Browser storage
Cookie policy
Gruntled uses essential storage to operate and protect the site, and may use measurement or affiliate technologies when permitted.
Last reviewed: 20 July 2026
What cookies are
Cookies are small values stored by a browser. Similar technologies, such as local storage or tracking parameters, can also remember state or help a service understand that two events are related.
Essential and security storage
WordPress, our hosting, firewall, anti-spam, performance and security tools may set or read short-lived or limited identifiers needed to deliver pages, protect forms, detect abuse, manage sessions and keep the service reliable. These technologies are not used to promise anonymity and may involve an IP address or device information in server records.
Website measurement
Gruntled uses Burst Statistics to understand broad site use and diagnose performance. Its behaviour can depend on the current configuration and consent state. Measurement helps us see which pages are useful and where the site needs improvement.
Affiliate and merchant technologies
Gruntled uses Skimlinks. Its script may identify eligible merchant links and affiliate services may set or read cookies, carry tracking parameters or process click and transaction information after you follow a commercial link. The destination merchant may also use its own cookies. This supports commission attribution and fraud prevention; see our affiliate disclosure.
Embedded and external content
If a page embeds content from another service, that provider may behave as though you visited it directly and may use its own technologies. Ordinary outbound links do not load the destination until you choose to follow them.
Your choices
You can use the site’s consent controls where presented and can clear or block storage through your browser. Blocking essential storage may affect forms or security checks. Browser privacy controls and merchant or network opt-outs may also limit affiliate attribution.
Current identifiers
Names and durations can change as WordPress, security, analytics and affiliate services update. Rather than claim a permanent exhaustive list, this policy describes the purposes and providers in use. If you need details about an identifier you have observed, send its name and the page URL through our contact page.