A short page, because there is very little to tell you.
The short version. We do not use cookies to track you, and there is no consent banner on this site because there is nothing to consent to. The one thing we store in your browser is a note of whether you asked for the desktop layout, and it is gone when you close the tab.
UK law (the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) requires your consent before a site stores anything on your device — unless that storage is strictly necessary to provide the service you asked for. Analytics, advertising and profiling cookies all need consent. We do not use any, so there is nothing to ask you about.
If that ever changes, a banner will appear and it will ask before anything is set, not after.
| Name | What it is | How long |
|---|---|---|
sg_desktop |
Session storage, not a cookie. Set only if you tap “switch to desktop” on a phone, so we stop sending you back to the mobile layout on every page. Strictly necessary — it exists only because you asked for it. | Until you close the tab |
__cf_bm and similar |
Our host Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie to tell human visitors from bots and keep the site up. It is not used to profile you or to advertise. | Set by Cloudflare, typically minutes to hours |
If we add visitor statistics, we will use a cookieless, aggregate-only tool that does not identify individuals — and this page will say so before it goes live.
When you click a “view at” link, you leave this site. The retailer, and where relevant the affiliate network that records the referral, will set their own cookies on their own domains.
That is how a referral gets credited, and it is outside our control — we cannot read those cookies or switch them off. Each retailer publishes its own cookie policy, and that is what governs your visit once you are there.
Every browser lets you block or delete cookies and site storage, usually under Settings → Privacy. Blocking everything will not break this site — the only thing you lose is the desktop-layout preference described above, which will simply need setting again. It may, however, stop retailers from crediting us for a referral.
Email info@thestringgauge.co.uk. See also our privacy notice for what we record when you click through to a shop.