Cookie notice

Last updated 2026-05-29

The short version: this site does not track you. There are no analytics cookies, no advertising cookies, and no third-party trackers. This page explains the little that the site does store, so you know exactly what is going on. For the bigger picture, see the privacy page.

What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text file a website saves in your browser so it can remember something between pages or visits. The same idea covers related browser storage like localStorage, which this site uses instead of cookies for your settings. In this notice, "cookie" covers all of it.

What this site uses, by category

Strictly necessary

The site is hosted on Netlify, which may set a small number of essential cookies needed to serve and secure the pages, such as load-balancing or basic security cookies. These cannot be turned off because the site cannot work without them. When you send a form, Netlify also processes that request. These are session or short-lived cookies.

Functional (your preferences)

When you change the theme or use the accessibility panel, the site saves those choices in your browser's localStorage under the keys yc-theme and yc-a11y. They stay on your device until you clear them and they let the site open the way you left it. They are first-party only and they never leave your browser.

Analytics and advertising

None. The site sets no Google Analytics, no Microsoft Clarity, no Meta or Google advertising pixels, and no marketing cookies of any kind. Nothing about your visit is sold, shared, or sent to an ad network.

How long things last

Essential hosting cookies are session or short-lived and expire on their own. The preference values you set are persistent and remain until you remove them.

Third parties

The only service in the picture is the host, Netlify, and only for hosting and form delivery. No advertising or analytics third parties are involved.

How to control or clear them

You are in control: open the accessibility panel and use "Reset all" to clear your saved preferences, or clear cookies and site data for yochino.com in your browser settings at any time. Doing so only resets your preferences; it does not break the site.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Because the site does not track visitors or sell data, there is nothing to opt out of. If your browser sends a Do Not Track (DNT) or Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, it is respected by default, since no tracking happens either way.

Questions

Email yochino@gmail.com.