The firm
Cookie policy.
Corvian Partners Pty Ltd (ABN 62 687 179 415) (“Corvian”, “the firm”, “we”, “us”)
This policy describes how the Corvian Partners website at corvian.com.au uses cookies and similar technologies. It should be read together with the firm’s Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies allow a site to recognise a device, remember preferences, keep a site secure, and understand how the site is used. “Similar technologies” include pixels, local storage, and software development kits that perform comparable functions. In this policy, “cookies” refers to all of these.
2. The firm’s posture
The firm’s instrumentation is limited, and the firm does not sell the data collected through cookies. Beyond the strictly necessary cookies described below, the site uses Google Analytics 4 with Google’s advertising features – Google Signals and ad personalisation – enabled. These features support cross-device and demographic reporting, conversion measurement, and audiences that may be used for remarketing through Google Ads, and they may set advertising cookies on Google and DoubleClick domains. Whether these cookies are set at all depends on where you are: in regions where consent is required they are set only if you accept the consent notice (section 4). The categories of cookie are described below, and you can refuse or withdraw from the non-essential ones at any time using the choices in section 5.
3. The cookies and technologies we use
Strictly necessary – security and delivery
The firm’s hosting and content-delivery infrastructure (Cloudflare) may set strictly
necessary cookies to deliver the site securely and reliably – for example, to mitigate
automated abuse and protect the site against attack. Depending on the traffic, these may
include __cf_bm (bot management), cf_clearance (which records
that a security challenge has been passed, so it is not repeated), and
_cfuvid (used by rate limiting to group requests). These cookies do not
track you across other websites and are not used for analytics or advertising. Because
they are essential to the secure operation of the site, they are not subject to consent.
Analytics
The firm measures how the site is used so it can understand the readership of its pages and Insights. Two services are used:
- Cloudflare Web Analytics – a privacy-preserving, cookieless analytics service. It does not set cookies and does not track individuals across sites or sessions. It is used to count visits and page views in aggregate.
- Google Analytics 4 (GA4) – a third-party analytics service that does set cookies. The firm does not use it to identify individuals. GA4 collects pages viewed, approximate location derived by Google (GA4 does not log or store full IP addresses), device and browser type, and how visitors arrived, and reports this to the firm in aggregate.
Advertising and audience features
GA4 is configured with Google Signals and ad personalisation enabled. This allows Google
to associate visits with signed-in Google users for cross-device and demographic
reporting, and allows audiences built from site activity to be used for measurement and
remarketing through Google Ads. Where these features are active, Google may set
advertising cookies on its own domains (for example doubleclick.net and
google.com), and the site may set a first-party Google Ads cookie. The firm
does not receive or use information that identifies you individually; what Google does
with data associated with your Google account is governed by your Google account settings
and Google’s policies.
Indicative cookies and durations:
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes returning devices for aggregate measurement | Up to 24 months |
_ga_<id> | Google Analytics 4 | Maintains analytics session state | Up to 24 months |
__cf_bm | Cloudflare | Bot management; distinguishes humans from automated traffic | About 30 minutes |
cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Records that a security challenge was passed, so it is not repeated | Up to 30 minutes (set by configuration) |
_cfuvid | Cloudflare | Used by rate limiting to group requests; not used for tracking | Session |
_gcl_au | Google Ads (first-party) | Attributes conversions and links ad clicks to site activity | Up to 90 days |
IDE | Google (doubleclick.net) | Advertising, measurement, and remarketing | Up to 13 months |
test_cookie | Google (doubleclick.net) | Checks whether the browser supports cookies | Up to 15 minutes |
NID | Google (google.com) | Stores preferences used to personalise advertising | Up to 6 months |
Cookie names and durations are set by the relevant provider and may change. The Cloudflare Web Analytics service named above sets no cookie.
4. Legal basis and consent
Strictly necessary cookies are used on the basis that they are essential to providing the site you have requested. Analytics and advertising cookies are non-essential, and the site applies Google Consent Mode v2 on a region-scoped basis: if you visit from the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, or nearby jurisdictions where consent is required, these cookies default to denied and are set only if you accept the consent notice shown on your first visit. Declining, or ignoring the notice, leaves them off; Google then receives only cookieless, aggregate signals. In jurisdictions where consent is not required for these cookies, including Australia, they are set by default. Your choice is stored on your device and can be reversed at any time by clearing the site’s stored data or using the choices below. The site functions fully without analytics and advertising cookies.
5. Your choices
- Browser controls. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The site functions fully without analytics cookies.
- Selective blocking. Most browsers let you refuse third-party or analytics cookies while keeping strictly necessary ones.
- Private browsing. Private or incognito modes discard cookies when the window closes.
- Google Analytics opt-out. You can prevent your data being used by Google Analytics across sites by installing Google’s browser opt-out add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Ad personalisation. You can review and turn off personalised advertising in your Google Account at myadcenter.google.com.
Browser cookie controls are typically found under settings for “privacy”, “cookies”, or “site data”. External guidance is available at allaboutcookies.org.
6. Third-party services
Where you follow a link from the site to a third-party service (for example LinkedIn or Signal), that service sets its own cookies under its own policy. The firm does not control those cookies. See the firm’s Website Terms of Use regarding third-party services.
7. Changes
If the cookies the site uses change materially, this policy will be updated and the date below revised.
8. Contact
Questions about this policy may be directed to the Contact page.
Last updated: July 2026