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Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Browser storage (localStorage) works in a similar way. We use them sparingly, mainly so the website remembers your settings. We don't use them for advertising.
1. Cookie categories
- Essential cookies are always on. They remember your cookie choice, the website theme, the documents you have ticked and your unfinished enquiry. Without them the website wouldn't work the way you set it up.
- Analytics cookies help us see which pages visitors look at. They only run with your consent and only when analytics is enabled on the website.
- Marketing cookies are not used. If we ever add them, they will only run after you consent.
Website traffic measurement is currently switched off, so analytics cookies are not used even if you consent to them.
We remember your consent in the an_cookies cookie for 182 days (6 months). After that the website asks again.
2. List of cookies and storage
| Name | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| an_cookies | Stores your choice (analytics yes or no, marketing yes or no, time saved) | Essential, first-party cookie | 182 days (6 months) |
| an-theme | Light or dark website theme | Essential, localStorage | Until you delete it |
| an-checklist | Ticked items in the list of documents for the first meeting | Essential, localStorage | Until you delete it |
| an-inquiry-draft | Your unfinished enquiry, so you don't lose it | Essential, localStorage | Until sent or deleted |
| an-recent | Recently viewed services | Essential, localStorage | Until you delete it |
| an-guide | Answers from the project guide carried over to the enquiry | Essential, sessionStorage | Until the browser tab is closed |
| _ga | Google Analytics 4: distinguishing visitors for analytics | Analytics, only with consent | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics 4: keeping the session state | Analytics, only with consent | 2 years |
Data in localStorage and sessionStorage stays in your browser and is not sent to the server. The server only receives what you submit in a form.
3. Google Maps
On the Contact page we first show a plain map image from our own server. The interactive Google map only loads when you click it. Google may then set its own cookies under its policies (policies.google.com).
4. How to change your consent
You can change your choice at any time. The button below opens the cookie settings bar, as does the “Cookie settings” link in the footer.
You can also delete cookies and stored data in your browser settings. The website will then forget your theme and unfinished enquiry and ask for consent again on your next visit.
How we process personal data is explained on the Privacy policy page.