Lake DeSmet Independent guide

Cookies

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The short version

No advertising cookies. Nothing is sold. Analytics cookies are set only if you click Accept. Before that, our tools run in cookieless mode so we can still count visits and see which parts of a page people use.

What runs

  • Cloudflare Web Analytics: counts page views and load speed. No cookies, no personal profile.
  • Google Analytics 4: runs in Consent Mode. Without your OK it sends cookieless pings only. With your OK it sets the _ga cookies so visits can be counted as one trip.
  • Microsoft Clarity: anonymous heatmaps and session replays with form fields masked. Without your OK it sets no cookies. With your OK it sets _clck and _clsk.
  • Your choice: we remember Accept or Reject in your browser's local storage under vld-consent.

Change your choice

Use "Your privacy choices" in the footer of any page, or clear this site's data in your browser. Browser "Do Not Track" and Global Privacy Control signals are respected: if your browser sends one, treat Reject as your answer and nothing changes until you click Accept.

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Questions: hello@visitlakedesmet.com. See also our privacy page.

Updated October 27, 2026.