1. About this policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Grids and Guides Technologies Private Limited ("Grids and Guides," "we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on gridsandguides.com. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
By continuing to use our website with non-essential cookies enabled, you consent to our use of those cookies as described here. You can change your preferences at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link in the website footer, which reopens the cookie banner below.
2. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device to store information about your visit. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, and web beacons. We refer to all of these collectively as "cookies" in this policy.
Cookies can be:
- First-party, set by us, or third-party, set by another organisation on our behalf.
- Session, deleted when you close your browser, or persistent, remaining on your device for a set period.
- Strictly necessary, functional, analytics, or marketing, grouped by purpose (see Section 4).
3. Legal basis for using cookies
We use strictly necessary cookies on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a secure and functional website.
For all other cookies, we ask for your consent before setting them, in accordance with the ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC as amended), the GDPR, the DPDP Act, and the CCPA/CPRA. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
4. Categories of cookies we use
The categories below reflect the current cookie inventory. If the inventory changes, we will update this policy.
4.1 Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as loading pages, setting cookie preferences, or filling in forms.
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|
gg-cookie-consent | Grids and Guides | Stores your cookie preference selection | 12 months |
gg_session | Grids and Guides | Maintains your session state during navigation | Session |
gg_csrf | Grids and Guides | Prevents cross-site request forgery on form submissions | Session |
4.2 Functional cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality such as remembering your dark or light theme preference or the language you selected. They do not track you across other websites.
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|
gg_theme | Grids and Guides | Remembers your dark or light theme preference | 12 months |
gg_locale | Grids and Guides | Remembers your language selection | 12 months |
4.3 Analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting anonymised or pseudonymised information about pages visited, session duration, and traffic sources. We use this information to improve the website. We only set these cookies where enabled.
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes unique users and stores analytics session data | 24 months |
_plausible_* | Plausible Analytics | Privacy-first page-view and event analytics | 24 hours |
Analytics cookies are only loaded where and when we have actually enabled an analytics provider on the site. Where Google Analytics is in use, we enable IP anonymisation and disable data-sharing settings that would allow Google to use the data for its own purposes. You can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
4.4 Marketing cookies
We do not currently use marketing or advertising cookies on gridsandguides.com. If we introduce them in future, we will update this policy and request your consent before setting them.
5. How to manage your preferences
You can manage cookie preferences in three ways.
5.1 Via our Privacy Preference Center. Click "Cookie Preferences" in the website footer at any time to reopen the panel and update your choice. You can "Accept all", keep "Essential only", or use the individual switches to choose exactly which optional categories — analytics, marketing — are on, then "Save my preferences". Strictly necessary cookies cannot be switched off, since the site cannot function without them.
5.2 Via your browser. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, or block cookies. Instructions for the major browsers:
5.3 Via mobile device settings. iOS and Android provide settings to manage advertising identifiers and clear browsing data.
Please note that if you disable strictly necessary cookies at the browser level, parts of the website may not function correctly.
6. Do Not Track signals
Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal to websites. Because there is no consistent industry standard for how sites should respond to DNT signals, we currently do not respond to them. We honour your cookie preferences as expressed through our cookie banner.
Under the CCPA/CPRA, we honour the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as a valid opt-out request where applicable.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable law. Please review the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy periodically.
