Cookies Policy
Last updated: 14 September 2026
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies we use
Nothing in the analytics or marketing categories below loads until you accept. If you decline, none of those cookies or scripts are set at all. Only the strictly necessary entries are present before you make a choice.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | ||||
| gl_consent | Goldline | Records whether you accepted or declined non-essential cookies so the choice persists between visits. Stored in your browser's localStorage rather than as a cookie, so it will not appear in your browser's cookie list. | Until cleared by you | Strictly necessary |
| Supabase functional cookies | Supabase | Support form submission and the diagnostic tools. Set only when you use a form or tool. | Session | Strictly necessary |
| Analytics, set only after you accept | ||||
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes returning visitors so we can understand how many people use the site. | 2 years, as published by Google | Analytics |
| _ga_T39L3VQZ22 | Google Analytics 4 | Maintains session state for the Goldline property. | 2 years, as published by Google | Analytics |
| Plausible | Plausible Analytics | Privacy-focused page view measurement. Sets no cookies and does not track across sites. | No cookie set | Analytics |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Persists a Clarity user identifier so sessions can be joined together. | 1 year, as published by Microsoft | Analytics |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Joins page views within a single session for session replay and heatmaps. | 1 day, as published by Microsoft | Analytics |
| Marketing | ||||
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Stores information about how you reached the site so that we can measure which adverts lead to an enquiry. | 90 days, as published by Google | Marketing |
| apollo_anon_id | Apollo | Identifies returning visitors for business-to-business visitor analytics. | 2 years, as published by Apollo | Marketing |
Strictly necessary
gl_consent
- Provider
- Goldline
- Purpose
- Records whether you accepted or declined non-essential cookies so the choice persists between visits. Stored in your browser's localStorage rather than as a cookie, so it will not appear in your browser's cookie list.
- Duration
- Until cleared by you
- Category
- Strictly necessary
Supabase functional cookies
- Provider
- Supabase
- Purpose
- Support form submission and the diagnostic tools. Set only when you use a form or tool.
- Duration
- Session
- Category
- Strictly necessary
Analytics, set only after you accept
_ga
- Provider
- Google Analytics 4
- Purpose
- Distinguishes returning visitors so we can understand how many people use the site.
- Duration
- 2 years, as published by Google
- Category
- Analytics
_ga_T39L3VQZ22
- Provider
- Google Analytics 4
- Purpose
- Maintains session state for the Goldline property.
- Duration
- 2 years, as published by Google
- Category
- Analytics
Plausible
- Provider
- Plausible Analytics
- Purpose
- Privacy-focused page view measurement. Sets no cookies and does not track across sites.
- Duration
- No cookie set
- Category
- Analytics
_clck
- Provider
- Microsoft Clarity
- Purpose
- Persists a Clarity user identifier so sessions can be joined together.
- Duration
- 1 year, as published by Microsoft
- Category
- Analytics
_clsk
- Provider
- Microsoft Clarity
- Purpose
- Joins page views within a single session for session replay and heatmaps.
- Duration
- 1 day, as published by Microsoft
- Category
- Analytics
Marketing
_gcl_au
- Provider
- Google Ads
- Purpose
- Stores information about how you reached the site so that we can measure which adverts lead to an enquiry.
- Duration
- 90 days, as published by Google
- Category
- Marketing
apollo_anon_id
- Provider
- Apollo
- Purpose
- Identifies returning visitors for business-to-business visitor analytics.
- Duration
- 2 years, as published by Apollo
- Category
- Marketing
Cookie lifetimes for Google Analytics, Google Ads, Microsoft Clarity, and Apollo are set by those providers, not by Goldline, and the durations shown are their published values. Providers may change them without notice to us.
Managing your choice
The consent banner appears on your first visit and offers accept and decline with equal prominence. Your choice is recorded as gl_consent in your browser's localStorage, so the banner does not reappear on later visits.
There is currently no preferences link that re-opens the banner. To change your mind, clear this site's data in your browser, which removes the gl_consent entry and any cookies already set. The banner will then appear again on your next visit and you can choose differently. Scripts already loaded during a session in which you accepted cannot be unloaded before you close or reload the page, but nothing further is sent once you decline.
You can also configure your browser to reject all cookies. If you do, some parts of this website may not function as intended, specifically, form submissions and interactive tool features.
Third-party services
When you submit an enquiry form, data is processed by Supabase, our database and email service provider. That processing is necessary to answer you and does not depend on your analytics choice.
If you accept, five further providers are loaded. Plausible Analytics measures page views without setting cookies and without tracking you across other sites. Google Analytics 4 measures how many people use the site and how they move through it. Google Ads measures which of our adverts led to an enquiry. Microsoft Clarity records session replays and heatmaps, which means your interactions with pages, such as scrolling, mouse movement, and clicks, are captured and can be played back. We state that plainly because it goes further than counting page views. Apollo is a business-to-business visitor identification tool that we use to understand which organisations visit the site, rather than to identify you personally.
Google Analytics and Google Ads are operated by Google, and Microsoft Clarity by Microsoft. Data collected by these providers, and by Apollo, may be processed outside the United Kingdom under those providers' own international transfer arrangements, including the UK extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and standard contractual clauses. If you decline, none of these providers receive anything.
For data subject rights or privacy queries, contact us at info@goldlineconsultancy.co.uk.
Updates
This policy is reviewed every six months and updated as our cookie use changes. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent change.