This Cookie Policy explains how [PLACEHOLDER: legal entity name and registered address], trading as SalesVantage (“we”, “us” or “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies on thesalesvantage.com (the “Site”). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels and scripts that read or store information on your device. “Session” cookies are deleted when you close your browser; “persistent” cookies remain until they expire or you delete them. “First-party” cookies are set by the Site; “third-party” cookies are set by another domain.
2. How we use cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies in the following categories:
| Category | Purpose | Consent needed? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Make the Site work: security, load balancing, delivering pages, remembering your cookie choices, WordPress functionality, and protecting the contact form against spam | No — these are essential |
| Performance / caching | Our host (Hostinger) uses LiteSpeed Cache to serve pages faster. LiteSpeed Cache primarily works server-side; it may set a cookie for logged-in or cache-variation purposes only | Generally no (essential to delivery) |
| Analytics (if enabled) | Understand how visitors use the Site (pages visited, time on site, traffic sources) so we can improve it — e.g. Google Analytics or Hostinger’s built-in analytics | Yes, for UK/EEA visitors and where otherwise required |
| Marketing (only if added in future) | Measure advertising campaigns, retargeting (e.g. LinkedIn Insight Tag) | Yes |
We do not currently use cookies for advertising unless and until stated in the table below and consent is obtained where required.
3. Contact form (Web3Forms)
Our contact form is processed by Web3Forms, a third-party form processor. Submitting the form sends the information you enter to Web3Forms, which forwards it to us by email. Web3Forms may use technologies such as spam-protection checks (e.g. hCaptcha or a honeypot field) that process limited technical data. We do not use the form to set advertising cookies. See the Web3Forms privacy policy for details of their processing.
4. Cookies used on the Site
[PLACEHOLDER: complete after scanning the live Site, e.g. with a cookie-scanning tool. Example rows below.]
| Cookie name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
wordpress_test_cookie | thesalesvantage.com | Strictly necessary | Checks whether the browser accepts cookies | Session |
wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_* | thesalesvantage.com | Strictly necessary | Admin login only — not set for ordinary visitors | Session / 14 days |
_lscache_vary | thesalesvantage.com (LiteSpeed Cache) | Strictly necessary / performance | Serves the correct cached page variation (mainly for logged-in users) | Session / per configuration |
| [consent cookie name] | [consent tool] | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie preferences | [e.g. 12 months] |
_ga, _ga_* (if Google Analytics is enabled) | Analytics | Distinguishes visitors and sessions | Up to 2 years |
5. Your choices
- Cookie banner: where required (including for visitors in the UK and EEA), we will ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies. You can accept, reject or customise categories, and change your choice at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in the Site footer [PLACEHOLDER: enable once a consent tool is installed].
- Browser settings: most browsers let you block or delete cookies. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect how the Site works. Guidance: aboutcookies.org / allaboutcookies.org.
- Analytics opt-out: for Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
- Global Privacy Control (GPC): where we use non-essential cookies, we honour GPC signals as an opt-out for that browser, as required by California law.
6. Legal notes by region
- UK and EEA: under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the EU ePrivacy Directive, together with the UK GDPR / EU GDPR, we obtain prior opt-in consent for non-essential cookies. Consent can be withdrawn as easily as it was given.
- United States (incl. California CCPA/CPRA): we do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising through cookies. If that changes, we will provide a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link and honour opt-out preference signals.
- Canada (PIPEDA): we rely on your informed consent, which may be implied for non-sensitive, essential and basic analytics cookies where reasonable, and express consent where required. You can withdraw consent using the options in Section 5.
7. Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when we change the cookies or tools we use. The “Last updated” date shows the latest version.
8. Contact
Questions about our use of cookies: contact@thesalesvantage.com [PLACEHOLDER: legal entity name and registered address]