Last updated: April 2025
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, improve efficiency, and provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies set by Guardfather Security are called first-party cookies. Cookies set by our service partners (such as payment processors and analytics providers) are called third-party cookies.
We use cookies to:
Non-essential cookies (analytics and marketing) are only loaded after you have given explicit consent via our cookie banner. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time.
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They cannot be switched off. They include cookies required for security, checkout, and session management. No personal data is shared with third parties from these cookies.
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the site — which pages are visited, how long sessions last, and where visitors come from. This information is aggregated and anonymous. We use this to improve the Guardfather experience. These cookies are only loaded with your consent.
These cookies track your activity across websites to allow us to deliver targeted advertising relevant to your interests, and to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. They are only loaded with your explicit consent. If you decline, you will still see adverts — they just won't be personalised to you. We use Google's remarketing features to show our own ads to previous site visitors on Google Search.
The table below lists the cookies currently in use on guardfather.co.uk. Where a cookie name or duration is marked as placeholder, Simon will confirm the exact details before launch.
| Category | Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | guardfather_consent | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 12 months |
| [Session cookie] | Maintains your session whilst browsing — checkout and security | Session | |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe fraud prevention and payment processing | 1 year | |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe session identifier for secure checkout | 30 minutes | |
| Analytics | _ga | Google Analytics — identifies unique visitors and tracks sessions to help us understand how the site is used. With your consent, also enables Google Signals features (cross-device reporting, remarketing audiences). | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics — stores session state for the specific GA4 property. | 2 years | |
| _gid | Google Analytics — distinguishes users across a 24-hour period. | 24 hours | |
| Advertising & Personalisation | _gcl_au | Google Ads — links ad clicks to conversions and builds remarketing audiences (people who have visited our site) for our own Google Ads campaigns. We do not use this for third-party advertising. | 90 days |
| _gcl_aw | Google Ads — stores the Google Click ID (GCLID) to attribute ad clicks to orders. | 90 days |
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Manage Cookies" link in the footer of every page on this site. Your updated preferences will take effect immediately.
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This Cookie Policy applies to the website guardfather.co.uk. We may update this policy periodically. Where changes are material, we will re-prompt consent where required by law.