Cookie policy
Last updated: 30 October 2026
This page lists the cookies used on thebarberboard.com and how to control them. Our privacy policy covers what data we collect and your rights.
How we ask
We ask for consent through Google's consent tool (AdSense Privacy & messaging), a consent platform certified by Google under the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework v2.2. If Google's message isn't shown to you, our own banner asks instead, with Accept and Reject buttons. Google Analytics runs from your first visit, and Reject switches it off. Advertising cookies stay off until you accept.
Cookies we use
Strictly necessary
- FCCDCF, FCNEC (Google consent tool): remember your consent choice so you aren't asked on every page.
- barberboard_cookie_consent: our own banner stores your choice in your browser's local storage. It is not a cookie and is never sent to us.
Analytics (on from your first visit, off if you reject)
- _ga (Google Analytics): tells one visitor from another. 2 years.
- _ga_<ID> (Google Analytics): keeps track of the current visit. 2 years.
We also count page views with Umami, which we host ourselves. It sets no cookies and stores nothing on your device.
Advertising (only if you accept)
Google AdSense shows ads on our guide and city pages. If you accept, Google and its advertising partners set cookies such as __gads, __gpi and __eoi on thebarberboard.com, and cookies such as IDE on Google's own domains, to serve ads, limit how often you see the same one, and measure them. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google lists its cookies and how long they last at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.
Amazon
If you click an Amazon link, Amazon sets its own cookies on amazon.co.uk to record that you came from us. That happens on Amazon's site and is covered by Amazon's own cookie notice.
Changing your choice
- Use the Cookie settings link here or in the footer of any page to switch analytics off or change your advertising choice. If you reject, we turn analytics off and delete the Google Analytics and AdSense cookies on thebarberboard.com that your browser lets us remove.
- Turn off personalised ads from Google in Google's Ads Settings.
- Opt out of personalised ads from other vendors at youronlinechoices.com/uk or aboutads.info.
- Block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The site still works without them.
Questions: hello@thebarberboard.com.