This Cookie Policy explains how Grolan Press ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit grolan.info (the "Website"). It describes what cookies are, the types we use, their purposes, and how you can manage your preferences.
By continuing to use the Website after being presented with our cookie banner, you acknowledge this policy. You may withdraw or adjust your consent at any time by selecting "Cookie Settings" in the footer of any page.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function, to improve user experience, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services that the website uses ("third-party cookies").
Similar technologies include web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage objects. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we mean all such technologies collectively unless stated otherwise.
2. How We Use Cookies
Grolan Press uses cookies for the following purposes: to ensure the Website functions correctly, to remember your cookie preferences, to understand how visitors navigate the Website, and to improve the presentation and performance of our editorial content. We do not use cookies to serve targeted advertising or to build individual profile data for commercial purposes.
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website to function. They enable core features such as page navigation, access to secure areas, and the storage of your cookie consent preferences. These cookies cannot be disabled without disrupting the functioning of the Website. They do not gather information about you for promotional purposes.
- cookie_consent — stores your cookie preference choices. Duration: 12 months.
- session_id — maintains your session during a visit. Duration: session.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website — for example, which pages are most frequently visited and whether visitors receive error messages from any pages. The information collected is aggregated and anonymous; it does not identify individual visitors. We use this information to improve how the Website functions and to understand which editorial content is of most interest to our readers.
- _ga — Google Analytics. Distinguishes unique visitors. Duration: 2 years.
- _ga_[ID] — Google Analytics. Maintains session state. Duration: 2 years.
- _gid — Google Analytics. Distinguishes users. Duration: 24 hours.
3.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or the region you are in) and to provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect is anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
3.4 Third-Party Cookies
Some pages on the Website include content delivered by third parties, such as embedded maps from Google Maps on our contact page. These third parties may set their own cookies when you interact with their embedded content. Grolan Press does not control these cookies and they are governed by the privacy policies of the relevant third party. We encourage you to review those policies before interacting with embedded third-party content.
Relevant third parties whose cookies may be set on specific pages include: Google (Maps), Google (Fonts — loaded via an API call that may log requests). No advertising network cookies are placed by or on behalf of Grolan Press.
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit the Website, a cookie consent banner is displayed. You can choose to accept all cookies, accept a partial selection, or accept only strictly necessary cookies. Your choice is stored and applied for subsequent visits.
You can change your preferences at any time by clicking "Cookie Settings" in the footer of any page on the Website. Selecting "Essential Only" disables all non-essential cookies and removes any that have already been set in the current session.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for specific websites. The following links direct you to the cookie management guidance for the most commonly used browsers:
- Google Chrome — Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox — Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Safari — Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge — Settings > Cookies and site permissions
Please note that disabling certain categories of cookies may affect the performance of the Website or limit access to specific features.
5. Cookie Duration
Cookies used on the Website are either session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (remain on your device for a defined period after your visit). The duration of each cookie is noted in the category descriptions in Section 3 above. Where a duration is not specified, the cookie expires at the end of your browser session.
6. Updates to This Policy
Grolan Press reviews this Cookie Policy periodically and updates it when our use of cookies changes or when applicable regulations require revision. The most recent update date is shown at the top of this page. Continued use of the Website following an update to this policy constitutes your acknowledgement of the revised terms.
7. Contact
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or about the cookies placed on your device when you visit grolan.info, please contact the editorial desk:
Grolan Press36 Briset Street, London EC1M 5UH, United Kingdomdom
London EC1M 6BP
United Kingdom
+44 20 7382 9416
[email protected]
Monday — Friday, 09:00 – 18:00 GMT