Cookie policy
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to remember information between visits. Here's the complete list of what we set, it's short.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to remember information between visits, like keeping you signed in, remembering a shopping basket, or measuring traffic. They can be set by the site you're visiting (first-party) or by other services loaded on the page (third-party).
Our analytics (Cloudflare Web Analytics) is intentionally cookieless, it measures aggregate page views without placing anything on your device.
2. Cookies we set
We don't set any tracking cookies on this site. No advertising cookies, no retargeting cookies, no cross-site trackers, no third-party analytics cookies.
Stripe: checkout
Stripe sets cookies during the checkout flow. These are strictly necessary to process your payment securely and to detect fraud. They're set by Stripe when you start a checkout session, you can't opt out of them and still complete a purchase.
Cloudflare Turnstile: bot protection
We use Cloudflare Turnstile on the Ask Steve chat and the newsletter signup form. Turnstile
runs a silent challenge to verify you're a human rather than a bot. It may set short-lived
cf_chl_* cookies on challenges.cloudflare.com and write a
verification token to browser local storage within the scope of those forms. No personal
data is tracked; the sole purpose is spam and abuse prevention. This is strictly necessary
to run these features securely.
3. Analytics
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand how many people visit each page. It is cookieless and does not fingerprint visitors. We see aggregate numbers, not individuals. No cookie entry needed for this service.
4. Embedded content (YouTube)
Some pages embed videos from Steve's YouTube channel. Where possible we use YouTube's
youtube-nocookie.com privacy-enhanced embed, which doesn't set cookies until
you start playing a video. When you do play a video, YouTube (Google) may set its own
cookies, those are covered by Google's own cookie and privacy policies.
5. Why we don't show a cookie consent banner
We don't show a cookie consent banner because every cookie we set is strictly necessary: Stripe needs its cookies to process your payment, and Turnstile needs its cookie to protect against bots. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) exempts strictly necessary cookies from the consent requirement.
Cloudflare Web Analytics is cookieless, so it doesn't require a banner entry either. If we ever add non-essential cookies (for example, Meta Pixel, Google Ads, or a third-party chat widget) we'll add a proper consent banner at that point.
6. Managing cookies in your browser
You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings. Most browsers let you do this per-site:
Blocking Stripe's cookies will stop the checkout flow from working. Blocking Turnstile's cookie may prevent you from submitting the Ask Steve chat or the newsletter signup form.
7. Summary
| Source | Purpose | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Process payment + fraud prevention during checkout | Strictly necessary |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | Bot protection on Ask Steve + newsletter signup | Strictly necessary |
| Cloudflare Web Analytics | Aggregate page-view stats | Cookieless, no cookie set |
| YouTube (if you play a video) | Video playback + Google services | Third-party (loaded on play) |
8. Updates
If we add anything to the site that sets new cookies, we'll update this page. The "last updated" date at the top will reflect the most recent change.
See our privacy policy for what we do with the personal data we collect.
Roaming Radfords is a trading name of Yowzer Limited, a company registered in England & Wales (company number 05020429).
This policy was drafted as a starting point and should be reviewed for your specific use case. It is not a substitute for legal advice.