COOKIE POLICY
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They enable the website to recognise your browser across sessions, store preference information, and — where analytics are in use — record patterns of site engagement. Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot directly access your device or personal files.
This policy applies to all cookies set on the domain granelon.info, including those placed by embedded third-party resources. It should be read alongside the Granelon Privacy Policy, which governs personal data handling more broadly.
2. Cookie Categories Used on This Site
2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the site to function and cannot be disabled. They do not collect personal data for analytics or advertising purposes. No consent is required for these cookies under UK GDPR, as they fall within the "strictly necessary" exemption under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
Cookies in this category include:
- Cookie consent preference record: Stores your cookie consent choice (accept all / partial / functional only) so you are not presented with the consent banner on every page visit. Duration: 12 months. Set by: granelon.info (first-party).
- Session integrity tokens: Short-lived tokens used to maintain form submission state and protect against cross-site request forgery. Duration: Session only. Set by: granelon.info (first-party).
2.2 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies collect aggregated, anonymised data about how visitors use this site — pages visited, time spent, referral source, and interaction patterns. This data is used to improve the site structure and content. These cookies are only set if you accept analytics cookies via the consent banner.
- Site analytics identifier: An anonymised identifier used to distinguish unique sessions without identifying individual users. Duration: 12 months. Set by: granelon.info (first-party analytics).
- Page interaction data: Records scroll depth, click events, and navigation patterns in aggregate form. Duration: 30 days. Set by: granelon.info (first-party).
Analytics data is not used to identify individual users and is not shared with third-party advertising networks.
2.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies remember choices you have made — such as display preferences or previously viewed content categories — to personalise your return visits. These are non-essential but do not collect data for advertising purposes.
- User preference record: Stores layout or content preferences set during a session. Duration: 6 months. Set by: granelon.info (first-party).
2.4 Third-Party Resource Cookies
This site loads fonts, icons, and script libraries from third-party CDN providers including Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com), jsDelivr (cdn.jsdelivr.net), unpkg (unpkg.com), and Cloudflare (cdnjs.cloudflare.com). These providers may set their own cookies or log technical request data in accordance with their own privacy policies. Granelon does not control these cookies. We recommend reviewing:
- Google Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy
- jsDelivr Privacy Policy: www.jsdelivr.com/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net
- Cloudflare Privacy Policy: www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
The contact page (contact.php) embeds a Google Maps iframe. Google Maps may set its own cookies subject to Google's Privacy Policy. The iframe is loaded with referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade".
3. Cookie Consent and Your Choices
On your first visit to granelon.info, a cookie consent banner is presented at the bottom of the page. You may select from the following options:
- Accept All: Enables strictly necessary, analytics, and functional cookies.
- Accept Partial: Enables strictly necessary and functional cookies. Analytics cookies are not set.
- Functional Only: Enables strictly necessary cookies only. No analytics or additional functional cookies are set.
Your choice is recorded in a first-party cookie and is valid for 12 months. After this period, the consent banner will be presented again.
You may change your cookie preference at any time by clicking Cookie Settings in the site footer. Changing your preference will not retroactively delete cookies already set in a previous session; however, non-essential cookies will not be set in subsequent sessions if consent is withdrawn.
4. How to Control Cookies via Your Browser
In addition to the site-level consent controls described above, you may also manage cookies directly through your browser settings. The following links provide browser-specific guidance:
- Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
- Safari: support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471
- Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies
Disabling all cookies via your browser may affect the functionality of this site, including form submissions and preference storage.
5. Cookie Audit Log
The following table summarises all cookies known to be set on granelon.info at the time of publication. This list is reviewed and updated at each policy revision.
| Cookie Name | Category | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| grn_cookie_consent | Strictly Necessary | 12 months | Records consent choice |
| grn_session | Strictly Necessary | Session | Form integrity token |
| grn_analytics_id | Analytics | 12 months | Anonymised session tracking |
| grn_page_data | Analytics | 30 days | Aggregate interaction data |
| grn_prefs | Functional | 6 months | Display preference storage |
6. Changes to This Policy
This Cookie Policy is reviewed at least annually, and whenever material changes are made to cookie usage on granelon.info. The effective date at the top of this document will be updated with each revision. Where a change materially affects the cookies being set, the consent banner will be re-displayed to existing visitors.
7. Contact
Queries regarding this Cookie Policy should be directed to:
Granelon, 92 Kensington Church Street, London W8 4BH, United Kingdom.
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 20 7359 4821
Office hours: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 18:00 (GMT/BST)