This policy explains the cookies and similar technologies Learn to Upholster uses, why, and how you can control them. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers data protection more broadly.
Last updated: July 2026.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website, or one of its partners, stores on your device so that certain things can be remembered between visits. “Similar technologies” means related tools such as your browser’s local storage, which works in much the same way. Where this policy says “cookies,” it covers both.
The cookies this site uses
1. Strictly necessary and functional
The reading tools on the site store a small amount of information in your browser’s own local storage — for example, your reading progress, any chapters you bookmark, and glossary preferences. This information stays on your device, is not shared with anyone, and is not used to track you or to advertise. Because these are essential to features you have asked for, they do not require consent.
2. Advertising (Google AdSense)
We show adverts through Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies and similar storage to serve adverts, measure how they perform and, where you have consented, personalise what you see based on your previous visits to this and other sites. Google explains this in its how Google uses information from sites that use its services notice.
If you are in the UK or the EEA you will be asked for your choices before personalised adverts are shown. You can change those choices at any time using the “Privacy & cookie settings” link Google adds to the foot of the page. You may also opt out of personalised advertising from many providers using the tools at aboutads.info/choices and youronlinechoices.eu. Opting out does not remove adverts; it makes them less tailored to you.
Adverts are not shown on our book page, the fabric visualiser page, or these policy pages.
3. Analytics
Where analytics are used, they help us understand which pages readers find useful so we can improve the site. Any non-essential analytics cookies are treated the same way as advertising cookies and are only set with your consent.
How consent works
If you visit from the UK, the EEA or Switzerland, a consent message appears on your first visit asking whether you accept, reject or wish to manage advertising and analytics cookies. Non-essential cookies are not set unless you allow them. That consent message is provided through a consent management platform that meets the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF v2.2), the standard required for advertising in these regions.
Changing your choices
A “Privacy & cookie settings” link (managed by our advertising provider) appears on the site, which reopens the consent tool so you can change or withdraw your consent at any time. You can also:
- control or delete cookies through your browser settings, and set your browser to refuse them (some features may work less well);
- manage Google’s ad personalisation in your Google Ad Settings;
- opt out of personalised advertising from many providers at YourAdChoices (US) and Your Online Choices (EU/UK).
Affiliate links
Some pages contain affiliate links, principally through the Amazon EU Associates Programme. If you click one and buy something, the retailer may set its own cookies, and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This never affects the price you pay or what we choose to recommend, and links of this kind are marked “(paid link).”
More information
For how we handle information more generally, your data-protection rights, and how to contact us, please see our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about cookies specifically, you can reach us via the contact page.