This page covers asklucilla.com and the Ask Lucilla app. Change your cookie settings at any time; the same link is "Cookie settings" in the footer of the website.
1. Your choice
When you first visit asklucilla.com we ask what we may use. You can Accept all, Reject non-essential, or open Preferences and choose. The buttons are equal. Nothing optional is on until you choose, and we ask every visitor, wherever you are.
- Your browser's Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal is treated as "reject non-essential": analytics stay off and we do not show the banner. You can still turn analytics on from Cookie settings.
- We remember your choice for 180 days in a first-party cookie, then ask again. Changing it to "reject" stops analytics at once and deletes the Google Analytics cookies we can reach.
- The Ask Lucilla app's own web screens (such as the card pages it opens inside the app) do not run analytics.
2. What the website uses
| Name | Kind | Purpose | Lifetime | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ask_consent | Cookie (first party), copy in local storage if cookies are blocked | Remembers your choice | 180 days | Necessary |
Firebase sign-in (firebaseLocalStorageDb) | Browser storage (IndexedDB) | Keeps you signed in, only on pages where you sign in | Until you sign out | Necessary |
| Google reCAPTCHA | Google cookies, on the staff-invitation page only | Stops bots when a phone number is verified | Set by Google | Necessary (security) |
lucilla_contact_last | Local storage | Stops accidental double-sends on the contact form (30 seconds) | Until cleared | Necessary |
askJoinEmail | Local storage | Remembers the email you typed on a staff-invitation page until you finish | Until you finish or clear | Necessary |
ask-announce-dismissed | Session storage | Remembers you closed the "Text Lucilla" bar | Until you close the tab | Necessary |
lucilla-scroll-y | Session storage | Puts you back where you were scrolled | Until you close the tab | Necessary |
lucilla.connector.p | Session storage | Holds a one-time approval token while you approve a connection | Until you close the tab | Necessary |
_ga, _ga_G-92ZYZG9DTS | Cookies (first party) set by Google Analytics | Count visits, pages and clicks | Up to 2 years | Analytics, only if you opt in |
There is no marketing category: we run no advertising, no ad pixels and no retargeting.
3. What Google Analytics does when you opt in
It sets the two cookies above, sends your IP address, the page address and the events you cause (page views, scroll depth, time on page, clicks on app-store buttons) to Google, and, if you are signed in, a pseudonymous account ID so visits and app use can be counted as one person. Advertising features, Google signals and ad personalization are switched off. Before you opt in, the Google Analytics script is not even requested.
4. Directory and legal pages
The business directory pages (asklucilla.com/directory) and these legal pages set no cookies and run no analytics. They keep one session-storage item (ask-announce-dismissed) and load fonts, and on the map, map code and map tiles, from outside providers, which receive your IP address when the page loads.
5. The app
- The app uses no advertising ID and contains no ad networks
- It uses Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics for usage and crash reports, Firebase App Check for abuse prevention, and Firebase Cloud Messaging for notifications. These are controlled in your phone's settings and in the app's privacy settings
- Local storage on your device holds your session, settings and caches
6. Blocking and clearing
You can also block or clear cookies in your browser; the necessary items above may then stop working. Questions: support@asklucilla.com. See also the Privacy Policy.