Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit — such as your preferences or whether you have already consented to our cookie policy.

Cookies cannot harm your device and do not contain any personally identifiable information unless you have provided that information to us directly.

2. How We Use Cookies

Massage Slide uses a minimal number of cookies to ensure the website functions correctly and to help us understand how visitors use our site so we can continue to improve your experience.

We currently use two categories of cookies:

3. The Cookies We Use

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
ms_cookies_consent	Essential	Remembers whether you have accepted or declined cookies, so we do not show the consent banner on every visit.	1 year
_ga	Analytics	Set by Google Analytics. Used to distinguish unique users and sessions. Helps us understand how visitors interact with our site — such as which pages are most visited and how long people spend on them. No personally identifiable information is collected.	2 years
_ga_XXXXXXXX	Analytics	Set by Google Analytics (GA4). Used to maintain session state and aggregate usage statistics for our specific property.	2 years
_gid	Analytics	Set by Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users over a short session period and report on site activity.	24 hours

Google Analytics cookies are only placed on your device if you accept cookies via our consent banner. If you decline, only the essential consent cookie is stored.

4. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse how visitors use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

We have enabled IP anonymisation, which means your IP address is truncated before being stored by Google. Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate your use of the website and compile reports on website activity.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can learn more about how Google uses data from partner sites by visiting: policies.google.com/privacy/partners.

5. Your Choices & How to Manage Cookies

When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie consent banner. You may choose to accept or decline cookies at that point.

You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser's local storage or cookies for this site, which will cause the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.

You may also opt out of Google Analytics tracking directly using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on:

Google Analytics Opt-Out

Additionally, most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Please refer to your browser's help documentation to learn how to:

• View cookies stored on your device
• Block cookies from specific sites
• Block all third-party cookies
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser

Please note that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of some parts of this website.

6. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to external sites (for example, WhatsApp or Google Maps). These third-party sites have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we have no control over and are not responsible for. We recommend reviewing their policies before providing any personal information.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our services. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we handle your data, please get in touch:

Massage Slide
Southampton, UK
07352 637724
massageslide.co.uk