Cookie Policy

This cookie policy explains, in plain English, which cookies RemoteGlide.com uses and how you can control them. The full technical list, generated automatically by our consent tool, is further down this page.

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Our cookie policy in short

  • We only use the cookies the site needs to work, plus Google Analytics if you say yes.
  • We don’t use advertising or tracking cookies at the moment.
  • Our calculators don’t use cookies to store your answers.
  • You can change your choice at any time using the cookie settings link at the bottom of every page.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser. Some are needed for the site to work, for example to remember that you’ve already answered the cookie banner. Others help the owner understand how the site is used. Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking pixels, work in a similar way, and this cookie policy covers them too.

The cookies we use

Necessary cookies

These are always on, because the site can’t work properly without them. They remember your cookie choices and help protect the site from attacks and spam. They don’t track you across other websites.

Statistics cookies (only with your consent)

If you click Accept, Google Analytics sets cookies that tell us which pages are read, roughly where visitors come from and which devices they use. This helps us decide which tools and guides to build next. We can’t see your name or email address in Google Analytics. If you click Deny, these cookies are never set.

Advertising cookies

We don’t use any at the moment. If we start showing ads, we’ll update this cookie policy first and ask for your consent before any advertising cookies are set.

Cookies for site staff

People who manage RemoteGlide get extra cookies when they sign in to the dashboard. Visitors never receive these.

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How long cookies last

Some cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser. These are called session cookies. Others stay for a set time, so the site remembers you on your next visit. The cookie that stores your consent choice usually lasts up to a year, and then the banner asks you again. Google Analytics cookies can last up to two years unless you delete them or withdraw your consent. The exact lifetime of every cookie is shown in the list at the end of this cookie policy.

Why we ask for your consent

In Ireland and the rest of the EU, the ePrivacy rules and the GDPR say a website must ask before it sets any cookie that isn’t strictly needed. The UK has similar rules under PECR and the UK GDPR. That’s why our banner offers Accept and Deny with equal weight, and why nothing except the necessary cookies runs until you choose. We think this is the honest way to do it, even though it means we see fewer visits in our statistics.

What happens if you say no

Nothing changes for you. Every tool, calculator and guide works the same way whether you accept or deny statistics cookies. The only difference is that your visit won’t appear in our Google Analytics reports.

Cookies on other websites

Our guides link to official websites and platforms, such as Revenue, GOV.UK, the IRS and job sites. When you follow those links, the other website may set its own cookies under its own cookie policy. We don’t control those cookies and can’t see them.

Our calculators don’t store your answers

Our tools, such as the take-home pay calculator, do all their sums in your browser. The figures you type aren’t saved in cookies, aren’t sent to us and disappear when you close the page. Our privacy policy explains this in more detail.

How to change your cookie choice

Click the cookie settings link at the bottom of any page to reopen the banner. You can switch statistics cookies on or off at any time, and your new choice applies straight away. Saying no doesn’t stop you using any part of the site.

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How to block or delete cookies in your browser

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings:

  • Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies or Delete browsing data.
  • Safari (iPhone and Mac): Settings or Preferences, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data.
  • Firefox: Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Cookies and Site Data.
  • Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.

If you block all cookies, the cookie banner may appear every time you visit, because the site can’t remember your choice.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, our consent tool treats it as a no to statistics cookies.

Where to learn more about cookies

The Data Protection Commission in Ireland and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office both publish clear guidance on cookies and your rights.

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The consent tool we use

Our cookie banner is run by Complianz, a consent plugin installed on our own website. It stores your choice in a necessary cookie in your browser, blocks Google Analytics until you click Accept, and builds the detailed cookie list at the bottom of this page. Your choice isn’t sent to Complianz or to any other company.

Your rights

Cookies that identify you count as personal data. You have the same rights over that data as over anything else we hold: you can ask for a copy, ask us to delete it, or withdraw your consent. Our privacy policy explains these rights and how to complain to a data protection authority.

Questions about this cookie policy

If anything in this cookie policy isn’t clear, or you think a cookie is being set that shouldn’t be, email support@remoteglide.com or use our contact page. We’ll check it and reply within a few working days.

Changes to this cookie policy

We’ll update this cookie policy whenever we add or remove cookies. The technical list below always shows the cookies currently in use, with the date it was last updated.

Full list of cookies

The detailed cookie policy below is generated by Complianz, our consent tool. It lists each cookie, who sets it, what it’s for and how long it lasts.