Cookie policy
What this policy covers
This policy explains cookies and similar browser storage on choicegrdbuddybeacon, the AI strategy website published by Aster Quay Strategy Ltd. Cookies are small records a browser can send with requests to a website. Local storage is a separate browser feature that keeps information for a website without automatically including it in those requests.
The site's consent control uses local storage rather than a conventional cookie. It remembers the option you select so the banner need not appear on every page. This preference supports the visitor's requested choice; it is not used to profile readers, measure guide popularity or connect browsing with an AI strategy enquiry.
Storage used by this site
The table describes the behaviour of this website's code. Essential preference storage is written after you make a choice. Analytics and optional functional categories do not load scripts or write storage, regardless of which consent button you select. The website also avoids advertising pixels, embedded video services and external fonts.
| Category | Name and technology | Purpose and behaviour | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | choicegrdbuddybeacon-consent First-party localStorage | Records accept, reject or essential-only selection, with analytics and functional use set to false. Read on pages of this site to control the banner. | Persists until replaced by another choice or cleared through browser controls. |
| Analytics | No analytics storage is written. | The site does not run audience measurement or send page-view events. Accept All does not activate an analytics service. | No analytics record is retained by the site. |
| Functional | No optional functional storage is written. | Navigation and the email draft builder operate without saved form values or cross-visit personalisation. | Draft information remains in the page while it is open; the site does not persist it. |
Understanding the choices
Accept All records acceptance of the categories offered by the site. Because only the essential preference mechanism is used, this does not add tracking. Reject Non-Essential records that optional storage is rejected and leaves the guides and contact tools available. Preferences opens an explanation inside the banner, where you can save an essential-only preference.
You can reopen the panel through “Cookie settings” in any footer. A replacement selection overwrites the earlier record. Choices apply to the browser and site address in which they are made, rather than following you across devices. If browser storage is blocked, the site remains readable, but it may be unable to remember your selection when another page opens.
Browser controls and opting out
Your browser's privacy or site-data settings can remove the preference record or prevent website storage. Look for controls covering both cookies and site data, since clearing cookies alone may not remove local storage. You can usually remove data for this domain without deleting information for other websites. Private browsing may discard the preference when that browsing session ends.
Removing the record makes the banner available again on a subsequent page load. There is no analytics opt-out service to visit because this website does not load analytics. Browser tracking preferences do not need to activate a separate mode here: the site does not sell browsing data or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Other processing and policy changes
Ordinary hosting requests and emails are distinct from browser storage. A server may handle technical request information to deliver a page, and your email provider handles a draft you choose to open and send. The privacy policy explains these activities in more detail. Following an external link takes you to a separate operator with its own practices.
If optional storage is introduced, its purposes and controls should be explained before it is activated where consent is required. An earlier acceptance is not a blanket permission for unrelated tracking. For questions, email [email protected] or write to Aster Quay Strategy Ltd, 26 Brindle Mews, Ancoats, Manchester M4 6EP, United Kingdom.