Cookie Policy
Last updated: 11 October 2026
This policy explains what cookies are, which cookies and similar technologies growlocalseo.co.uk uses and how you can control them.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves on your phone, tablet or computer. They let the website remember things between pages and between visits. Websites can also save small amounts of information in your browser's own storage, which works in a similar way. This policy covers both, and calls them all cookies for short.
How Grow Local uses cookies
Cookies are used on this website for three purposes: to make the website work and keep it secure, to understand how visitors use it, and to measure advertising. Only the first of these happens without your agreement. Analytics and marketing cookies are switched off until you choose to allow them.
Analytics and marketing services are managed through Google Tag Manager, a tool for switching such services on and off. Tag Manager itself is only loaded once you have allowed at least one optional category, and each service runs only if you have allowed its own category.
Essential cookies
These are needed for the website to work or stay secure. They cannot be switched off here, and they are not used for analytics or advertising.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
gl_cookie_consent | Grow Local | Remembers your cookie choice and when you made it. Saved in your browser's local storage, not sent to anyone. | 6 months, then you are asked again |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | Cloudflare | Runs on the Contact page only, to tell genuine visitors from automated spam before the contact form is sent. | Set by Cloudflare |
Cloudflare explains how Turnstile handles information in its Turnstile Privacy Addendum.
Analytics cookies
With your agreement, Google Analytics is used to understand how visitors find and use the website: which pages are viewed, roughly where visitors are and what kind of device they use. These cookies are not set unless you allow Analytics cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Tells one visitor from another, so visits can be counted. | 2 years |
_ga_<ID> | Google Analytics | Keeps track of the current visit. | 2 years |
Google explains how it uses information from websites that use its services in its privacy information for partner sites.
Marketing cookies
With your agreement, the Meta Pixel is used to measure how well advertising on Facebook and Instagram works, and to help show adverts to people who may be interested. These cookies are not set, and nothing is sent to Meta, unless you allow Marketing cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
_fbp | Meta (Facebook and Instagram) | Identifies a browser, so visits can be linked to advertising on Facebook and Instagram. | 3 months |
_fbc | Meta (Facebook and Instagram) | Records that a visit came from clicking a Facebook or Instagram advert. | 3 months |
Meta explains how it uses this information in its Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.
Other services on this website
The free local SEO check on the home page and the SEO page is provided by BrightLocal. Nothing is loaded from BrightLocal until you press the button to run the check.
When you do, the tool is loaded from BrightLocal's servers and BrightLocal sets a security cookie called CSRF-TOKEN, which protects the form and lasts for one day. The tool also loads fonts and the business search from Google (Google Fonts and Google Maps), so your browser connects to Google as well.
Running the check does not change your cookie choices on this website. BrightLocal and Google operate under their own privacy policies: BrightLocal, Google.
Changing your cookie choices
The first time you visit, you are asked whether to accept all cookies, reject optional cookies or choose which categories to allow. Nothing optional is used until you choose, and rejecting is as easy as accepting.
You can change your mind or withdraw your consent at any time. Use the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of every page, or this button:
If you switch a category off after allowing it, the cookies from that category that this website can remove are deleted and the page reloads without them.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser's settings. If you block all cookies, parts of this and other websites may not work properly.
More information
The Privacy Policy explains how personal information is handled. The Information Commissioner's Office has general guidance on cookies.
Contact
If you have any questions about cookies on this website, please contact:
Grow Local
growlocalseo.co.uk
Telephone: 07967 123952
Email: hello@growlocalseo.co.uk