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Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites function, to remember preferences, and to collect information about how visitors use a site.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services operating on that website's behalf (third-party cookies). Cookies may be stored for the duration of a single browser session (session cookies) or for a defined period after the session ends (persistent cookies).
In addition to cookies, this website uses browser local storage for certain preference records. Local storage is described separately in Section 06 of this document.
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This website uses a minimal number of cookies. The table below lists each cookie category, its purpose, and whether consent is required before it is placed.
Category
Name / Key
Purpose
Consent Required
CATEGORY
Strictly Necessary
PURPOSE
Maintains the server-side session required for the contact form to process and submit correctly. Deleted when the browser session ends.
PURPOSE
Used by Google Analytics (where enabled) to distinguish unique visitors and log page-view data in aggregate. No personally identifiable information is stored in these cookies.
PURPOSE
Used by Meta (Facebook) and Google Ads conversion tracking (where enabled) to record form submission events for advertising measurement purposes.
PURPOSE
Used by Microsoft Advertising (Bing) Universal Event Tracking (where enabled) to log conversion events for advertising measurement purposes.
Where analytics and advertising pixels are not enabled by the site operator, the corresponding cookies listed above will not be placed in your browser regardless of consent status.
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Where analytics and advertising tools are active, cookies may be placed by Google LLC, Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, and Microsoft Corporation. These organisations operate their own cookie and data retention policies.
This website also embeds a Google Maps iframe on its homepage to display the location of the Quietyears office. The embedded map may set cookies from Google LLC. These cookies are governed by Google's own cookie policy and are placed when the map loads. They are not controlled by Quietyears.
Quietyears does not receive the contents of third-party cookies from these services, nor does it combine third-party cookie data with personally identifiable information submitted through the contact form.
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When you first visit this website, a notice is displayed listing the categories of cookies this site uses and asking whether you consent to the placement of non-essential cookies. The notice presents two options: accept all cookies, or accept only strictly necessary cookies.
Your selection is recorded in your browser's local storage under the key cookieConsent. This record is used on subsequent visits to determine whether analytics and advertising scripts should be loaded. The record does not itself constitute a cookie.
You may withdraw consent at any time by clearing local storage for this domain in your browser settings (see Section 05). After clearing, the consent notice will be displayed again on your next visit.
05
All major browsers allow users to view, manage, and delete cookies stored on their device. The instructions for doing so vary by browser. A summary of the steps for common browsers is listed below:
CHROME
Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data → See all cookies and site data.
FIREFOX
Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Data.
SAFARI
Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
EDGE
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data → See all cookies and site data.
MOBILE
On iOS (Safari) and Android (Chrome), navigate to the browser's privacy or site settings to manage stored data and cookies for individual websites.
Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies (such as the session cookie) may prevent the contact form on this website from functioning correctly.
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This website uses browser local storage to record cookie consent preferences. Local storage differs from cookies in that its contents are not transmitted to the server with each request; they remain in the browser and are read only by scripts on this website.
PURPOSE
Records whether the visitor has accepted or declined non-essential cookies. Used on subsequent page loads to determine whether to activate analytics and advertising scripts.
STORED UNTIL
The record persists until it is cleared manually by the visitor. It is not given an automatic expiry date. It may be cleared through the browser's site data or local storage management interface.
To remove this local storage entry, navigate to your browser's developer tools or site settings and clear the stored data for this domain. On most browsers this option is listed under Settings → Privacy or under Developer Tools → Application → Local Storage.
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Quietyears may update this Cookie Policy when the cookies used on this website change or when applicable requirements change. When a material update is made, the date at the top of this document will be revised.
If the update results in a change to the consent requirements for any cookie category, the consent notice will be displayed again on the visitor's next session, regardless of the prior consent record stored in local storage.