Last updated

19 October 2026

Cookie Policy

How We Use Cookies

This policy explains cookies and similar technologies, including local storage and tracking pixels, on the Griffin website. Griffin is a trading name of BlackBox Hosting Limited, registered in England and Wales under company number 08728513, with its registered office at The Studio, Brewer Street, Bletchingley, Surrey, England, RH1 4QP.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are essential for the operation of the site, while others are used for analytics or marketing purposes and are only set with your consent.

This Griffin Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

Cookie Categories

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation, security, and resilience of our website. They enable core functionality such as:

Page navigation
Secure access
Session management
Protection against malicious or automated activity (e.g., fraud and bot prevention)

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our website, including:

Which pages are visited most frequently
How users navigate the site

This information is used solely to improve the performance, reliability, and usability of our services.

We use Google Analytics, implemented through Google Tag Manager, to understand website use and improve our services. Analytics technologies are enabled only with your consent. Information may include device identifiers, page visits and interactions.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies enable the website to remember choices you make, such as preferences or settings, in order to provide a more consistent experience. Some functionality cookies may also be strictly necessary for the website to operate correctly.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies

We use targeting or advertising technologies, with your consent, to:

Measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities
Understand how users interact with our services after engaging with our advertising

We use Google and Microsoft (Bing) advertising technologies to measure advertising effectiveness and recognise returning visitors. These technologies may recognise your device across visits and websites. They operate only after you consent to advertising cookies.

Third-Party Cookies

Where third-party technologies are enabled, providers such as Google and Microsoft may receive device identifiers and browsing information. Their processing is explained in their privacy notices. We remain responsible for the technologies used on our website.

Provider privacy information is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation, security, and resilience of our website. They enable core functionality such as:

Page navigation
Secure access
Session management
Protection against malicious or automated activity (e.g., fraud and bot prevention)

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our website, including:

Which pages are visited most frequently
How users navigate the site

This information is used solely to improve the performance, reliability, and usability of our services.

Functionality Cookies

Targeting or Advertising Cookies

We use targeting or advertising technologies, with your consent, to:

Measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities
Understand how users interact with our services after engaging with our advertising

Third-Party Cookies

Provider privacy information is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation, security, and resilience of our website. They enable core functionality such as:

Page navigation
Secure access
Session management
Protection against malicious or automated activity (e.g., fraud and bot prevention)

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our website, including:

Which pages are visited most frequently
How users navigate the site

This information is used solely to improve the performance, reliability, and usability of our services.

Functionality Cookies

Targeting or Advertising Cookies

We use targeting or advertising technologies, with your consent, to:

Measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities
Understand how users interact with our services after engaging with our advertising

Third-Party Cookies

Provider privacy information is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement.

Cookie Duration

Some cookies are session cookies and are deleted when you close your browser. Other cookies are persistent cookies and remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them. The duration of each cookie depends on its purpose and is made available through our cookie controls where applicable.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can accept, reject or choose optional cookies through the website’s cookie controls. Optional analytics and advertising technologies require your consent before they operate. You can change your choices or withdraw consent through those controls at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing carried out lawfully before withdrawal. You can also delete existing cookies and local storage through your browser settings.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of the website.

Personal Data and Privacy

Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, this processing is carried out in accordance with UK data protection law, including the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Our Privacy Policy explains:

What personal data we process
The purposes and lawful bases for processing
How we protect personal data
Your rights and how to exercise them

Cookie Summary

Category	Purpose	Consent Required
Strictly Necessary	Essential site operation, security and session management	No
Analytics	Website usage analysis and performance improvement	Yes
Advertising / Performance	Measure advertising effectiveness and returning visitors	Yes

Category	Purpose	Consent Required
Strictly Necessary	Essential site operation, security and session management	No
Analytics	Website usage analysis and performance improvement	Yes
Advertising / Performance	Measure advertising effectiveness and returning visitors	Yes

Cookie and Browser Storage Details

The table below identifies the cookies and browser storage used by the website. “Website domain” means the domain of the Griffin website you visit; third-party domains are listed separately. Persistent local storage has no automatic browser expiry, although the service using it may apply its own expiry rules. You can remove it through your browser settings.

Cookie	Domain	Description	Duration	Type
PHPSESSID	Website domain	Stores and identifies a user’s unique session ID for managing user sessions on the website.	Session	Necessary
ga*	Website domain	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytics
_ga	Website domain	Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data and keeps track of site usage for analytics reports.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytics
_gcl_au	Website domain	Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment with advertisement efficiency.	3 months	Advertisement
_uetsid	Website domain	Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website.	1 day	Performance
_uetvid	Website domain	Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website.	1 year 24 days	Performance
MUID	.bing.com	Microsoft Bing sets this cookie to identify unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites.	1 year 24 days	Advertisement
_GRECAPTCHA	www.google.com	Google reCAPTCHA sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam.	6 months	Necessary
_uetvid_exp	Website domain		Persistent local storage; until cleared	Other
_uetsid_exp	Website domain		Persistent local storage; until cleared	Other
_gcl_ls	Website domain		Persistent local storage; until cleared	Other
_grecaptcha	Website domain		Persistent local storage; until cleared	Other
gXWVCIad68MaEJTiibE_,02037407840	Website domain		Persistent local storage; until cleared	Other
gXWVCIad68MaEJTiibE_,02037407840_expiresAt	Website domain		Persistent local storage; until cleared	Other
rc::a	google.com	Google reCAPTCHA sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam.	Persistent local storage; until cleared	Necessary
rc::f	google.com	Google reCAPTCHA sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam.	Persistent local storage; until cleared	Necessary
rc::b	google.com	Google reCAPTCHA sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam.	Session	Necessary
rc::c	google.com	Google reCAPTCHA sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam.	Session	Necessary

Cookie	Domain	Description	Duration	Type
PHPSESSID	Website domain	Stores and identifies a user’s unique session ID for managing user sessions on the website.	Session	Necessary
ga*	Website domain	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytics
_ga	Website domain	Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data and keeps track of site usage for analytics reports.	1 year 1 month 4 days	Analytics
_gcl_au	Website domain	Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment with advertisement efficiency.	3 months	Advertisement
_uetsid	Website domain	Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website.	1 day	Performance
_uetvid	Website domain	Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website.	1 year 24 days	Performance

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Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy when the website or its technologies change. Last updated: 19 October 2026. Material changes will be explained on the website and fresh consent obtained where required. For questions, write to Griffin Privacy, BlackBox Hosting Limited, The Studio, Brewer Street, Bletchingley, Surrey, England, RH1 4QP.

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