Auto Locksmith Peterborough
Cookie Policy
What cookies and similar technologies this website uses, why we use them, and how to accept, refuse or change your choices at any time.
1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies let a site remember your actions and preferences over time, and allow the site owner to understand how the site is being used.
This policy also covers similar technologies that work in comparable ways — including tracking pixels, web beacons, local storage and session storage — which we refer to collectively as “cookies”.
Cookies can be session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain until they expire or you delete them. They can be first-party cookies set by this website, or third-party cookies set by another organisation whose service we use.
2. Why we use cookies
We use cookies to keep this website working properly and secure, to remember your preferences such as your cookie choices, to understand which pages and services visitors are most interested in, and to measure whether our advertising is reaching the right people.
We do not use cookies to identify you personally without your knowledge, and we do not sell information collected through cookies. Where cookies do collect personal information, our privacy policy explains how that information is handled.
3. Your consent
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), we may only set cookies that are not strictly necessary with your consent.
When you first visit this website you will see a cookie banner. Strictly necessary cookies are set automatically because the site cannot function without them. All other cookies — functional, analytics and marketing — are only set once you accept them. You can decline them, accept only some categories, or change your mind later at any time.
Declining is always an option
Refusing analytics and marketing cookies will not stop you using this website, reading any page, or contacting us. Every service we offer remains fully available.
4. Categories of cookies we use
| Category | Purpose | Consent needed |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Core site function, security, form submission, load balancing | No — exempt under PECR |
| Functional | Remembering preferences and improving usability | Yes |
| Analytics | Understanding how the site is used so we can improve it | Yes |
| Marketing | Measuring advertising performance and reaching relevant audiences | Yes |
5. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential. They cannot be switched off in our systems, and they are set without consent because the website could not be provided without them.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie consent record | This website | Remembers the cookie choices you made so the banner is not shown again | Up to 12 months |
| WPForms session tokens | WPForms | Protects the enquiry form against spam and duplicate submissions | Session |
| PHP session identifier | This website | Maintains your session while you move between pages | Session |
| Security and anti-abuse tokens | This website / host | Protects against automated abuse and cross-site request forgery | Session |
| Caching identifiers | Hosting / caching layer | Serves the correct cached version of a page to your device type | Session to 24 hours |
| Popup display state | Elementor | Prevents the promotional popup from reappearing on every page | Session to 30 days |
6. Functional cookies
These improve how the site behaves but are not essential. They are set only with your consent.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layout and device preferences | Elementor | Remembers display settings such as slider position | Session to 12 months |
| WhatsApp chat widget state | WhatsApp / plugin | Remembers whether you have opened or dismissed the chat button | Session to 30 days |
| Form pre-fill | WPForms | Retains details you have already entered if a form fails to submit | Session |
7. Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics, connected through Google Site Kit, to understand how visitors find and use this website. This tells us which services people are searching for, which areas we get most enquiries from, and where pages are not working well. It is genuinely useful to us, but the site works perfectly without it.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one visitor from another | 2 years |
| _ga_[container-id] | Google Analytics 4 | Maintains session state for the property | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors over a 24-hour period | 24 hours |
| _gat / _gat_gtag_* | Google Analytics | Limits the rate at which data is recorded on busy sites | 1 minute |
| Google Site Kit identifiers | Google Site Kit | Links the site to Search Console and Analytics reporting | Session to 2 years |
Google’s handling of this data is described in the Google Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
8. Marketing cookies
Where we run advertising, marketing cookies help us measure how many people who saw an advert went on to contact us, and avoid showing the same advert repeatedly. These are set only with your consent.
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Meta Pixel | Identifies browsers for advertising measurement | 3 months |
| fr | Delivers and measures advertising on Meta platforms | 3 months | |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Measures conversions from advertising | 3 months |
| IDE / test_cookie | Google DoubleClick | Measures advertising effectiveness | Up to 13 months |
Meta’s use of this data is described in the Meta Privacy Policy.
Keep this list accurate
Remove any row above for a service you are not actually running. A cookie policy that lists trackers you do not use is as much of a compliance problem as one that omits trackers you do.
9. Third-party services embedded on this site
Some features on this website are provided by other organisations, and those organisations may set their own cookies when the feature loads:
- Google Fonts — delivers the typefaces used across the site;
- Google Analytics and Search Console (via Site Kit) — measurement and search performance reporting;
- Google Maps — where a map is embedded on a page;
- Meta (Facebook and Instagram) — social links and advertising measurement;
- WhatsApp — the click-to-chat button;
- Our hosting and caching provider — performance and security.
We do not control cookies set by these third parties. Their own privacy and cookie policies apply, and we recommend reading them if you want to understand exactly what they collect.
10. Managing cookies in your browser
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings, independently of the choices you make on this site. Blocking all cookies will stop parts of most websites working correctly.
General, independent guidance on cookies is available at allaboutcookies.org, and the UK regulator’s guidance is on the ICO website.
11. Withdrawing or changing your consent
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer of this website, or by clearing this site’s cookies in your browser, which will cause the consent banner to appear again on your next visit.
Withdrawing consent stops further data being collected. It does not delete data already collected before you withdrew — to request deletion of that, use the rights set out in our privacy policy.
12. Do Not Track signals
Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” signal. There is currently no agreed industry standard for how websites should respond to it, so this site does not alter its behaviour based on that signal. Your choices in our cookie banner, and in your browser settings, do take effect.
13. Changes to this cookie policy
We review this policy whenever we add or remove a service that sets cookies, and at least once a year. The version published here is always current, and the revision date appears at the foot of the page.
14. Contact us
Questions about cookies on this site
Telephone: 01733 590409
Email: hello@peterboroughautolocksmith.co.uk
Or use the form on our contact page.
This cookie policy was last updated on 7 August 2026.
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