Cookie notice

The short version

francwine.co uses one security cookie that the site needs, and Google Analytics cookies only if you click Accept on the cookie banner. There are no advertising or social media cookies.

If you click Reject, or ignore the banner, no analytics cookies are set and nothing from Google loads.

Your choice

The banner asks the first time you visit. I keep your answer in your browser for 6 months, then ask again.

You can change your mind at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw consent, the site deletes its Google Analytics cookies straight away.

Refusing cookies never affects what you can do on the site.

Cookies the website uses

Name	Set by	Purpose	Kept for	Needs your consent
__cf_bm	Cloudflare	Tells people apart from harmful bots to keep the site secure	30 minutes	No, strictly necessary
_ga	Google Analytics	Tells one visit from another, so I can count visitors	13 months	Yes
_ga_ZH3V5H2FYF	Google Analytics	Keeps the state of your current visit	13 months	Yes

Your cookie choice itself is stored in your browser’s local storage under the name fw-consent, so the banner doesn’t reappear on every page. It holds only your answer and the date.

How I measure visits

If you accept, I use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages are read, how people find the site and whether they send an enquiry. Google doesn’t store your IP address in Analytics, and I don’t use Google’s advertising features, so your visit isn’t used to show you ads. Analytics data about individual visitors is deleted after 14 months.

For everyone, I also use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts page views without cookies and without identifying you. It collects only anonymous totals such as page views, referring sites and country.

Fonts and other content

Every font and image on francwine.co is served from the site itself. Until you accept analytics cookies, your browser connects only to francwine.co and Cloudflare. If you accept, it also connects to Google to load Analytics.

Managing cookies in your browser

Your browser settings also let you view and delete cookies at any time. The site works fully with cookies switched off.

Questions

Email [email protected], or read the privacy notice for the full picture of how I handle personal data.