iomwebdesign - Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to improve user experience, and to provide information to the website owners. Cookies enable a website to recognise your device and store information about your preferences or past actions.

Types of Cookies We Use 

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

Essential Cookies:
These cookies are necessary for the functioning of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, session management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, some features of the website may not work properly.

Storing your cookie choices: 
Our consent tool saves your preferences in your browser (for example using localStorage) so we do not show the banner on every page view. This is treated as strictly necessary for the consent mechanism itself.

Performance / analytics cookies: 
T​hese are used only if you accept analytics in our banner. They help us understand how visitors use the site (for example which pages are viewed). Google Analytics may set cookies such as _ga, _gid, and _ga_*. We also use Ahrefs Web Analytics when you allow analytics: Ahrefs describes this product as operating without persistent analytics cookies, but the script still sends technical and usage-related data to Ahrefs to produce statistics. See Ahrefs’ own documentation for the latest detail.

Functional Cookies:
These cookies allow the website to remember your preferences, such as language settings or login details, to provide a more personalised experience.

Targeting / advertising cookies: 
We do not use dedicated advertising, remarketing, or social-media pixels (such as Meta/Facebook Pixel) on this website. Optional analytics providers process data under their own privacy notices when you have allowed analytics. 

How We Use Cookies 

We use cookies to:

• Ensure the website functions as intended.
• Analyse website traffic and user behaviour to improve the user experience.
• Store your preferences and settings.
• When you have opted in, measure visits and site performance (analytics).
• Prevent fraudulent activity and improve website security.

Third-party services

Optional analytics (only after you consent) may involve:
Google Analytics (Google LLC): website usage statistics; may set the cookies named above. Google Privacy Policy 
Ahrefs Web Analytics (Ahrefs Pte. Ltd.): privacy-oriented traffic analytics; see About Ahrefs Web Analytics  and Ahrefs Privacy Policy

We are not responsible for cookies set by other sites if you follow external links. Your browser may also apply its own rules, storage, or protections (for example blocking third-party cookies) that we do not control.

Cookies we do not intentionally add: Your browser, extensions, or security software may create or block storage we are unaware of; those are outside this policy except where a tool is listed above. 

Managing cookies and similar storage
You can control cookies and site data through your browser and through our banner.