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Cookies and browser storage
Plain-language information for the hosted Portfolio Analytics Lab beta.
Updated 5 November 2026
Scope
This page covers the PAL public website and hosted app. Cookies and local/session storage can remember choices or keep a session working. External support and community services have their own policies.
Public-site preferences
The public website stores your analytics choice in local storage as pal_site_analytics_consent (granted or denied). This is needed to remember your choice; it is not an analytics identifier. It stays in that browser until you change the choice or clear site data. If browser storage is blocked, the choice lasts only for the current page.
Optional Google Analytics
No Google Analytics script is loaded until you allow analytics. On consent, Google Analytics uses first-party _ga and _ga_* cookies to distinguish visits and sessions. PAL configures new analytics cookies for up to 90 days, without extending their lifetime on every visit; clearing them removes them sooner. Advertising signals and ad personalisation are disabled. Analytics may process page visits, device/browser information, approximate location and engagement; Google can also receive network information when your browser contacts its service. Browser-cookie lifetime is separate from Google's retention of collected analytics data.
Changing your choice
On the public website, open Cookie preferences in the footer and choose No thanks to withdraw, or Allow analytics to opt in. On withdrawal PAL disables analytics, removes accessible _ga cookies for its site and reloads the page without the analytics script. You can also clear cookies and site data in your browser. Refusing analytics does not block access to the site or app.
App session and preferences
The app does not include the public site's Google Analytics tag. It uses browser storage for authentication/session continuity, session-timeout settings and interface choices such as theme, view and filters. The pal_ui_session value lasts for the browser tab's session. Persistent account/session and preference values may remain until sign-out, replacement, expiry or clearing site data. Guest demo portfolio data is page-scoped and is not a saved account portfolio. Clearing local storage does not delete a dashboard saved to your account on the service.
Service logs
Necessary hosting and security logs are distinct from optional browser analytics. See Privacy for the data processed by PAL and how to contact the controller.