A cookie is a small file kept by your browser on a site’s behalf. It cannot run, and it cannot read anything else on your machine. This page lists the ones SauceGrove relies on and why each exists.
Revisions
When a provider is added or removed the cookies change, and so does this page. Check the date at the top to see how current it is.
The cookies on this site
- Necessary. Make the site work: page delivery, security, your cookie choice itself. The site cannot function without them.
- Analytics. Google Analytics, in aggregate: which pages get read, how people arrive. No name attached.
- Advertising. Google AdSense may set cookies to choose and cap the ads you see.
How long they last
Lifetimes vary: the technical cookies expire with the session, while Google’s analytics and advertising cookies are kept for a period Google sets, typically counted in months.
Which cookies, specifically
- _ga and _gid come from Google Analytics and exist to tell browsers apart when counting visits.
- __gads and __gpi come from Google AdSense, which uses them to pick ads and limit repeats.
- wordpress_test_cookie and the wp-settings-* family are WordPress internals: a capability check and your display preferences.
- comment_author_* appears only after you comment, and only so the form is pre-filled the next time.
None of these cookies can read your documents, reach outside the browser, or be sold on. None of them is intended to attach a name to a visit.
Embedded content
Where a page includes something served from another site, that provider may set cookies of its own when the embed loads. Those are governed by the provider’s policy, not by this page.
Do Not Track
Do Not Track headers exist but mean different things to different operators, so we do not claim to act on them. The controls above are the ones with a predictable result.
The opt-out links
- Advertising preferences are managed at adssettings.google.com, and the setting follows you across every site that uses Google ads.
- Measurement can be switched off for good with Google’s opt-out add-on, at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Browser settings remain the blunt instrument: block, clear, or refuse per site, with no cooperation needed from us.
How consent is recorded
The prompt you see on a first visit is how consent is gathered for the cookies that need it. Your decision is kept in your own browser, not in an account, which is why clearing your browser brings the prompt back.
Your choice
Your browser can delete any of this at any moment, without asking us. Keep the technical cookies if you want pages to behave; the others are optional.
Questions
Questions go to the contact page.