Cookies Policy
Last updated: 17 August 2026 — heroseo.co.uk
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, remember your preferences, and provide information to site owners. Cookies cannot access other data on your device and cannot carry viruses.
How we use cookies
We use cookies in three ways: to keep the site functioning correctly, to understand how people use our site (analytics), and — in the admin area — to maintain a secure login session. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not share cookie data with ad networks.
Cookies we set
Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be disabled without breaking core features.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| heroseo_admin | heroseo.co.uk | Maintains the admin login session. Only set if you are a site administrator — not set for ordinary visitors. | Session |
| PHPSESSID | heroseo.co.uk | Standard PHP session identifier. Used to process contact form submissions and prevent duplicate sends. | Session |
Analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it. All data is anonymised — we cannot identify individual users.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. Used to throttle request rate. | 2 years |
| _ga_XXXXXXXX | Google Analytics | Stores and counts page views for GA4 measurement sessions. The suffix is unique to our GA4 property. | 2 years |
Note: Analytics cookies are only set if you have not opted out. See How to control cookies below.
Third-party cookies
Google Analytics is the only third-party service that sets cookies on this site. We do not use Facebook Pixel, Google Ads remarketing tags, LinkedIn Insight Tag, or any other advertising or retargeting cookies.
Google's own privacy policy explains how it handles analytics data: policies.google.com/privacy.
How to control cookies
You have several options for managing cookies:
Browser settings
All modern browsers let you view, block, and delete cookies. The links below take you to the relevant help pages:
Note: blocking strictly-necessary cookies will break the admin login area. It will not affect your experience as a regular visitor to this site.
Google Analytics opt-out
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about you across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
More information
For more detail on how we handle personal data generally, including your rights under UK GDPR, please read our Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].