Effective: September 8, 2026 · Covers the Grove waiting-list website only.
Honest summary: this site sets no advertising cookies and no cross-site trackers. It stores five small items in your browser so the page works. The Google tag (gtag, measurement ID G-KMYCN5C2HS) is on the page; analytics_storage stays denied until you choose Accept all. We do not turn on ads personalization.
1. What we store
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| grove_lang | localStorage | Remembers your language choice (English/Spanish) | Until you clear it |
| grove_theme | localStorage | Remembers whether you chose light or dark mode | Until you clear it |
| grove_consent | localStorage | Records your cookie choice so we don't ask on every visit | Until you clear it, or until the policy version changes |
| grove_ref | localStorage | Remembers the invite code you arrived with, so your friend gets credit if you join | Until you clear it |
| grove_waitlist | localStorage | Remembers your own invite link and progress so you see them when you return | Until you clear it |
All five are "strictly necessary / functional" storage: they exist so the page can do what you asked it to do. None of them identify you to anyone else or follow you to other sites.
2. Analytics: off by default
The Google tag (gtag.js, measurement ID G-KMYCN5C2HS) is in the document head so it can run. Before it configures, Consent Mode defaults analytics_storage, ad_storage, ad_user_data, and ad_personalization to denied. Accept all updates analytics_storage to granted — ads stay denied. "Only what's needed" leaves it denied. Google may then set first-party cookies such as _ga on this domain. They are not advertising cookies and they are not set unless you opted in. If you already opted in, we grant analytics storage on later visits until you reopen Cookie settings and choose otherwise, or until this policy version changes and we ask again.
3. Our hosting platform
This site is served by Vercel, which in our configuration sets no cookies to serve these pages. If that ever changes (for example, a platform feature we turn on), this page gets updated first.
4. Managing your choices
- Reopen the banner anytime via Cookie settings in the footer.
- Clear the stored items through your browser's site-data settings — the site keeps working; you'll just be asked your language and cookie choice again, and your saved invite link will no longer appear automatically (it still works — check your clipboard history or ask us).
5. Questions
support@groveplantcare.com — a human reads it.