A cookie is a small file a website stores in your browser so it can remember something between page loads. This page explains the few cookies The Attic Monkeys, LLC uses on theatticmonkeys.com, why we use them, and how to turn them off. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers everything else we collect.
What we use, and why
We keep this deliberately small. The site sets two kinds of cookie:
- Security and hosting. Our host, Cloudflare, may set a short-lived cookie to tell real visitors apart from bots and to keep the site online and fast. These are needed for the site to work and cannot be switched off from here; they carry no advertising purpose.
- Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4 (provided by Google LLC) to count visits and see which pages people use, so we know what to improve. It sets first-party cookies named _ga and _ga_<id>, which last up to about two years. Analytics only loads on our live domain, so development and preview traffic is never counted.
- Maps. Our Contact page embeds a Google Map showing the area we cover. It loads only when you scroll down to it, and only on that one page. When it loads, Google receives your IP address and may set its own cookies to remember your map preferences. Nothing about the map is used for advertising by us.
What we do not use
We run no advertising pixels, no retargeting pixels, and no social-media trackers. We do not use cookies to build an advertising profile of you, and we do not sell the information cookies collect. The only third party we embed is the map described above, on our Contact page; it loads only if you scroll to it, and we do not use anything it sets. If we ever add advertising or cross-site tracking, we will update this page first and add a consent control before turning it on.
How to turn cookies off
- Your browser. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies in its settings. Blocking cookies will not stop you from using the site or requesting a quote.
- Analytics opt-out. To opt out of Google Analytics across every site that uses it, install Google’s Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Global Privacy Control. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or “Do Not Track” signal, we treat it as a request not to share your information for advertising. We do not share it for advertising in any case, since the site runs no ad trackers.
Changes
We will update this page whenever the cookies we use change, and we will move the “Effective” date at the top when we do.