Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Grand Marais State Bank (“we”, “us”, and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at grandmaraisstatebank.com. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

We use cookies for two primary purposes:

1. Security & Infrastructure: To ensure our website functions correctly and safely (e.g., distinguishing humans from bots).
2. Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website so we can improve the user experience.

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website securely, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions.

• Cookie Name: __cf_bm
  • Provider: Cloudflare
  • Purpose: Bot Protection. This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
  • Type: HTTP
  • Duration: 30 Minutes

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website for you.

• Cookie Name: _ga_0BKJ11B8SJ
  • Provider: Google Analytics
  • Purpose: User Identification. Used to distinguish users. This cookie calculates visitor, session, and campaign data and keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
  • Type: HTTP
  • Duration: 2 Years
• Cookie Name: _ga_GN16LSC2LW
  • Provider: Google Analytics
  • Purpose: Session State. Used to persist session state. This allows Google to identify a specific browsing session across multiple page views.
  • Type: HTTP
  • Duration: 2 Years
• Cookie Name: ancr_close_[ID]
  • Provider: grandmaraisstatebank.com
  • Purpose: Functionality. Used to track when the announcer bar has been dismissed so it isn’t presented again.
  • Type: HTTP
  • Duration: 1 month

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager.

• Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.