Essential
Session handling
Keeps you recognised while you move between pages, so a form you started is not emptied when you open a guide in a new tab. These cookies expire when your session ends.
Legal & privacy
Last updated 5 November 2026.
Cookie Policy
What cookies are, which ones this site uses, and how you can control them from your own browser.
Plain-language terms for solidshift.info, written for the desk professionals who read our ergonomics guides.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website asks your browser to store on your device. Each one holds a short piece of information, and your browser sends it back to the site the next time you open a page. That is the whole mechanism: a name, a value, and a lifespan.
They exist because the web has no memory of its own. Without them, a site would treat every page load as your first visit, and simple things like keeping a form filled in while you switch tabs would not work. Cookies can last for a single browsing session or stay on your device for a set period, and you can remove either kind at any time.
This policy covers solidshift.info only. Pages we link to from our guides, or any service you reach through a separate link, publish their own cookie information.
One policy page, no banner clutter — the site-wide notice handles the rest.
Cookies we use
Two groups cover everything running on this site. Essential cookies are the ones the site cannot work without. Analytics cookies are optional, and the site still reads fine without them.
Essential
Security and load balancing
Confirms that a request came from your browser and not from a script, and sends your visit to the server that can answer it fastest. Short-lived by design.
Analytics
Readership measurement
Counts visits to pages such as the ergonomic chair guide and the workstation setup walkthrough, and shows which sections people scroll past. Reports are aggregated; we do not build a profile of you.
Analytics cookies are the only group that is genuinely optional here. If you would rather not be counted, blocking them changes nothing about how the guides load or how a page reads.
What we do not use
No advertising profiling, and no selling of cookie data.
Nothing on this site follows you onto other websites to build an interest profile, and we do not pass cookie information to data brokers or advertisers. The only reason a cookie is set here is to run the site or to count visits.
Read the full data handling terms in our Privacy Policy.
Third-party cookies
When an analytics script loads on one of our pages, the provider that hosts it can set its own cookie. We do not control those files, and each provider handles the data under its own published terms.
What gets set
A small identifier that lets the provider tell one visit apart from another, plus a timestamp. Nothing that names you.
Who sees it
The provider receives the page address you opened and basic device information such as browser and screen size.
Your route out
Blocking third-party cookies in your browser stops most of these files from being written at all.
If a provider changes what it collects, the update appears in that provider's own policy, not here. We will note any change to which providers we use on this page.
Managing cookies
Every mainstream browser lets you see the cookies stored on your device, delete individual ones, and block whole categories. The exact wording differs, so look for the privacy or site data section in your browser's settings or help pages.
Step by step
A short route through your settings
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Open your browser's settings and find the privacy, security or site data section. Most browsers place it two clicks from the main menu.
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Review the list of stored cookies for solidshift.info. You can remove individual entries or clear everything at once.
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Decide what to block. Turning off third-party cookies handles most analytics; turning off all cookies is the strictest option.
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Check the site afterwards. If something looks broken, re-enable essential cookies and leave the rest off.
If you block essentials
The site will still load, but a form you started may reset when you change pages, and the browser may ask you to confirm every step again.
Private browsing
A private or incognito window discards cookies when you close it, which is a quick way to browse without leaving anything behind.
Control stays with you — the browser is where cookies are turned on and off.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when the tools running on the site change. The version published on this page is the current one, and the date at the top tells you when it last changed.
If an update affects what you can control, we will describe it in plain words here rather than leaving you to compare two versions. Older wording is not kept on the site.
Questions about cookies
If something in this policy is unclear, write to us and we will explain which cookie is doing what. We answer during our working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Common questions
The questions we get most often about cookies on this site.
Do I have to accept cookies to read the guides?
No. Every guide on this site opens without analytics cookies. You can block them in your browser and still read the chair guide, the workstation setup walkthrough and the rest of the library.
Can I delete cookies that are already stored?
Yes. Your browser's privacy or site data section lists what is stored for each site, and you can remove single entries or clear the lot. Deleting a session cookie simply means the site will not recognise your session on the next page load.
Will blocking cookies break the site?
Pages will still load and articles will still read. What you lose is convenience: a form may reset between pages, and the site will treat each visit as a fresh one. If that becomes annoying, allow essential cookies only.
Do you use cookies for advertising?
Not on this site. We do not run advertising profiles and we do not sell cookie data. The cookies here either keep the site running or count which pages get read.
Still unsure which file does what? Write to [email protected] and we will walk you through it. Related reading: our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Clear terms, so you can get back to the desk setup that matters.
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