1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. It lets the site remember something between pages or between visits. Some cookies are set by us, and some by other companies whose services appear on our pages. The same rules apply to similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage and device fingerprinting, and where we say cookies below we mean all of them.
2. Your choices
Strictly necessary cookies are set automatically, because the site cannot work without them. Everything else is set only if you agree.
You can accept or reject non-essential cookies when you first arrive, and change your mind at any time using the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page. Rejecting analytics cookies does not stop you using any part of this website.
3. Strictly necessary cookies
These keep the site working and secure. They do not track you and they cannot be switched off.
| Cookie | What it does | Expires | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies | End of session | brazenstudios.xyz |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | Keeps a signed-in administrator logged in. Not set for ordinary visitors | End of session, or 14 days if the login is remembered | brazenstudios.xyz |
| wp-settings-[id] and wp-settings-time-[id] | Remembers screen preferences for signed-in administrators | 1 year | brazenstudios.xyz |
| _lscache_vary | Tells the server's page cache to serve the uncached version to signed-in users | End of session | brazenstudios.xyz |
| wpconsent_preferences | Records the cookie choices you have made so we do not ask again | 365 days | brazenstudios.xyz |
| comment_author | Remembers the name you gave, so you do not retype it next time you comment | End of session | brazenstudios.xyz |
| comment_author_email | Remembers the email address you gave when commenting | End of session | brazenstudios.xyz |
| comment_author_url | Remembers the website address you gave when commenting | End of session | brazenstudios.xyz |
4. Analytics cookies
These tell us how many people visit, which pages they read and roughly where they are, so we can see what is useful and what is not. We use Google Analytics 4. The information is aggregated for reporting and we do not use it to identify individuals. Google uses your IP address to work out roughly where you are, and does not store it for visitors in the UK and Europe.
| Cookie | What it does | Expires | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Distinguishes one visitor from another | 2 years from being set or refreshed | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| _ga_CEQE54YNZM | Holds the session state for this specific Analytics property | 2 years from being set or refreshed | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| _ga_ | Holds the session state for an Analytics property | 2 years | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| _gid | Distinguishes one visitor from another for 24 hours after their last activity | 24 hours | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| _gat | Limits how often data is sent to Google Analytics | 1 minute | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| _gali | Records which link on a page you clicked | 30 seconds | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utma | Distinguishes visitors and sessions from one another | 2 years after last activity | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utmb | Works out when a new visit begins | 30 minutes after last activity | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utmc | Worked with __utmb to tell where a visit ended. Used by older versions of Analytics | End of session | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utmt | Limits how often data is sent to Google Analytics | 10 minutes | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utmz | Records how you arrived at the site, such as a search or a campaign link | 6 months after last activity | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utmv | Holds custom information set by us in Google Analytics | 2 years after last activity | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| __utmx | Records whether you are included in an A/B or multivariate test, and which version you were shown | 18 months | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
If we are running an A/B test, the cookie above records which version of a page you saw, so that you keep seeing the same one rather than a different layout on every visit.
Google acts as our processor for Analytics data. Google's own privacy information is at policies.google.com/privacy, and you can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites using the browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Our contact forms are built with WPForms, which sets one cookie so we can see how people move through a form and where they give up.
| Cookie | What it does | Expires | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpfuuid | Gives your browser an identifier so repeat visits to our forms can be linked together | 11 years | brazenstudios.xyz |
5. Advertising and social media cookies
We run advertising campaigns through Google Ads, and the cookies below let us see which adverts led people to us. We do not use social media tracking pixels. The links to our X, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts are ordinary links: nothing is set until you click one and arrive on that company's site, at which point their cookie policy applies.
| Cookie | What it does | Expires | Set by |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gac_ | Records that you arrived from one of our Google Ads campaigns, so we can tell which adverts are working | 90 days | brazenstudios.xyz, for Google |
| [_gcl_au] | [Links a visit to an advert click so a conversion can be attributed to the right campaign] | [90 days] | [brazenstudios.xyz, for Google] |
6. Third-party services on our pages
No page on this website currently embeds a service from another company that sets cookies. If we add one, it will be listed here and blocked until you agree to it.
Where our pages link out to a booking platform, you leave this site and that company's own policy applies.
| Service | Where it appears and what it does | Their information |
|---|---|---|
| Third-party booking platforms | Not on this website. If you book through TagVenue, Tutti or Peerspace you are on their site and their cookie policy applies | Their own policies |
7. Managing cookies in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, independently of the choices you make on this site. Blocking all cookies will stop parts of most websites from working properly. Instructions are in the help pages for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Opera, and the guidance at aboutcookies.org covers most browsers.
If you use more than one browser or device, your choices apply to each one separately, because the record of your choice is itself stored in a cookie.
8. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
We honour the Global Privacy Control signal, where your browser sends one, and treat it as a rejection of non-essential cookies. Most browsers also offer a Do Not Track setting. There is no agreed industry standard for how sites should respond to it, so we do not rely on it. Use the cookie settings link on this site to be certain your choice is recorded.
9. Changes to this policy
We review this policy whenever we add or remove a tool that sets cookies, and at least once a year. The version number and audit date at the top tell you when it was last checked.
10. Contact
Questions about cookies, or about anything in this policy, go to hello@brazenstudios.xyz. Our privacy policy at [brazenstudios.xyz/privacy] explains how we handle personal information more generally, and how to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
