Grove Guides

Effective Date: September 30, 2026

Last updated: 30 September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Grove Guides (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on groveguides.com. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites work properly, remember your preferences, and provide information to site owners about how their site is used.

Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, and local storage — this policy covers all of these.

2. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

• We use cookies to:
  Ensure the website works correctly
• Remember your preferences
• Understand how visitors use our website
• Improve our services over time

3. CATEGORIES OF COOKIES WE USE

Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be turned off. They include session cookies, security cookies, and cookies that remember your preferences during a session.
Examples: PHPSESSID, XSRF-TOKEN, __stripe_mid
Duration: Session or up to 1 year

Analytics cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website — pages visited, time spent, and where visitors come from. This helps us improve our site.
Examples: _ga, _ga_XXXXXXXX, _gid (Google Analytics)
Duration: Up to 2 years

4. THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

We work with the following third parties who may set cookies on your device:

• Google Analytics (analytics.google.com) — website analytics
• Stripe (stripe.com) — payment processing

Each third party has their own cookie and privacy policy. We encourage you to review them.

5. MANAGING YOUR COOKIE PREFERENCES

You can manage or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie preference centre on our website. Look for the “Manage cookies” link in our website footer.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies
• Edge: Settings → Privacy, search and services → Cookies

Note: blocking all cookies may affect website functionality.

6. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER EU GDPR AND THE EPRIVACY DIRECTIVE

You have the right to:

• Know what cookies are used and why
• Withdraw consent at any time (without affecting prior processing)
• Access personal data collected via cookies
• Request deletion of data collected via cookies

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@groveguides.com.

7. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available at groveguides.com/cookie-policy.

8. CONTACT

For questions about our use of cookies, contact us at:
Grove Guides
info@groveguides.com
groveguides.com