Welcome to AutoFinder.je. This Cookie Policy explains how Granite Digital ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website (the "Website").
We are committed to transparency about our use of cookies and ensuring compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit our Website. They help us provide a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use the Website.
2. How We Use Cookies
- Essential cookies: Required for the Website to function properly
- Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use the Website
- Advertising-measurement cookies: Help us see whether our own adverts (run on Google) are bringing people to the Website. We do not display third-party adverts on the Website.
- Functional cookies: Remember your preferences and settings
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Our active cookie set is limited to essentials needed for the Website to function, Google Analytics for usage measurement, and Google Ads conversion cookies that measure our own advertising. The analytics and advertising-measurement cookies are only set after you consent.
4. Google Analytics & Google Ads
4.1 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your use of our Website, including:
- Pages you visit and time spent on each page
- How you arrived at our Website (referring website)
- Your general location (country/region level)
- Device and browser information
Google Analytics data is processed by Google in accordance with their Privacy Policy. We do not have access to personally identifiable information through Google Analytics.
4.2 Google Ads conversion measurement
We run adverts for AutoFinder on Google (for example, in Google Search results) to help people across Jersey find us. We do not display third-party adverts on the Website itself. To understand whether those adverts are working, Google sets conversion cookies (such as "_gcl_au") that let us see when someone who clicked one of our adverts later does something useful on the site — such as sending an enquiry to a seller, listing a vehicle, or creating an account.
Where you have consented, we also use Google's "Enhanced Conversions" feature. When you submit one of those forms, your email address is turned into a non-reversible, hashed value in your browser before it is sent to Google, so Google can match the action to an advert click without ever receiving your raw email address. These cookies and this measurement only happen after you accept cookies — choosing "Essential Only" switches them off.
5. Your Cookie Choices
5.1 Browser settings
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings:
- View cookies stored on your device
- Delete cookies individually or all at once
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Block all cookies (though this may affect Website functionality)
5.2 Google opt-out
- Choose "Essential Only" on our cookie banner to switch off both analytics and advertising-measurement cookies
- Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Manage Google advert personalisation at Google Ad Settings (adssettings.google.com)
- Use your browser's "Do Not Track" setting
5.3 Impact of disabling cookies
- Essential cookies cannot be disabled — they're required for the Website to function
- Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your ability to use the Website
- Some features may not work properly if you disable certain cookies
6. Third-Party Cookies
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that may set their own cookies. We do not control these and this Cookie Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to review the cookie policies of any third-party websites you visit.
7. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our Website you'll see a cookie consent banner. You can choose to Accept (allow analytics and advertising-measurement cookies — Google Analytics and Google Ads conversion measurement) or Essential Only (only allow essential cookies). Until you accept, no analytics or advertising-measurement cookies are set. Your choice is stored locally and remembered for future visits — you can change it at any time by clearing the site's storage in your browser or using the opt-out tools above.
8. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Significant changes will be communicated by posting the updated policy on the Website and updating the "Last Updated" date.
9. Data Protection Rights
Under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018, you have the right to:
- Access information about cookies we use
- Request that we stop using certain cookies
- Withdraw your consent to cookie usage
- Request deletion of data collected through cookies
10. Contact Information
Questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies? Email info@autofinder.je with subject "Cookie Policy Inquiry". We will respond within 30 days.