COOKIE USE AND CONSENT
Cookie Policy
This policy explains how machineattachments.com/ uses cookies and similar technologies, why they are used, which services may place them and how you can control your choices.
Last updated: 30 July 2026
1. Who Operates This Website?
The website operator responsible for the use of cookies and similar technologies is:
Legal name: [INSERT LEGAL NAME]
Postal address: [INSERT FULL POSTAL ADDRESS]
Website: machineattachments.com/
Email: info@machineattachments.com
For broader information about personal-data processing, please read the Privacy Policy.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device when you visit a website. They can remember information during one visit or across later visits. Similar technologies, such as local storage, pixels and scripts, can perform related functions even when they are not technically cookies.
A cookie may be placed directly by machineattachments.com/, which is known as a first-party cookie, or by an external service used on the website, which is known as a third-party cookie. Some cookies disappear when you close the browser, while persistent cookies remain until their expiry date or until you delete them.
3. Cookie Categories
We group cookies and related technologies according to the purpose they serve.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies support functions required to provide the website or a service that you actively request. Examples may include security, administrator login, consent-preference storage and protection against misuse. They cannot always be disabled through the consent banner because the website may not function correctly without them.
Preference cookies
Preference technologies remember choices such as language, display settings or a dismissed form. They are used only when the relevant feature is enabled and may require consent when they are not strictly necessary.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand which pages are visited, how visitors move through the website and whether content is useful. Google Analytics may be used for this purpose. Analytics storage should remain disabled until the visitor has given the required consent.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies can be used to measure advertising, create visitor profiles or show personalised advertising. machineattachments.com/ does not currently intend to use advertising or remarketing cookies. If this changes, the cookie banner and this policy must be updated before those technologies are activated.
4. Consent and Legal Basis
Strictly necessary cookies may be used without optional consent where they are required to deliver the website or a feature requested by the visitor. Optional analytics, preference and marketing technologies are activated only after the visitor makes the relevant consent choice.
Consent should be specific, informed and freely given. Refusing optional cookies should not prevent access to the public attachment guides. You can withdraw or change consent at any time through the cookie-preference control on the website. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before the preference was changed.
The consent tool may store an essential preference record so the website remembers whether you accepted, rejected or customised optional categories. The precise cookie name and retention period depend on the consent plugin configuration and must be added to the final cookie table after scanning.
5. Cookies Expected on machineattachments.com/
The following table is a working draft based on the services currently planned or installed. A cookie is not necessarily set during every visit. Some are used only for logged-in administrators, only when a particular feature is enabled or only after consent.
| Cookie or storage key | Provider | Category | Purpose | Typical expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Analytics | Distinguishes visitors for website measurement after consent. | Up to 2 years |
_ga_<container-id> | Google Analytics | Analytics | Maintains session state for a specific GA4 property after consent. | Up to 2 years |
popup_form_dismissed | MailPoet | Preference | Remembers that a MailPoet popup subscription form was dismissed. Used only if a popup form is enabled. | Configured form interval |
wordpress_logged_in_* | WordPress | Strictly necessary | Keeps an authenticated administrator or registered user logged in. It is not normally set for ordinary public visitors. | Session or login period |
wordpress_sec_* | WordPress | Strictly necessary | Supports secure authentication for logged-in users and administrators. | Session or login period |
wp_lang | WordPress | Strictly necessary | Stores the selected language on the WordPress login screen. | Session |
 | Consent-management provider | Strictly necessary | Stores the visitor’s cookie preferences and proof of consent or refusal. | Session |
6. Google Analytics
machineattachments.com/ may use Google Analytics 4 to understand overall website use, such as page views, navigation paths, approximate device information and aggregated engagement. Google Analytics commonly uses first-party cookies named _ga and _ga_<container-id> to distinguish users and maintain session state.
Analytics cookies and analytics storage should not be activated for visitors who have not consented. If Consent Mode is configured, Google tags must receive and respect the visitor’s consent state. Advertising features, Google Signals and links to Google Ads should remain disabled unless they are deliberately introduced and clearly disclosed.
The retention period shown in the cookie table refers to browser cookies. Google Analytics also has separate account-level controls for event and user data. Those settings should be reviewed and documented in the Privacy Policy.
7. Newsletter and MailPoet
The newsletter signup is managed with MailPoet. An embedded subscription form does not automatically mean that tracking cookies are required. MailPoet may, however, use a preference cookie such as popup_form_dismissed when a popup form is configured, so the visitor does not see the same popup again during the configured period.
Newsletter delivery, open tracking and link tracking primarily concern personal-data processing rather than browser cookies. Those activities are described in the Privacy Policy. If MailPoet engagement or revenue-tracking functions are enabled later, this policy and the consent configuration must be reviewed before use.
8. WordPress, Administration and Security
WordPress uses authentication cookies when authorised users log in to the administration area. These cookies verify identity, maintain the login session and support secure access. They are generally not set for ordinary visitors who only read public pages.
Security, firewall or anti-spam services may also use essential technical storage where necessary to protect the website from malicious traffic, repeated login attempts or abuse. The final cookie scan should identify any visitor-facing cookies created by the active security configuration.
9. External Content and Third-Party Services
Pages may later include external videos, maps, social-media content or manufacturer resources. Loading embedded content can allow the external provider to receive technical information and place cookies. Such content should be blocked until the visitor gives the appropriate consent where consent is required.
At the time this draft was prepared, the website is not intended to use personalised advertising, social-media tracking pixels or cross-site remarketing. Any future introduction of these services requires a new assessment, an updated consent banner and an updated cookie table.
10. How to Manage or Delete Cookies
You can control cookies in several ways:
- Cookie preferences: use the “Manage cookie preferences” or similar control shown on the website to accept, reject or change optional categories.
- Browser settings: most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies for individual websites or all websites.
- Private browsing: private or incognito modes normally remove session data when the private window is closed, although their behaviour varies.
- Newsletter preferences: use the unsubscribe link in a newsletter to stop emails. This is separate from browser-cookie controls.
Blocking all cookies may prevent administrator login, consent storage or other essential features from working correctly. Deleting the consent-preference cookie may cause the cookie banner to appear again on your next visit.
11. Changes to This Cookie Policy
This policy will be updated when cookies, services, consent settings or legal requirements change. A fresh scan should also be performed after installing or removing plugins, adding embedded content, changing analytics settings or launching advertising features. The current version will remain available on this page with an updated date.
12. Contact
Questions about cookies or consent choices can be sent to:
[INSERT LEGAL NAME]
[INSERT FULL POSTAL ADDRESS]
info@machineattachments.com
COOKIE QUESTIONS
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use the website without accepting analytics cookies?
Yes. The public attachment guides should remain available when optional analytics cookies are rejected. Strictly necessary cookies may still be used for security, consent storage and essential functionality.
Does rejecting cookies unsubscribe me from the newsletter?
No. Cookie choices and newsletter subscriptions are separate. Use the unsubscribe link in a newsletter or contact info@machineattachments.com to stop newsletter emails.
Why does the cookie banner appear again?
It may reappear because the consent cookie expired, was deleted, could not be stored, or the consent configuration changed enough to require a new choice.
Are WordPress login cookies used for ordinary visitors?
Authentication cookies are generally used only for people who log in to WordPress. Public visitors who only read the website should not normally receive those login cookies.
How often should the cookie list be checked?
Review it after meaningful technical changes and run periodic scans. Plugins, analytics settings, embedded content and consent tools can introduce or remove cookies over time.