Last updated: 11 October 2026. This explains essential browser storage and optional analytics on commercialgrowth.ie.
1. What we use
| Name / technology | Purpose | Storage / duration |
|---|---|---|
cg_check_answers | Keep your local Growth Check answers while moving between steps; they are not sent to us automatically. | Necessary sessionStorage, for the browser session or until a fresh Check is started. |
cg_analytics_consent | Remember your analytics choice. | Necessary preference in localStorage, renewed after up to 180 days. |
_ga and _ga_5PNH8XMW8N | Measure aggregate website usage if you allow Google Analytics. | Optional analytics cookies; configured for up to 90 days. |
2. Analytics choices
Optional Google Analytics 4 is not loaded until you select “Allow optional analytics”. Rejecting analytics does not prevent you using the scanner or Growth Check. The “Privacy choices” control in the footer lets you change your choice at any time; withdrawing consent stops further Analytics calls and the site attempts to remove first-party cookies it previously set. Your choice is renewed no later than six months. GA4 may measure categorical stages, such as Check started, question reached, report viewed or scanner completed; full website URLs entered in the scanner, contact details, free-text responses and individual lead IDs should not be sent as custom analytics fields. Browser or third-party settings can still affect how tracking operates.
3. Scanner records are separate
Choosing whether Commercial Growth stores a submitted domain is a separate action from permission for analytics cookies or browser storage. Domain-history storage, when enabled, records a limited set of scan details in a private server database rather than in a browser cookie, and is optional. A free scan must remain available without selecting this choice. See the Privacy Policy.
Private deletion codes are shown after optional sharing but are not automatically saved in cookies, localStorage or sessionStorage. Your browser clipboard receives a code or summary only when you click its copy button.
4. External services
The scanner may load Cloudflare Turnstile for anti-abuse verification as part of delivering the requested service. Cloudflare may process browser/network information and use security technologies subject to its applicable policies. Tally is opened as a separate third-party form only when you choose its link, and your email provider receives only the information you choose to email; opening our compose link contains the recipient and a generic subject, not your Growth Check answers. The current site is not intended to use advertising pixels such as Meta Pixel, Google Ads or TikTok Pixel. Any introduction of new non-essential cookies or tracking would require revisiting this policy and consent controls.
5. Your options
Use the Privacy choices button in the footer to revisit analytics consent, or clear website storage in your browser settings. Browser restrictions may affect saved Check progress. Questions: lauraqbusiness@gmail.com.