1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make websites work, to work more efficiently, and to provide analytical information. Cookies cannot execute programs or deliver viruses to your device.
2. How We Use Cookies
Grid Engineering Group uses cookies on gridengineeringgroup.com for the purposes described in the table below. We obtain your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device through our cookie consent tool, which appears when you first visit our website.
| COOKIE CATEGORY | PURPOSE | SPECIFIC COOKIES | RETENTION | CONSENT REQUIRED? |
| Strictly Necessary | Required for the website to function. Cannot be disabled. Includes session management, security tokens, and cookie consent preference storage. | Session cookies (no name specified — vary by CMS platform) / Cookie consent preference cookie | Session / 12 months for consent preference | No — these are necessary for the site to function |
| Analytics & Performance | Helps us understand how visitors use our website by collecting anonymous information about pages visited, time on site, and user journey. | _ga (Google Analytics client ID) / _ga_[ID] (GA4 session counter) / _gid (daily analytics) | _ga: 2 years / _ga_[ID]: 2 years / _gid: 24 hours | Yes — analytics consent required |
| Functional | Allows the website to remember your preferences such as language or region to provide a more personalised experience. | [List specific functional cookies used by your CMS — e.g. preference cookies] | 12 months | Yes — functional consent required |
| Marketing & Targeting | We do not currently use third-party marketing or advertising cookies on this website. If we introduce these in future, we will update this policy and your consent will be required. | None currently | N/A | Yes — would be required if introduced |
3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear. You can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the ‘Cookie Preferences’ link in the footer of every page.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. The following links provide guidance for common browsers:
- Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Apple Safari: support.apple.com/en-au/guide/safari/sfri11471
- Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge
Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this website. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled through our consent tool as they are required for the website to operate.
4. Third-Party Cookies
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to collect anonymous website usage data. Google Analytics sets the cookies described in Section 2. Google’s privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy as our use of cookies changes or as legal requirements change. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised ‘Last Updated’ date.
6. Contact
For questions about our use of cookies: info@gridengineeringgroup.com