1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device — computer, phone, or tablet — when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognise your device on subsequent visits, remember your preferences, and understand how you interact with the site.
Cookies can be "session cookies" (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (stored on your device for a set period). They can be set by the website you're visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services embedded within that site ("third-party cookies").
Similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage may also be used alongside cookies. For simplicity, this policy refers collectively to all such technologies as "cookies."
2. How We Use Cookies
The Mintleaf website uses cookies for three purposes:
- Strictly necessary — to make the website function correctly. These cannot be disabled.
- Analytics and performance — to understand how visitors interact with our site so we can improve it. These are only placed with your consent.
- Marketing and tracking — to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and allow platforms we advertise on to show relevant content. These are only placed with your consent.
We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal data, and we do not sell cookie data to any third party.
3. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are typically set in response to actions you take, such as setting your cookie preferences or filling in a form.
| Cookie name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Duration |
mintleaf_consent |
Mintleaf |
Stores your cookie consent preferences so the banner is not shown on every page |
12 months |
PHPSESSID |
Mintleaf (server) |
Maintains your session state during a single browsing session; used when submitting the contact form |
Session |
Because these cookies are strictly necessary, they do not require your consent. However, you can still delete them at any time via your browser settings (see Section 8).
4. Analytics & Performance Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website — which pages are most visited, how long people spend on the site, and whether any errors occur. The information collected is aggregated and anonymised where possible.
Analytics cookies are only set if you have accepted this category via the cookie preference panel.
| Cookie name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Duration |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated identifier. Used to calculate visit, session, and campaign data |
2 years |
_ga_[ID] |
Google Analytics (GA4) |
Maintains session state for GA4 measurements |
2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics |
Stores and updates a unique value for each page visited |
24 hours |
_gat |
Google Analytics |
Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics servers |
1 minute |
Google Analytics data is processed in accordance with Google's data processing terms. We have enabled IP anonymisation to reduce the identifiability of visitor data.
5. Marketing & Tracking Cookies
These cookies are used to measure the reach and effectiveness of advertising Mintleaf may place on third-party platforms. They allow platforms to understand whether a visitor has completed a conversion event, such as submitting an enquiry, following an ad click.
Marketing cookies are only set if you have accepted this category via the cookie preference panel. Rejecting marketing cookies will not affect your ability to use the Mintleaf website.
| Cookie name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Duration |
_fbp |
Meta (Facebook) |
Identifies browsers for the purposes of conversion tracking via the Meta Pixel |
3 months |
_fbc |
Meta (Facebook) |
Stores ad click information from Facebook Ads to measure conversion |
3 months |
_uetsid |
Microsoft (Bing) |
Stores a unique identifier for Bing Ads conversion tracking; tracks sessions |
1 day |
_uetvid |
Microsoft (Bing) |
Stores a unique identifier for Bing Ads conversion tracking; tracks returning visitors |
16 days |
MUID |
Microsoft |
Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user identifier; enables advertising features across Microsoft-owned properties |
13 months |
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some third-party services embedded on our website may set their own cookies independently of the Mintleaf consent system. These include:
- Google Maps — if you interact with the map embedded on our Contact page, Google may set cookies to maintain your preferences and improve map performance
- Google Fonts — delivery of typefaces via Google's CDN may involve limited technical data being sent to Google's servers, though no persistent cookies are typically set
Third-party cookies are subject to the privacy and cookie policies of their respective providers. We encourage you to review these if you have questions about how third-party services handle your data.
7. Managing Your Preferences
You can update your cookie preferences at any time using the panel below. Changes will take effect immediately. Withdrawing consent for analytics or marketing cookies will not remove cookies that have already been placed; to remove those, please clear your browser cookies (see Section 8).