Cookies and storage

Cookies and Analytics Preferences

The browser storage used for preferences, optional Google Analytics and website security, and how to change your choice.

Research checked 2026-11-08 · Documented facts, with scope and limitations.

Optional Analytics is off until you allow it. We remember that choice in browser local storage. Hosting and form-security services may also use storage or request signals for their security functions, depending on the deployed configuration.

Who is responsible

This notice is provided by bestediproviders.com. Send questions through the contact form. Read it together with the Privacy Policy for information about enquiry handling and service providers.

Your saved preference

The local-storage item edi-analytics-preference stores accepted or declined in your current browser. It is used to remember whether you allow optional Analytics. It is not an enquiry record and does not contain the name or email you enter into a form.

This preference has no automatic expiry in the current site code. It remains until you change it, clear site storage, or your browser removes it. Local storage is separate from cookies and is generally specific to the browser and site where the choice was made.

The session-storage item edi-landing-page remembers the first page path in the current tab session so an optional enquiry can be attributed to the page where the visit began. It excludes URL query strings and fragments, contains no contact details, and ends when the browser clears the tab session.

Optional Google Analytics cookies

When configured and allowed, Google Analytics 4 may set first-party cookies such as _ga and _ga_<container-id> to distinguish browsers and sessions. Google documents a default two-year expiry for these cookies; actual settings, browser limits and later site changes can shorten or alter the lifetime.

The site loads the Google tag only after Allow analytics is selected or a previously saved acceptance is present. Declining prevents this initial load. The site does not currently configure advertising tags, Google advertising signals or advertising-personalization signals.

Sources: [1]

Change or withdraw your choice

Select Analytics preferences in the footer and choose Allow analytics or Decline. Declining after a previous acceptance stops future Analytics collection by this site. It does not automatically erase cookies or data already sent to Google.

Use your browser's site-data controls to remove existing cookies or local storage. Clearing all site data also removes the saved preference, so the website may ask again. Browsing and downloading resources remain available when you decline. If a browser blocks local storage, the choice may not persist between visits.

Hosting, access and form security

Cloudflare delivers and protects the website. Access controls on a private preview and security features can use cookies, tokens or browser/request signals needed for those functions. The enquiry form uses Turnstile when intake is enabled. These security functions are separate from optional audience Analytics.

Cloudflare documents that clearance-cookie behavior depends on challenge and pre-clearance settings. We do not assume that every Turnstile interaction uses a particular cookie. The final security configuration and observed storage must be checked before public launch, and this notice updated if needed.

Sources: [1] · [2] · [3]

Enquiries and the worksheet

Your form submission is handled by the enquiry system and is not stored as an Analytics cookie. The cost worksheet performs calculations in the page and does not submit the entered quote values. The Privacy Policy explains the separate handling of a submitted introduction request.

Updates and contact

We review this notice when the website's storage, measurement or security configuration changes. Use the contact form if a preference does not work or you need help locating the relevant browser controls.

Requirements checklist access

After a successfully saved enquiry, the site sets the essential edi_resource_access cookie for seven days. It is signed, restricted to download requests, marked HttpOnly and Secure, and used to remember access to the requirements checklist. It contains no name, email or project details. It is separate from optional Analytics. Clearing or blocking that cookie can remove checklist access; the saved enquiry remains private.

Sources and scope

Official sources support their published descriptions. Availability, contract terms, and suitability for your specific workflow require confirmation.

  1. Google Analytics 4 cookie usageGA4 first-party cookie purposes and default lifetimes; actual settings and browser restrictions can differ.
  2. Cloudflare Privacy PolicyHosting and security provider processing; this source does not establish the site operator identity or its own retention policy.
  3. Cloudflare Turnstile Privacy AddendumTurnstile-specific processing is subject to Cloudflare privacy disclosures; final deployed configuration requires verification.
  4. Cloudflare: Clearance cookiesCloudflare security cookies can depend on challenge and pre-clearance configuration; do not assume every Turnstile widget issues the same cookie.