Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text records that a website asks a browser to store and return. They can make a website function, remember a setting, support security, measure use, or enable advertising. A cookie may be set by the site being visited (“first party”) or by another service used on that site (“third party”). Cookies may expire when the browser session ends or persist for a defined period.

Élan Aviation uses a necessary first-party consent cookie so the website can remember the applicable consent-policy version, categories selected, decision timestamp, and whether the browser reported Global Privacy Control when the decision was saved. Without it, the consent banner would reappear on each visit.

The consent cookie does not itself perform analytics. When a valid current-version record permits analytics, the site loads Microsoft Clarity and sends an analytics-storage consent signal. Google Tag Manager is initialized with denied storage, then receives analytics and advertising consent updates that match the saved categories. Any material technology change requires a registry review, policy update, and consent-version increase.

Strictly necessary

These support functions needed to operate the site or honor a visitor’s privacy choice. The current consent record is in this category and cannot be disabled through the preference dialog, although you can withdraw your choice or delete it through browser controls.

Preferences or functionality

These may remember optional presentation or service choices. No separate preference or functionality cookie is currently registered in the audited application code.

Analytics or performance

These help us understand visits, interactions, errors, and performance. Microsoft Clarity is registered in this category and loads only when analytics is allowed. Google Tag Manager receives an analytics-consent signal in this category and can manage analytics tags that are configured in its container. Clarity can set the first-party cookies listed below and create masked reconstructions of site interactions for analytics and session replay.

Advertising or targeting

These may measure advertising, build audiences, or personalize ads. Google Tag Manager is registered to manage advertising tags and receives denied advertising storage unless this category is allowed. When Global Privacy Control is detected, this category is forced off in the current consent implementation.

The current registry contains the first-party Élan Aviation consent cookie and Microsoft Clarity’s first-party analytics cookies. Google Tag Manager is loaded from Google and receives denied storage by default; tags configured in its container must honor the consent signals before setting optional storage. When analytics is allowed, the Clarity script is requested from Microsoft. External sites reached through links are separate services and may set cookies under their own policies after you leave elanaviation.com.

If a third-party provider is later added, its technologies must be recorded by name and actual purpose, category, party, and duration before publication. Élan Aviation will not infer a cookie’s behavior from a marketing label.

Similar technologies can include pixels, local storage, session storage, SDKs, device identifiers, or tagged links. When allowed, Microsoft Clarity uses a client-side script to collect interaction and diagnostic events and create a masked reconstruction of the page for session replay. Google Tag Manager is a client-side tag-management script that may load configured tags after their required consent is granted. The source audit did not identify a separate use of local storage, session storage, chat widgets, authentication storage, A/B testing, or third-party embedded media. Standard browser and hosting infrastructure may still process technical request information such as IP address and user agent to deliver a page.

The table is generated from the site’s structured, version-controlled cookie registry. Duration reflects the configured maximum lifetime; a visitor may delete the cookie earlier through the preference interface or browser.

Use the button below or the “Cookie Preferences” button in the footer to reopen the first-party preference dialog. You can allow or reject optional categories, save a revised choice, or withdraw an existing decision. Withdrawal deletes the consent record and causes the banner to appear again. It does not erase information that was lawfully processed before withdrawal or data held by an independent external site.

Most browsers also allow you to inspect, block, or delete cookies. Browser-level blocking can prevent the site from remembering your selection, so the banner may return. Controls and terminology vary by browser and device; consult the browser’s help documentation for current instructions.

The consent manager checks the browser’s Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) signal when it initializes and again when a preference is saved. If GPC is present, the advertising category is disabled and stored as false. This prevents a future advertising integration from receiving consent through the site’s category API on that browser.

Google Tag Manager receives denied advertising storage when GPC is detected. Élan Aviation must reassess and test provider-specific signaling before adding or changing advertising tags. Legal effect and response obligations can vary by jurisdiction.

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) preference, but there is no single generally accepted technical standard governing how every site must respond. The current site does not use DNT to alter behavior. Microsoft Clarity loads only when the analytics category is allowed through Cookie Preferences. Google Tag Manager receives consent-mode signals, and GPC is handled separately as described above.

We may update this policy and the registry when technologies, providers, law, or website functions change. The date at the top shows the current version. After a material consent change, the consent version will be increased so a prior record is no longer treated as a valid decision and the banner can request a new choice.

For questions about cookies, similar technologies, or the preference interface, contact us. For broader information about personal information, see the Privacy Policy.