Cookie policy

What this website saves on your device, why, and how to clear it.

Last updated 1 November 2026

This website doesn't use cookies to track you or show you adverts. There's no Google Analytics, no Facebook pixel and no advertising of any kind. We do save a few small things in your own browser so the site works properly and remembers choices you've made. They're all listed below.

What's saved on your device

What it's forWhat it doesHow long

Bigger textcypc_bigtextRemembers if you turned on bigger text, so you don't have to do it on every page.Until you clear it

First visit messagecypc_seen_helloRemembers that you've seen the “First time here?” message, so it doesn't keep popping up.Until you clear it

Public questionscypc_pq_… and cypc_pqseen_…Remembers your answer to a public question, and that you've closed it.Until you clear it

Fair votingcypc_pub_devA random code so each device can only answer a public question once. It isn't linked to your name.Until you clear it

Have your saycypc_devA random code sent with Have your say messages, so we can stop spam. It isn't linked to your name.Until you clear it

Chatting with Rufuscypc_device and cypcRufusDeviceA random code sent with your chats, so the safeguarding lead can follow a conversation if someone may be unsafe, and so limits are fair. It isn't linked to your name.Until you clear it

Faster pagescypcSitePagesA saved copy of the campaign pages, so they open straight away next time.Until you clear it. Updated each visit

Our memberscypcSiteMembersA saved copy of the Our members page, so it opens straight away next time.Until you clear it. Updated each visit

Rufus's rulescypcRufusOkRemembers that you've read Rufus's rules during this visit.Until you close the tab

“Before you go” messagecypc_byeMakes sure the “before you go” message only shows once per visit.Until you close the tab

These are saved with your browser's local storage, which works like a cookie but is never sent to us on its own. Nothing here is shared with advertisers or used to build a profile of you.

How it works

Only what the site needs

Everything above is there to make the site work for you, keep it safe from spam and abuse, or remember something you chose, like bigger text. None of it follows you to other websites. That's why there's no cookie banner. If we ever add anything the site doesn't need, like visitor statistics from another company, we'll ask you first and update this page.

Other services

Our fonts come from Google Fonts, so your browser asks Google for them when a page opens, like it does on most websites. Google Fonts doesn't set cookies. When the site loads events or sends a message, it talks to CYPC's own system, which runs on Google; your browser doesn't send your Google sign-in with it.

Links to other websites

Links to places like Facebook, Childline or Google Maps only take you there if you tap them. Those websites have their own cookie policies, so check theirs too.

The members app

The CYPC members app saves more on members' devices, like their sign-in, so they stay signed in and it works without signal. That's explained in our Privacy policy and in the app.

Clearing it

You can delete all of it at any time with the button below, or by clearing your browser's history and website data. The site still works afterwards; it just forgets your choices.

Questions

Email [email protected]. You can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.