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Cookie Policy
Last updated: 12 May 2025 · Cobalt Wren
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your device on subsequent visits and remember certain information — such as your preferences or consent choices. Cookies are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide basic reporting to site owners.
This policy explains which cookies are used on the Cobalt Wren website (cobaltwrenx.info), why each one is used, and how you can manage or remove them.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for three purposes: to ensure the website functions correctly (essential), to understand in aggregate how visitors use the site (analytics), and to remember a small number of visitor preferences (preference). We do not use cookies for advertising, remarketing, or cross-site tracking.
3. Cookie Categories and Details
Essential Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function. They cannot be switched off through our cookie settings because the site would not work properly without them. They are set only in response to actions you take, such as recording your cookie consent choice.
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cw_cookie_consent | Cobalt Wren | Records whether the visitor has accepted or declined optional cookies, so the consent banner is not shown on every page load. | 12 months | |
| cw_session | Cobalt Wren | Maintains a short-lived session token to support form submission security (CSRF protection). Contains no personal information. | Session |
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors find and use the site — for example, which pages are visited most often and whether any pages produce errors. All data collected is aggregated and does not identify individual visitors. These cookies are only set if you accept optional cookies via the consent banner.
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated identifier. Used to calculate visits, sessions and traffic source data for aggregated reporting. | 2 years | |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Maintains session state for the current analytics measurement ID. | 2 years | |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes users over a shorter window; used to throttle request rate and store page view information for a single day's session. | 24 hours | |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to limit the rate at which requests are made to Google's servers. No personal data stored. | 1 minute |
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies allow the website to remember choices you make that affect how it appears or behaves — for instance, whether you have previously dismissed an informational banner. These are set only if you accept optional cookies.
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cw_ui_prefs | Cobalt Wren | Stores lightweight interface preferences such as whether a welcome notice has been dismissed. Contains no personal data. | 6 months |
4. Third-Party Cookies
The analytics cookies listed above are set by Google LLC on our behalf through Google Analytics 4. We have configured Google Analytics to anonymise IP addresses and to disable data sharing with Google's advertising products. Google processes analytics data under a data processing agreement with Cobalt Wren in line with applicable data protection law.
We do not embed social media widgets, advertising scripts, or other third-party code that would set additional cookies without your knowledge.
If you use a Google-embedded map on our contact page, Google may set its own cookies when the map is loaded. These are governed by Google's own privacy and cookie policies.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit this site, a consent banner is displayed. You can accept or decline optional (analytics and preference) cookies at that point. Essential cookies are always active and cannot be declined.
If you wish to change your preference after your initial visit, you can clear your browser's cookies for this site, which will cause the consent banner to appear again on your next visit.
Browser-level controls
You can also manage cookies directly through your browser settings. The links below explain how to do this in the most common browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Please note that disabling cookies in your browser may affect the functionality of this and other websites you visit.
Opting out of Google Analytics
You can prevent Google Analytics from using your data by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available for most major browsers. This add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from transmitting information about your visit.
6. Cookies and Personal Data
Essential and preference cookies set by Cobalt Wren do not store personal data. Analytics cookies store randomly generated identifiers that do not, on their own, identify you as an individual. Where analytics data is processed by Google Analytics, it is subject to IP anonymisation and is not combined with any other personal data held about you by Cobalt Wren.
For more information on how we handle personal data more broadly, please read our Privacy Policy.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. An updated "Last updated" date will appear at the top of this page. We encourage you to review the policy periodically if you have an interest in how we use cookies.
8. Contact
If you have questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Cobalt Wren
19 Huai Kaeo Road, Su Thep, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +66 53 894 217