Cookie Policy

Nothing is stored before you answer the bar, and the two things stored afterwards are named here.

The two keys

Key	What it holds	How long
08_ludlow_age_ok	Your answer to the age question, so it is asked once per device.	Until browsing data is cleared
08_ludlow_consent	Your accept or decline, so the bar stops returning.	Until browsing data is cleared

Both are local storage entries, which strictly speaking differ from cookies. They stay in your browser, no other site can read them, and neither carries an identifier.

Consent Mode v2

Four Google signals are set to denied in the head of every page, before any other script runs:

• ad_storage
• ad_user_data
• ad_personalization
• analytics_storage

Every page starts out with all four refused. Accepting switches them to granted, and declining leaves them as they are.

What accepting would allow

No tag is present today. If one were added, Google Analytics 4 would write _ga and _ga_<id>, lasting two years, and a Google Ads tag would write _gcl_au, lasting ninety days.

Changing the answer

Cookie settings in the footer reopens the bar on any page.

Blocking it in the browser

Chrome and Edge under Privacy and security, Firefox under Privacy & Security, Safari under Settings then Privacy. If you block storage entirely, the age question comes back on every visit.

Not used here

• Social network pixels, or share buttons that load one in the background.
• Fingerprinting of your device or browser.
• Any advertising network beyond the Google tag above, which loads only with consent.
• Session recording or heatmaps.
• Fonts or scripts from another host at run time.