Cookie Policy
Wasters Limited · Last updated 17 September 2026
This policy explains the cookies and similar storage we use on wasters.io, including the Wasters application at wasters.io/app. It sits alongside our Privacy Notice.
1. Your choice
We set only strictly necessary cookies and storage until you tell us otherwise. Analytics and advertising are switched off unless you turn them on.
When you first visit, we ask. You can:
- Accept all — turn on analytics and advertising
- Reject all — keep only what is strictly necessary
- Manage settings — choose analytics and advertising separately
Rejecting is one click, in the same place and with the same prominence as accepting. Rejecting does not limit anything you can do on the site or in the application.
You can change your mind at any time using the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page. That reopens the choices with your current settings shown, on both the website and the application. Withdrawing is as easy as giving consent.
One choice covers both. The website and the application are on the same address, so a choice you make in one is respected in the other. We store it in your browser under wasters_cookie_consent, together with the date you made it, so we have a record of what you chose and when.
2. Strictly necessary
These are needed for the site and application to work, so they are always on. They do not need your consent and cannot be switched off.
- Name
wasters_cookie_consent- Purpose
- Remembers your cookie choice and the date you made it
- Type
- Local storage, first party
- Lasts
- Until you clear your browser storage
- Name
flutter.SUPABASE_PERSIST_SESSION_KEY- Purpose
- Keeps you signed in. Holds your session token and basic account details
- Type
- Local storage, first party
- Lasts
- Until you sign out
- Name
- Password reset verifier
- Purpose
- Security check during a password reset
- Type
- Local storage, first party
- Lasts
- Minutes
- Name
last_update_attempt_version,last_update_attempt_time- Purpose
- Stops the application reloading in a loop after an update
- Type
- Local storage, first party
- Lasts
- Until replaced
We do not use a cookie to keep you signed in — your session is held in your browser's local storage instead.
3. Analytics — only if you turn it on
These tell us how the site and application are used, so we can improve them. They are set by Google Analytics and are not set unless you accept analytics.
- Name
_ga- Purpose
- Distinguishes visitors
- Type
- Cookie, first party
- Lasts
- 2 years
- Name
_ga_F2239S12NC- Purpose
- Session state
- Type
- Cookie, first party
- Lasts
- 2 years
4. Advertising — only if you turn it on
We advertise online. These tell us whether an advert led to a visit, and let us show our adverts to people who have visited us before. They are set by Google Ads and are not set unless you accept advertising.
- Name
_gcl_au- Purpose
- Measures whether an advert led to a visit
- Type
- Cookie, first party
- Lasts
- 90 days
- Name
_gcl_aw,_gcl_gb- Purpose
- Records an advert click, if you arrived from one
- Type
- Cookie, first party
- Lasts
- 90 days
- Name
_gcl_ls- Purpose
- Advertising click data
- Type
- Local storage, first party
- Lasts
- Set by Google
- Name
- Google advertising cookies on
google.comanddoubleclick.net - Purpose
- Measuring adverts, and showing you our adverts elsewhere
- Type
- Cookie, third party
- Lasts
- Up to about 13 months
We do not sell your data. We do not use this information to make automated decisions about you.
5. Content embedded from other companies
Some pages include content hosted by other companies. We do not load it until you ask for it.
- Where
- Calendly — booking a demonstration
- What happens
- The booking window does not load until you click to open it. When you do, Calendly loads, sets its own cookies, shows its own privacy notice, and receives what you type into the booking form
- Where
- YouTube — our demonstration video
- What happens
- We use YouTube's privacy-enhanced player, which does not set storage until you press play
These are each company's own cookies, set under their own policies, not ours.
6. Where the data goes
Google Analytics and Google Ads send data to Google, which may process it outside the United Kingdom. Calendly and YouTube are United States companies. Our Privacy Notice explains how we handle transfers outside the UK, and lists everyone we share data with.
7. Managing cookies in your browser
Your choice on this site is the simplest way to control what we set. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and most browsers let you clear stored data for a single site.
Browser settings are not a substitute for the choice above — blocking cookies there will not by itself stop other kinds of storage, and blocking strictly necessary storage will stop you signing in.
8. Changes to this policy
We update this policy when what we set changes. The date at the top shows when it last changed. If we add a new category of cookie, we will ask for your choice again rather than assuming your previous answer covers it.
9. Questions and complaints
Email info@wasters.io.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, tell us and we will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days and tell you the outcome. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at any time — see our Privacy Notice for details.