Cookie policy
This site and the Shardana site are built to work without profiling cookies and without advertising. Here is what is stored on your device and how to change your choices.
1. What the site stores in your browser
The site sets no cookies of its own during normal browsing. It uses your browser’s local storage (localStorage) to remember three preferences, which stay on your device and are not sent to the server:
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
am-consent |
Remembers the choice you made in the banner | 6 months, then the banner reappears |
am-a11y |
Accessibility settings (text, contrast, animations) | Until you reset them |
am-sound |
Site sounds on or off | Until you change it |
Preferences apply separately to alessandromelia.it and shardana.alessandromelia.it.
2. Anonymous statistics
Visit counting uses no cookies or other identifiers and does not store your IP address. You can switch it off in “Cookie preferences”; it switches itself off if your browser sends “Do Not Track” or “Global Privacy Control”.
3. Form protection
Pages with a form load Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that a person is submitting it. It is a necessary security tool: to work it may use technical storage in the browser, with no advertising purpose.
4. External content
Steam widgets and YouTube videos stay blocked until you allow them, from the banner or with the button on the item itself. Once loaded, Valve and Google may set their own cookies under their own policies.
5. Changing your choices
Open “Cookie preferences” at any time from the bottom of every page. You can also clear the site’s data from your browser settings.
6. Contact
Controller: Alessandro Melia (contact form). More details in the privacy policy.