Cookie Policy

Last updated: April 2026

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1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies do not give us access to your computer or any personal information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

2. How We Use Cookies

Our website, www.seriouswebdesign.co.uk, uses the following types of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function correctly. They enable core features such as navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they cannot be switched off.

Analytics Cookies — Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use our website. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how visitors find us, and how we can improve the site.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

• _ga — used to distinguish users. Expires after 2 years.
• _ga_[ID] — used to persist session state. Expires after 2 years.
• _gid — used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
• _gat — used to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.

The data collected by Google Analytics is anonymised and does not identify you personally. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

WordPress & Plugin Cookies

If you are logged in to the WordPress admin area of this site, WordPress may set session cookies to manage your login. These are not set for regular visitors.

3. Managing Cookies

When you first visit our website, you will be asked to consent to the use of non-essential cookies (including Google Analytics) via our cookie consent banner. You can accept or decline non-essential cookies at that point.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View the cookies stored on your device
• Delete cookies individually or all at once
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all third-party cookies
• Browse in private/incognito mode (cookies are deleted when you close the browser)

Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites you visit.

For guidance on managing cookies in your browser, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We do not permit third parties to place advertising cookies on our website. The only third-party cookies currently in use are those set by Google Analytics, as described above.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as we add or remove features from our website. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@seriouswebdesign.co.uk.