The SH Info approach to cookies
SH Info runs an essentials-only cookie posture. The site uses only cookies that are strictly necessary to serve the pages correctly and to remember one or two low-value preferences that improve the reader experience on repeat visits. The site does not run advertising cookies, does not run analytics cookies that identify individual readers and does not embed third-party tracking pixels for behavioural profiling. This is a policy choice; the site could technically host more instrumentation and chooses not to.
What cookies SH Info sets
Two categories of first-party cookies may be set when a reader visits sleephearty.com. First, a small session cookie is used by the web server to keep the connection between the browser and the origin stable while a page is being requested. This cookie expires when the browser tab is closed. Second, a preference cookie may be used to remember a reader's choice between the standard and reduced-motion presentation of the review pages, so the choice persists across visits without requiring the reader to set it again. That cookie expires after twelve months. Neither cookie contains personally identifying information; both are technical helpers.
What SH Info does not set
SH Info does not set cookies for advertising, behavioural targeting, cross-site tracking, remarketing lists, conversion attribution, A/B testing platforms, session replay, heatmap capture or any similar instrumentation. The site does not embed content from advertising networks that would set cookies on the reader's behalf. Where external links appear on the site — restricted to the Responsible Play section and a small number of Wikipedia and legislation.gov.au references — those links open in a new tab and any cookies set by those third parties are set under their own privacy policies. SH Info has no visibility into third-party cookies set by external destinations.
Managing cookies in your browser
All modern browsers let readers view, block or delete cookies through settings. Blocking cookies from sleephearty.com will not prevent the site from loading; the site is designed to be usable with cookies disabled. The reduced-motion preference will simply need to be reselected on each visit if the preference cookie is blocked or deleted. Blocking cookies globally is a defensible privacy stance and SH Info will not attempt to circumvent it. See your browser's documentation for the specific steps — Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge all publish clear cookie-management guides.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
SH Info honours the Do Not Track browser header where it is sent. Because the site does not run tracking cookies for behavioural profiling to begin with, honouring DNT is straightforward — nothing changes about how the site is served, because no tracking would occur regardless. Global Privacy Control signals are treated the same way. The site's baseline behaviour meets the request that these signals convey.
Changes to this policy
If SH Info's cookie posture changes materially — for example, if analytics instrumentation is added in future — this policy will be updated with a new date and the change will be summarised at the top of the page for a reasonable period. Any material change will be accompanied by an equivalent update to the privacy policy, so readers can see the full picture of how information handling has changed at once.
Questions
Questions about SH Info's cookie posture can be sent to [email protected]. The editorial desk will answer reasonable questions within a reasonable timeframe.