Cookie policy

Cookies

This page lists the cookies and similar storage technologies that may be set when you visit sunhour. It is part of, and should be read together with, our privacy policy. Last updated: June 2026.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser. Some are needed for the site to work, some remember your preferences, and some help us or advertisers measure usage.

Essential cookies

These are set without consent because the site would not function without them.

• laravel_session — server-side session, used for CSRF protection. Expires when you close the browser.
• XSRF-TOKEN — cross-site request forgery protection. Expires with the session.

Preference storage

• sunhour-theme in browser localStorage (not technically a cookie, but worth disclosing) — remembers if you chose light or dark theme. Local to your device, never sent to our servers.

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4)

Only set if you accept analytics in the consent banner (EU/UK/Swiss visitors) or by default elsewhere.

• _ga, _ga_* — distinguishes unique users. Expires after 2 years.
• _gid — identifies the user for 24 hours.
• _gat — throttles request rate. Expires in 1 minute.

IP anonymization is enabled, and Google Signals (cross-device tracking) is disabled. Google's cookie reference.

Advertising cookies (Google AdSense)

Set by Google when an ad is rendered. Behavior depends on your consent state — "reject" causes Google to show only non-personalized ads using limited cookies.

• __gads, __gpi — ad frequency capping and reporting. Expires after 13 months.
• NID, IDE, DSID, FLC, AID, TAID — Google-set identifiers used for personalized ads, conversion measurement, and fraud detection. Various expirations up to 2 years.
• FCNEC — used by the Funding Choices / Google Consent Management Platform to store your consent state.

Full list and Google's purposes: business.safety.google/adscookies.

How to control cookies

• In sunhour — EU/UK/Swiss visitors see a consent banner on first visit. Click the "Cookie settings" link in the footer to re-open it and change your choices at any time.
• In your browser — every browser allows you to view and delete cookies and to block them by site. See instructions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge.
• Opt out of personalized ads — at Google My Ad Center or YourOnlineChoices.
• Opt out of GA4 — install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Updates

If we add or remove a cookie category, this page will be updated and the "last updated" date refreshed.

Contact

Questions: [email protected].