Moving Manes — Cookies Policy
Last updated: 7 September 2025
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device. They help our site function, remember preferences, and understand how the site is used. Similar technologies include pixels, local storage and SDKs.
2. Why we use cookies
- Strictly necessary: Required for core site functions (e.g., login session, CSRF protection, remembering consent).
- Functional: Remember choices (e.g., saved postcode for searches) to improve convenience.
- Analytics: Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity help us understand usage and improve UX.
- Advertising/measurement: Meta (Facebook) Pixel helps measure our advertising and reach users likely to be interested. Set only with your consent.
3. Cookies and technologies we use (illustrative)
| Provider | Examples | Purpose | Typical lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moving Manes | Session; XSRF-TOKEN; cookie_consent | Essential functions & security | Session / up to 1 year |
| Google Analytics | _ga, _gid, _gat | Site analytics (aggregated stats) | 1 min – 2 years |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clck, _clsk, CLID | UX analytics (heatmaps, sessions) | 24 hours – 1 year |
| Meta (Facebook) | _fbp, fr | Ad measurement/retargeting | ~90 days |
| Stripe | __stripe_sid, __stripe_mid | Payment security & checkout | Session / 1 year |
Note: Exact names/lifespans may change as providers update their technologies.
4. Managing your choices
- Consent banner: On first visit, choose whether to allow non-essential cookies.
- Browser controls: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies; blocking essential cookies may break core site features like login.
- Opt-outs: Tools exist to opt out of analytics/ads (e.g., Google Analytics add-on; platform ad settings; NAI/DAA/EDAA opt-out pages).
- Do Not Track: There’s no current standard; we rely on the choices above.
5. Third-party sites
Embedded content and external links may set their own cookies which we do not control. Review those sites’ policies when you visit them.
6. Changes & contact
We may update this Cookies Policy; the date above will change accordingly. Questions? Email [email protected].