Cookie Policy
Last Updated: October 21, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how christophergorges.com (the "Site") uses cookies and similar technologies, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some are deleted when you close your browser ("session" cookies), and others stay until they expire or you delete them ("persistent" cookies). Cookies set by the website you are visiting are "first-party" cookies. Cookies set by another service that the website uses are "third-party" cookies.
Cookies We Use
Strictly necessary
These cookies make the Site work. They keep the Site secure, remember your cookie choices, keep items in your shopping cart, complete checkout, and keep you signed in to your beta reader account. They are set by Squarespace, our website host. These cookies are always on, because the Site cannot function properly without them.
Analytics
Squarespace's built-in analytics use cookies to tell us how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are visited and how people find us. We use this information only to improve the Site. These cookies are set only if you accept them.
Functional and third-party content
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Spotify players embedded on our Music page may set their own cookies when they load or when you use them.
These cookies are set only if you accept them, except where a service cannot work without them.
Advertising
We do not use advertising or targeting cookies, and we do not run ads on the Site.
When you click a link to Amazon, YouTube, or another website, that site may set its own cookies. This includes our Amazon affiliate links. Those cookies are governed by the other site's policies, not ours.
Your Choices
Cookie banner. On your first visit, a banner asks whether to accept non-essential cookies. To change your choice later, use the cookie preferences link that stays on the Site after you make a choice.
Browser settings. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies. If you block strictly necessary cookies, parts of the Site, such as beta reader sign-in, may not work.
California Residents
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, including through cookies. See our Privacy Policy for your rights.
Visitors in the EU, EEA, and UK
We place non-essential cookies only with your consent, and you can withdraw that consent at any time through the cookie banner.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. We will post changes here and update the "Last Updated" date.
Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy? Email chris@christophergorges.com.