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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 1 June 2026

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the owners of the site.

Similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons, and local storage serve equivalent purposes and are covered by this policy.

2. How we use cookies

Moonworkers uses cookies on our website (www.moonworkers.co.uk) and our payroll platform (payroll.moonworkers.co.uk) for the purposes described below.

We manage analytics and marketing tags via Google Tag Manager (GTM container ID: GTM-KT4XVMB). GTM itself does not set cookies but enables us to deploy and manage the third-party tags described below.

3. Cookies we use

Strictly Necessary

Always active

Required for the website and platform to function. They cannot be disabled.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`__session`	Moonworkers	Maintains your authenticated session on the payroll platform.	Session
`__csrf`	Moonworkers	CSRF protection token to prevent cross-site request forgery.	Session
`__stripe_mid`	Stripe	Fraud prevention and payment processing.	1 year
`__stripe_sid`	Stripe	Fraud prevention during checkout.	30 minutes

Analytics

Optional

Help us understand how visitors interact with our website so we can improve it. All data is aggregated and anonymised.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`_ga`	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users. Used to calculate sessions and user data for analytics reports.	2 years
`_ga_*`	Google Analytics	Persists session state. Used by Google Analytics 4.	2 years
`_gid`	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users for 24-hour analytics sessions.	24 hours

Functional

Optional

Enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
`cookie_consent`	Moonworkers	Stores your cookie consent preferences so you are not asked again.	1 year

4. Your consent and choices

When you first visit our website, we present you with a cookie banner where you can accept or decline optional cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are placed without your consent as they are essential for the Services to function.

You can update your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer, or by deleting all cookies in your browser settings and revisiting our site.

You can also control cookies directly through your browser. Most browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies via their settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Services. For guidance:

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking specifically, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5. Third-party cookies

Some cookies on our site are set by third parties (such as Google and Stripe) whose own privacy and cookie policies apply. We do not control these cookies and encourage you to review the relevant third-party policies:

Two services protect our public forms against automated abuse. Cloudflare Turnstile guards the sandbox API key request. It does not set a cookie: the standard widget issues a single-use token when a challenge is solved, and the optional pre-clearance mode that would issue a cf_clearance cookie is not enabled on our site. Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise guards our pay calculator and our demo request form, and does set a _GRECAPTCHAcookie under Google’s own domain, used solely to tell people apart from automated scripts. Google’s cookie policy, linked below, describes how long it is retained.

6. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when we add, remove, or change the cookies we use. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Where changes are material, we will notify you via our cookie consent banner on your next visit.

7. Contact us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at privacy@moonworkers.co.uk or write to us at 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU.