How this website uses cookies.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website.

They can be used to help websites work correctly, remember information about your visit and provide information about how visitors use a website.

2. How this website uses cookies

Ocean Rise Web Design uses cookies and similar technologies to help operate this website, provide essential functionality and understand how the website is being used.

The cookies and similar technologies used on this website may include:

• essential technologies required for the website to function correctly
• technologies used to remember your cookie preferences
• analytics cookies used to understand how visitors use the website
• technologies used for website security and spam protection
• essential cookies used for client account authentication and support portal functionality

3. Essential cookies

Some cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the website to work correctly and provide features that you have requested.

These may include technologies used for website security, remembering your cookie preferences and providing essential website functionality.

Where a cookie or similar technology is strictly necessary to provide the website or a service you have requested, it may be used without asking for your consent.

Essential cookies are not used for advertising or non-essential analytics purposes.

4. Analytics cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to help me understand how visitors use the Ocean Rise Web Design website.

Google Analytics may collect information such as which pages are visited, how visitors arrived at the website, how long they spend on the website and general information about the device or browser being used.

I use this information to understand how the website is performing and to help improve its content, usability and functionality.

Google Analytics cookies are not essential to the operation of this website and will only be used after you have provided the appropriate consent through the website's cookie controls.

5. Google Analytics cookies

Google Analytics may use the following cookies:

• _ga — used to distinguish visitors and help measure website usage. The default expiry period is approximately 2 years.
• _ga_* — used to maintain session information and measure website interactions. The asterisk represents a unique identifier associated with the Google Analytics configuration. The default expiry period is approximately 2 years.

The exact cookies used and their expiry periods may vary depending on the configuration of Google Analytics, browser settings and changes to Google's services.

Google provides further information about how Google Analytics uses cookies and processes information through its own privacy and data protection documentation.

6. Cookie consent and preferences

This website uses Cookie Compliance for WordPress to help manage visitor consent for cookies and similar technologies.

When you first visit this website, you will be presented with cookie consent controls that allow you to accept or reject non-essential cookies and manage your preferences.

Non-essential cookies, including those used for Google Analytics, will only be activated once you have provided the appropriate consent.

Your cookie preferences may be stored so that the website can remember the choices you have made during future visits.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie preferences controls available on this website.

7. Managing cookies through your browser

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Depending on your browser, you may be able to view, delete or block cookies and control how websites are allowed to store them.

Please be aware that blocking cookies or other essential website technologies may affect how some parts of the website function.

8. Third-party services

Some features of this website may be provided using third-party services. Where these services use cookies or similar technologies, information may be processed in accordance with their own privacy policies and data protection practices.

Google Analytics is used on this website to help understand website usage and performance.

Some third-party providers may use their own cookies or similar technologies when their services are integrated into this website. Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated after the appropriate consent has been given.

9. Client support portal

Ocean Rise Web Design provides a client support portal that allows registered clients to access their accounts, submit support requests and communicate with me about ongoing website services.

When you log in to the client support portal, essential cookies may be used to authenticate your account, maintain your login session and support the security and functionality of the portal.

These cookies are necessary to provide the account features you have requested and do not require consent where they are strictly necessary for those purposes.

If additional non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used within the client support portal, they will be subject to the appropriate consent requirements.

10. Privacy and personal information

Some cookies and similar technologies may involve the processing of personal information.

For more information about how Ocean Rise Web Design collects, uses and protects personal information, including information provided through the client support portal, please see my Privacy Policy.

11. Changes to this cookie policy

I may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies or technologies used on this website, changes to third-party services or changes to legal requirements.

The latest version will always be published on this page and the "Last updated" date at the top of the policy will be changed when appropriate.