling certain functionality and features of the site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The following types of cookies are used by the software that powers this Website. As such, they are the least likely to cause privacy concerns and the most likely to negatively impact your experience here if you disable them.

Cookies are used when you are logged in so that the site can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that only you can access restricted features and areas when logged in.

If you create an account with this site, then we cookies will be used for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out; however, in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences.

In order to provide you with a great experience on this site, cookies provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. Cookies are set so that this information can be recalled whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.

When you submit data to through a form, such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

This site may offer newsletter or email subscription services, and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications that might only be valid to subscribed / unsubscribed users.

From time to time, user surveys and questionnaires may be offered to provide interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand the site's user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

From time to time, new features may be tested and subtle changes may be made to the way that the site's content is delivered. During testing, new features may trigger cookies to ensure that you receive a consistent experience on the site, while also ensuring an understanding of which optimizations users appreciate the most. Note that these may be hosted locally or through third-parties.

In some cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter while using this site.

This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web, to help us understand how you use the site and ways that your experience can be improved. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit. This is invaluable for insight that helps to continue producing engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

We use additional third party analytics (most notably Microsoft and WordPress) to track and measure usage of this site. These cookies are similar to the Google Analytics cookies, but provide slightly different insight.

Social media buttons, feeds, and/or plugins are used in some places on this site. They allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, the social media sites probably will set cookies in your browser through our site that may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies. Examples might include Facebook, Instragram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, and WordPress, though we may change the social networks we connect to based on popularity, performance, or undesirable actions on their part.

Hopefully that has clarified things for you. You are free to disable cookies in your browser, but that may disable some of the functionality of this site. Therefore, if something appears to be broken, either ignore it (if minor) or test it again with cookies enabled (you can always delete all cookies from this site after testing). If thing still appear to not work, please let us know. You can use the following form to do so.

For more general information on cookies, you can read a Cookies Policy article from the site that helped generate parts of this policy. 

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