Cookies
Short and plain. We set analytics cookies only if you accept the banner. Decline, and the only thing stored is your choice. The sites you reach through the buy buttons set their own cookies, that's their policy.
What Ansa-Phone sets
Nothing, until you choose. On your first visit a banner asks whether you're happy for us to measure the visit. If you say yes, two analytics tools load and set cookies:
- Google Analytics 4 sets cookies (such as
_ga) to count pages, referrers and devices, so we can see which pages help. - Microsoft Clarity sets cookies (such as
_clckand_clsk) to record on-page interactions, like where people scroll and click, with anything you type masked.
If you say no, or close the banner without choosing, neither one loads and neither cookie is set. There are no advertising cookies at any point.
Change your mind
You can switch analytics on or off whenever you like. This reopens the banner so you can choose again.
What our affiliate partners set
When you click a marked buy link on Ansa-Phone, you leave our site and the destination sets its standard attribution cookies: Amazon Associates cookies on the Amazon UK buttons, and Awin, Tapfiliate or Tradedoubler cookies on the partner links to Back Market, the SIM providers, Light and HMD. The Punkt, Pinwheel and giffgaff links are plain direct links. We have no control over the cookies the destination retailer sets.
You can opt out of affiliate cookies the same way you opt out of any cookies, in your browser settings, or by simply not clicking the buy buttons. The product information, retailer name and price on the page are enough to find each phone without our links.
Browser storage we may use
A small amount of localStorage on your device, used to remember your cookie choice and whether you've dismissed the affiliate disclosure bar. It is not sent to our server. Clear your browser storage to reset it, and the banner will ask again.
The rest of the trust layer
The wider question of how Ansa-Phone handles data, money and integrity is split across a few pages. Privacy and security covers what we store and for how long. Policies covers how we trade. Affiliate disclosure names the one programme we are signed up to. Editorial standards covers how we write and refresh content.
