1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage?
Cookies are minute alphanumeric text files placed on your computer, tablet, or smartphone by web servers when you navigate across online portals. They allow web platforms to remember your actions, security tokens, and interface preferences over specified timeframes. In addition to HTTP cookies, modern web browsers utilize localStorage, which stores state keys on your local client drive without transmitting them automatically with every server request.
2. How We Categorize Our Storage Tokens
Meadowreel Shuffleit Media Ltd operates an austere data architecture. We categorize our storage mechanisms into three distinct functional tiers:
- Strictly Necessary Storage: Essential for fundamental page delivery, accessibility preference enforcement, and storing your consent decision so the cookie notice does not continuously interrupt your reading session. These cannot be disabled through our toggle panel.
- Performance & Analytics Cookies: Aggregate, non-identifying measurements that calculate total visit duration, high-traffic trail pages, and bounce rates across device categories.
- Functional Storage: Remembers your interaction status (e.g. mobile navigation toggle states) to prevent visual layout shifts during page transitions.
3. Detailed Cookie & Storage Audit Table
| Token / Key Name | Category | Retention Lifespan | Functional Description |
|---|---|---|---|
meadowreel_cookie_consent |
Strictly Necessary | Persistent (localStorage) | Stores user choice: 'all', 'essential_only', or 'analytics_allowed'. |
__cf_bm / _sec_tok |
Strictly Necessary | Session (30 minutes) | Distributed CDN tokens that mitigate malicious automated bot scrapers. |
_mrs_stat_id |
Analytics (Optional) | 12 Months | Generates an anonymous hashed string to count unique readership metrics. |
_mrs_ref_src |
Analytics (Optional) | Session | Records generic referrer origin (e.g., search engine or direct link). |
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies in Your Browser
In addition to using our interactive preference banner, you can control, block, or delete cookies directly through your web browser settings. Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may degrade core site functionality:
- Google Chrome: Navigate to Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Navigate to Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Apple Safari: Navigate to Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies or manage stored website data.
- Microsoft Edge: Navigate to Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data.
5. Policy Updates and Contact
We review our technical cookie audit periodically to ensure ongoing compliance with the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). Any changes will be published directly on this page with an updated revision date. For further clarification, please contact our data governance team at [email protected].