What cookies we use
A cookie is a small file a website stores on your device. This site keeps cookie use to a minimum:
- Essential storage, a single browser local-storage entry that remembers your cookie choice so you are not asked again. It is not a cookie, and this site sets no essential cookies of its own.
- Analytics cookies, Google Analytics (G-LHFQ58784Q), used only in an anonymised form to understand how the site is used. These load only if you accept them; analytics are denied by default under Google Consent Mode v2 until you choose to accept.
- Advertising measurement cookies, Google Ads conversion measurement, used to tell whether someone who clicked one of our adverts went on to request a label. These load only if you accept them and are denied by default. They are used to measure our own advertising, not to build a profile of you, and we do not run advertising on this site.
- Performance telemetry (cookie-free), Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights record aggregate page views and Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP) without setting cookies, without tracking you across sites and without storing personal data. These help GoldPaid keep the site fast.
GoldPaid does not display advertising on this site, does not use cross-site tracking cookies, and does not sell your data. The only advertising-related cookies are the Google Ads conversion cookies described above, which measure our own adverts and only load if you accept them.
Every cookie, by name
The full list, so you can check it against what is actually on your device. Open your browser's developer tools, look under Application or Storage, and compare. If you find something here that is not on this list, tell us and we will explain it or remove it.
- gp_consent_v1, not a cookie at all, but browser local storage. Records whether you accepted or declined, and when. Essential. Kept until you clear it or change your choice.
- _ga, Google Analytics. Distinguishes one browser from another so repeat visits are not counted as new people. Set only if you accept. Expires after 2 years.
- _ga_LHFQ58784Q, Google Analytics 4 session state for this property. Set only if you accept. Expires after 2 years.
- _gcl_au, Google Ads conversion measurement. Records that a click on one of our adverts led to a label request. Set only if you accept, and only while we are running adverts. Expires after 90 days.
Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights set no cookies at all. Nothing on this site reads a cookie set by another website, and nothing here is used to build a profile of you.
Your control, and how to change your mind
Analytics are governed by a consent setting that defaults to denied. Nothing analytics-related runs until you accept: no Google measurement script is fetched, no measurement data reaches Google, and no cookie is set. The page does open an early network connection to Google’s tag server so that the script would load quickly if you accept, but nothing about you travels over it. Decline, and none of it loads at any point.
To change your decision later, use the Cookie settings button at the very bottom of any page on this site. It reopens the same two choices. Choosing "Reject all" also deletes any Google Analytics and Google Ads cookies already on your device, rather than only switching measurement off.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time. Essential cookies are required for the site to work, but blocking analytics cookies will not stop you using the site or requesting a label.
Common questions
How do I change my cookie choice after I have made it?
Use the Cookie settings button at the bottom of any page. It reopens the same two choices. Choosing Reject all also deletes any Google Analytics and Google Ads cookies already stored on your device.
Does GoldPaid use advertising cookies?
Only for measuring our own adverts, and only if you accept them. No advertising is displayed on this site and there are no cross-site tracking cookies. If you accept cookies, Google Ads conversion measurement tells us whether someone who clicked one of our adverts went on to request a label. Reject, and none of it loads. Your data is not sold either way.
What happens if I decline analytics cookies?
Nothing changes about how you use the site. No Google measurement script is fetched, no measurement data reaches Google, and no cookie is set. Analytics are denied by default until you choose to accept, and declining also deletes any Google cookies already on your device.