One key is ours. Every ad cookie waits for your Allow.
People find us by searching for office coffee service in Austin or office lunch delivery, usually through a paid ad. This ledger lists what the site stores in your browser because of that, row by row, and what each row actually does.
Three kinds of storage, and only one runs before you choose
Read across: the clause, what it means in plain words, and why it applies on this site.
| Clause | In plain words | Why it applies here |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Storage the site needs to work the way you asked. It holds your cookie choice and, if you open the support chat, the token that brings your conversation back. Always on | Without the choice key the banner would ask you on every page. Without the chat token you would lose the thread each time you closed the tab. |
| Analytics | Counts of visits and pages, so we can see whether anyone reads the services page or leaves after the first screen. Off until Allow | Controlled by the analytics_storage signal. Denied by default. |
| Advertising | Cookies from Google, Microsoft and Meta that match an ad click to a later enquiry, and may be used for remarketing. Off until Allow | We pay for clicks and need to know which ones produce real conversations. Controlled by ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization. |
Every cookie and storage key, name by name
Lifetimes are the maximum. Deleting your browser data clears all of them at once.
| Name | Set by | What it is for | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
site_consent_v2 |
Continental Serves, browser storage | Your Allow or Decline, and when you gave it. The only key on this site that persists a choice. | 6 months |
cs_chat_token, cs_chat_seen |
Continental Serves, browser local storage | The support chat token, a random string linking your browser to your conversation on our server, and the number of the last reply you have read, so the unread badge is right. Set only when you start a chat. | Until you clear it; the transcript is deleted after 18 months |
_gcl_au |
Google Ads | Stores the gclid from a Google ad click so an enquiry can be counted as a conversion. |
90 days |
_ga, _ga_* |
Google Analytics | Tells one visit from another for site statistics. | Up to 2 years |
_uetsid, _uetvid |
Microsoft Advertising | Matches a Microsoft ad click, carried as msclkid, to a later enquiry. |
1 day and 13 months |
MUID |
Microsoft Advertising | Microsoft's browser identifier across its services, used for ad measurement. | 13 months |
_fbp, _fbc |
Meta Ads | Meta's browser identifier, and the fbclid from a Meta ad click, where a campaign runs there. |
90 days |
What arrives in the link when you click an ad
Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising send traffic here today. Meta Ads does where we run a campaign. None of them has reviewed or approved this site; they sell us clicks.
| Platform | In plain words | Why it applies here |
|---|---|---|
| Google Ads | Adds gclid to the address you land on. A random string for that one click. |
Most of our searches, such as micro market austin or office lunch delivery austin, come through Google. It also receives the four consent signals. |
| Microsoft Advertising | Adds msclkid to the address. Same idea, Bing and its partner sites. |
Facilities managers on company laptops often search from Edge and Bing by default. |
| Meta Ads | Adds fbclid to the address when you come from Facebook or Instagram. |
Only when a campaign is running there. |
Denied means denied. The identifier sits in your address bar either way. It only gets written to a cookie, and matched to an enquiry, after you press Allow.
Four signals, each set to denied before a tag loads
Google's consent mode passes your choice to the tags. Microsoft and Meta tags read the same state from our banner.
| Signal | In plain words | Default, and after a choice |
|---|---|---|
ad_storage |
May advertising cookies be written in your browser. | Denied until Allow; back to denied on Decline or withdrawal. |
ad_user_data |
May data about you be sent to Google for advertising, such as a conversion. | Denied until Allow; back to denied on Decline or withdrawal. |
ad_personalization |
May your visit be used to show you our ads again elsewhere. | Denied until Allow; back to denied on Decline or withdrawal. |
analytics_storage |
May statistics cookies be written. | Denied until Allow; back to denied on Decline or withdrawal. |
With the signals denied, Google's tags can still send a cookieless ping that says a page was viewed, without reading or writing any identifier from your browser. That is how consent mode is built, and we would rather say it than pretend the tag does not load. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, all four stay denied and the banner does not ask.
Where to give, change or withdraw consent
| Clause | In plain words | Why it applies here |
|---|---|---|
| First visit | A strip appears along the bottom of the screen with two buttons, Decline and Allow. It does not cover the page; you can read on and ignore it. | Ignoring it counts as no. No advertising or analytics cookie is written until you press Allow. |
| Changing your mind | The Cookie settings button sits in the footer of every page, next to the legal links. Press it and the strip comes back. | Withdrawing is as quick as giving: one press, and the four signals go back to denied that moment. |
| Renewal | The record of your choice is kept for 6 months. Clearing your browser storage removes it at once, and the strip comes back on your next page. | A choice made once should not bind you forever, and you should not need us to undo it. |
What still works when you say no
Almost everything. This is a site about office coffee, micromarkets and lunch, not a members' area.
| Part of the site | After Decline | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Pages, menu, photographs | Work exactly the same. | None of them depend on optional storage. |
| Inquiry form | Works. We still get your enquiry and call you back. | The form posts to our own server; it needs no cookie. |
| Support chat | Works. The chat token is strictly necessary. | It exists only because you started a conversation. |
| Ad measurement and statistics | Stop. No advertising or analytics cookie is written, and your click is not matched to your enquiry. | The four signals are denied. |
How the platforms handle what they receive
Once data reaches Google, Microsoft or Meta, their policies govern it. Read them there.
| Company | Document | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC | policies.google.com/privacy | Google Ads, Google Analytics and consent mode. See also policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. |
| Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd | privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement | Microsoft Advertising and the msclkid identifier. |
| Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd | facebook.com/privacy/policy | Meta Ads, the Meta pixel and fbclid. |
Ask about a specific cookie
If a name turns up in your browser that is not in this ledger, tell us. Either we missed it and the ledger gets fixed, or it came from somewhere else and we will say so. Email [email protected], call +1 (393) 555-3266 on weekdays, or write to Continentalserves, 46 Market Street, Suite 4, Austin, Texas 59966, United States. A person reads that inbox on weekdays.
What we do with enquiries, how long we keep them and how to ask for a copy is in the privacy policy. The service terms, including the same-day credit on a missed delivery, are in the terms. If you came here to ask about a coffee point or a micromarket for your floor, the contact page is quicker.