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Cookie Policy
Every cookie this website can set, what each one is for, and how to change your mind. The list is short, and it is the real list rather than a generic one.
Last reviewed September 24, 2026
01What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file a website asks your browser to keep, so that something can be remembered between one page and the next. Some are needed for a site to work at all. Others exist to count visitors or to follow them around the internet. They are not all the same thing, and treating them as one category is how people end up agreeing to more than they meant to.
02What this site sets
| Name | What it does | How long | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| hazel_branch | Remembers that you chose the Los Angeles branch, so you are not asked to choose again on every visit | 1 year | Functional |
| hazel_consent | Remembers your cookie choices. Without it we would have to ask you again on every page | 6 months | Strictly necessary |
| hcdn | Set by our web host's content network (Hostinger) after a quick automatic check that your browser is a real browser rather than an automated attack. It holds nothing about you and cannot be read by the page | Until you close your browser | Strictly necessary — security |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics. Counts visits and shows which pages get read | Up to 2 years | Analytics — only set if you allow analytics |
| _fbp | Meta Pixel. Recognises your browser so Meta can tell whether our adverts lead to visits and enquiries, and show our adverts to people who have visited | 90 days | Marketing — only set if you allow marketing |
| _fbc | Meta Pixel. Records which Facebook or Instagram advert you clicked to get here, if you arrived from one | 90 days | Marketing — only set if you allow marketing |
The first two are set by us and are not shared with anybody; the third is our host's, for security, and is set for every visitor. The Google Analytics cookies are not set unless you allow analytics, and the Meta cookies are not set unless you allow marketing — and never while your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal. Saying no to either does not break anything on this site.
03What happens when you say no
Analytics off: Google Analytics still runs, but in a mode that sets no cookies and cannot recognise you between visits — it records that a page was viewed and nothing that identifies you or ties two visits together. We use Google Consent Mode, so the choice you make is passed on rather than merely respected on our side.
Marketing off: the Meta Pixel is never loaded, and Meta receives nothing about your visit. If you switch marketing off after allowing it, the Pixel stops sending immediately and its cookies are deleted from this site.
Everything else on the site works exactly the same either way. Nothing is gated behind accepting.
04Cookies set by other companies
Pressing play on a film on a project page loads a YouTube player, and Google may then set its own cookies under its own policies. Until you press play, nothing is requested from YouTube at all.
If you allow marketing cookies and you are signed in to Facebook or Instagram in the same browser, Meta may also read its own cookies on its own domain to connect your visit to that account. Those cookies belong to Meta, not to this site, and are governed by Meta's cookie policy.
Following a link to one of our social profiles takes you to that company's site, where its own cookie rules apply. We have no control over those and do not receive anything from them.
05Changing your mind
Use the “Your Privacy Choices” link at the bottom of every page (it is also on the studio chooser at hazelproduction.us). It opens your choices, and any change takes effect straight away. Otherwise your choice is remembered for six months, after which you will be asked again.
Each company also offers its own controls, which work across other websites too:
- Google Analytics: the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
- Meta: your Meta ad preferences
- Advertising companies generally: the Digital Advertising Alliance's WebChoices tool and the NAI opt-out
Every major browser also lets you block or delete cookies for all sites, usually under Settings, then Privacy. Blocking everything will affect how most websites behave — on this one it means the branch selector will ask you the same question every time.
06More detail
For what we do with the information behind these cookies, and your rights over it, see our Privacy Policy.
