Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 15 September 2024
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small analytical text packages saved within your browser space when scanning websites. They help remember configuration metrics, login status, and navigational choices to optimize site performance.
2. How Southland Brief Employs Cookies
We use systems to ensure functional platform speed, monitor user interaction paths, optimize signups, and coordinate modern Google Consent Mode v2 declarations.
3. User Controls & Consent Mode v2 Standards
By default, only strictly necessary cookies remain pre-approved. Your analytic preferences and advertising choices are managed via our localized overlay banner. You can update or change consent configurations at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” button in the footer.
4. Categorized Cookie Frameworks
| Category | Operational Intent | Associated Consent Mode Signals | Standard Pre-declaration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Preserves security, accessibility, and forms routing. | security_storage, functionality_storage | GRANTED |
| Functional | Saves localized layout preferences and selections. | personalization_storage | DENIED (Opt-in needed) |
| Analytics | Monitors audience size, page traffic, and engagement. | analytics_storage | DENIED (Opt-in needed) |
| Advertising | Saves promotional metrics for Google Ads coordination. | ad_storage, ad_user_data | DENIED (Opt-in needed) |
5. Verified Cookie Identifiers
| Identifier | System Type | Provider | Operational Intent | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| consentMode | System functional | Local Host | Saves your accepted consent choices. | 1 Year |
| _ga | Analytics tracking | Google System | Monitors relative platform traffic. | 2 Years |
| _ga_* | Analytics tracking | Google System | Differentiates consecutive page updates. | 2 Years |
| googleMapsCookie | Map functional | Google Corporate | Displays localized office map on contacts page. | Session |
6. Modifying Universal Browser Definitions
You can block, disable, or delete historic cookies within your internal browser properties (Options → Privacy → Cookies). Disabling essential cookies could interfere with form submissions on index.html.