Cookie Policy

Last updated on 18 September 2026.

This is a static website. It sets no cookies of its own for advertising or profiling, and it loads nothing from a third party until you allow it. Your choice is split into three categories, which you can change at any time.

1. Strictly necessary

Always on, and the only thing in this category is the cookie that remembers this consent choice itself — mds_consent. Without it you would be asked again on every page. It is set on .marcodistefano.com so the answer is shared between the www and non-www addresses.

2. Analytics — off until you allow it

Google Analytics 4, used to count visits and see which pages are read, with IP addresses anonymised. If you decline, the Google script is never loaded and none of its cookies are set.

3. External media — off until you allow it

Videos hosted on YouTube and players from Spotify. Until you enable this category, each player is replaced by a placeholder and nothing at all is requested from YouTube or Spotify — not even the thumbnail, which is served from this site instead. Once enabled, those services may set cookies and will receive your IP address under their own policies. Videos still need a second click before the player itself loads.

Visitors outside the EEA and the UK are not gated on this category, since the prior-consent requirement does not apply to them.

4. Changing your choice

Use the button below — or the “Manage cookies” link in the footer of every page — to reopen the preferences panel. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it.

Manage cookies

5. Questions

See the privacy statement for how personal data is handled, or write to info@marcodistefano.com.