On this page
01The 30-second version
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. We use a deliberately tiny number of them: one remembers your cookie choice so we stop asking, and a small analytics set tells us which pages are doing their job. That is the whole list.
02What this site sets
The table below is the complete inventory — nothing is omitted. Expiry shows how long each item lives before it deletes itself.
| Name | Category | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
growlith-cookie-choice | Essential · local storage | Remembers whether you accepted, declined or tuned analytics, so the consent banner does not reappear. | Until you clear it |
_ga | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 — assigns a random pseudonymous ID that distinguishes one visitor from another. | 2 years |
_ga_G-9HJG04Y28R | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 — persists session state and campaign attribution for this property. | 2 years |
That's it — three items. Essential storage cannot be switched off, because the site cannot honour your choice if it cannot remember it.
Essential storage
The growlith-cookie-choice key is set only after you interact with the consent banner, and it stores one word: accepted, declined, essential or dismissed. It contains nothing that identifies you.
03How Google Analytics handles the data
GA4 processes data in pseudonymous form — the _ga ID is a random string, not your name, email or IP address. Google aggregates it into reports we read; we cannot and do not use it to identify individuals.
- We never sell or share analytics data with advertisers or data brokers.
- No cross-site profiling — our measurement is scoped to this domain.
- Signals are minimised — we read aggregate reports, not individual sessions.
Google's own processing is described in Google's Privacy & Terms, including how IP addresses are truncated before storage.
04Controlling your choices
You have three levels of control, from one click to full manual.
Your browser
Every major browser can block or delete cookies site-by-site or wholesale: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge. Blocking essential storage is fine too — you will simply see the banner again on your next visit.
Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control
We honour the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal where the law requires it, and treat browser Do Not Track settings as a preference to minimise analytics wherever technically possible.
05Changes to this policy
If we add, remove or change what this site stores in your browser, we will update this page and bump the version number above. Material changes — like introducing a new analytics tool — will re-prompt your consent before anything new is set.
06Questions
Anything unclear? Write to contact@growlithacademy.com and a human — not a ticketing system — will answer within two business days.