Cookie policy
In plain language
One cookie is set before you choose anything, and it is the one that remembers your choice. Everything else waits until you say yes, and stops when you say no. The table below is the whole list — if you find a cookie on this site that is not in it, that is a bug and we would like to hear about it.
| Cookie | Category | Set by | What it does | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | Strictly necessary | ProxyHive (first party) | Records the answer you gave on the cookie banner, and when you gave it, so you are not asked again and so we can show what you agreed to. Scoped to proxyhive.io, which is what carries your answer across to the dashboard at app.proxyhive.io. | 6 months |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager | Tells one browser from another, so a person who reads three pages is counted once rather than three times. | 2 years |
| _ga_<property> | Analytics | Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager | Holds the state of the current visit for one GA4 property. The suffix is the property id. | 2 years |
| _gcl_au | Marketing | Google Ads, loaded through Google Tag Manager | Records which advert click brought you here, so we can tell which campaigns are worth paying for. Set only if you allow marketing cookies. | 90 days |
The categories
Strictly necessary cookies have no off switch, because turning them off would mean the site could not remember that you turned them off. They carry sign-in, security and the consent record itself, and they are never used to measure you.
Analytics tells us which pages get read and where people give up. Marketing tells us which advert or search brought you here. Preferences remembers choices you made on the site so it does not ask twice. All three are off until you turn them on.
How the choice is enforced
Google Tag Manager is loaded with Consent Mode v2 set to denied before the container script runs, not after. A tag that needs analytics or advertising storage therefore cannot fire on the way to asking you — the denial is already in place when the container arrives, rather than being applied a moment later.
Your answer is stored in a cookie scoped to proxyhive.io, so answering here also answers for the dashboard at app.proxyhive.io. The two run separate tag containers and read the same consent.
Changing your mind
Use Cookie settings, in the footer of every page and at the top of this one. Withdrawing is one click, in the same place as giving. Clearing your browser’s cookies for this site also clears the record, and you will be asked again on your next visit.
Who else sees this data
- Google Ireland Limited — Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4, Google Ads. Measures site usage and advert performance on our behalf.
What personal data we hold about you as an account holder, and the rights you have over it, is a separate document: the privacy policy.
Contact
Questions about this document go to legal@proxyhive.io, and a person answers.