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Cookie policy
One cookie keeps this site working. Everything else is off until you say otherwise, and you can change your mind on any page, at any time.
Your three choices
Accept all
Everything on
Analytics switched on, alongside the one necessary cookie.
Reject all
Everything off
Analytics refused, in one click. Only the strictly necessary cookie remains, because without it we cannot remember that you said no.
Manage
Read it first
See exactly what analytics does before you decide either way. Reject all sits inside this panel too.
What a cookie is, briefly
A small file a website leaves in your browser so it can remember something next time. Some are needed for a site to function at all; others watch how a site is used. UK law lets us set the first kind without asking, and requires us to ask before the second. That is what the banner is for.
The cookies we set
Strictly necessary: always on
These make the site work and remember the choice you made. They can't be switched off, and they don't tell us anything about you as a person.
| Name | Set by | What it does | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
ari.consent.v2 |
ARI (this site) | Stores your cookie choice (whether you allowed analytics, and when you decided) so you're not asked on every page. Held in your browser's local storage rather than sent to us. | 12 months |
It holds only: a version number, the date and time you chose, and true/false for each category. No identifier, no email, nothing about your child.
Analytics: off unless you allow it
If you turn analytics on, we count which pages get read so we know which parts of this are useful and which are wasting your time. We use PostHog for this. It is never given your name or your email address, and we do not try to work out who you are.
Analytics here sets no cookie at all. We do not use PostHog's own tracking library, which would. Instead we keep one randomly generated number in your browser's local storage and send it with the page count, so that one person reading three pages is not counted as three people.
The practical difference: a cookie is attached to every single request your browser makes to us, whereas this is read only when a page is counted, and only if you said yes.
| Name | Kind | What it does | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
ari.analytics.id |
Local storage, not a cookie. Set by this site, not by PostHog. | A random number, not derived from anything about you or your device. It lets us tell a returning browser from a new one. No name, no email address, no advertising profile, and we do not try to work out who you are. | Until you decline, or until you clear your browser storage |
What gets sent is deliberately small: the page address with anything after the question mark removed, whether your screen is phone, tablet or desktop sized, and that random number. Choosing "Reject all" deletes it straight away.
Changing your mind
Use here or in the footer of any page. Your new choice replaces the old one immediately.
Reject all is available on the banner itself and again inside the Manage panel, so refusing everything is always one click, never a row of switches you have to turn off yourself. It carries the same weight as Accept all, sits next to it, and is never hidden behind an extra step.
You can also clear cookies and site data in your browser settings. If you do, we'll have forgotten your choice and the banner will ask again on your next visit. That is the banner working, not a fault.
If your browser sends a privacy signal
Some browsers can send a do-not-track signal. There is no agreed standard for what a site should do when it gets one, so we go by the choice you make here instead. Either way, nothing runs until you say yes, so if you never touch the banner, nothing is switched on.
Questions
What we collect and why is set out in the privacy policy. Anything else, write to privacy@theariapp.co.uk.
That's the whole of it.
Turning something off is as easy as turning it on. Nothing is ticked for you, Reject sits right next to Accept, and you can change your mind on any page, at any time.