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Cookies

A short account of what this site stores in your browser, and how to refuse what is not required to read the pages.

A cookie is a small piece of text a site asks your browser to keep. Some cookies are files; some similar records sit in localStorage. This page covers both. It should be read with our privacy statement.

Service Pulse Base uses as little of this machinery as the site needs. Refusing non-essential cookies does not lock the pages, the observation briefs, or the letter form.

Types we use

Essential. These remember that you have seen the consent banner and whether you accepted or refused. Without that record the banner would return on every visit.

Analytics. We may use a simple visit count to learn which public pages are read. These do not run unless you accept. They are not used to follow you across other organisations’ sites for advertising.

Table

NamePurposeDurationProvider
servicepulsebase-cookie-consentStores Accept or Reject for the bannerUntil you clear site data (treated as up to 12 months)Service Pulse Base, this site
spb_page_read (if accepted)Records that a page was opened, so we know which briefs are read6 monthsService Pulse Base, this site

No third-party advertising cookies are set by our templates. Fonts are requested from Google Fonts when a page loads; that request is a connection to a third party and is not a cookie we set. If you block third-party connections, the pages still read, though the type may fall back to the fonts already on your machine.

How to manage or disable cookies

Use Accept or Reject on the banner. Rejecting stores a refusal so we do not set analytics records. You can also clear cookies and site data in your browser settings, or use the browser’s site-settings panel for service-pulsebase.digital. After clearing, the banner will appear again.

Third-party cookies

We do not place marketing pixels. If you follow a link away from this site, that other host has its own practices. Embedded photographs are loaded from public image hosts; those hosts may see the request for the picture.

If you disable cookies

Essential pages remain available. The consent banner may reappear. The letter form still works. We will simply know less about which public notes are read.

Questions: hello@service-pulsebase.digital.