This policy explains the cookies this website uses, what each one does, and how to change your mind at any time.
Last updated: 20 August 2026
1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, to remember your preferences between visits, and to gather information about how a site is used. Similar technologies — such as local storage and tracking pixels — do much the same job, and where we refer to “cookies” in this policy we mean those too.
2. How we use cookies
We keep this deliberately simple. We use:
- Strictly necessary cookies, which are required for the website to work and to remember the cookie choice you make. These do not track you and cannot be switched off.
- Analytics cookies from Google Analytics, which tell us how the site is used so we can improve it. These are only set if you agree to them.
We do not use advertising cookies, we do not build marketing profiles, and we do not share your browsing behaviour with advertising networks.
3. Your choice
The first time you visit, a banner asks whether you are happy for us to use analytics cookies. Nothing beyond the strictly necessary cookies is set until you choose — if you reject them, or simply ignore the banner, no analytics cookies are placed.
You can change your decision whenever you like:
We will ask again after six months, or sooner if we make a material change to how we use cookies.
4. The cookies we use
4.1 Strictly necessary
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
luma_consent |
This website | Remembers your cookie choice so you are not asked on every page | 6 months |
wordpress_test_cookie |
This website | Checks that your browser accepts cookies. Set only in connection with signing in to the site’s admin area | Session |
wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-settings-* |
This website | Keeps a signed-in administrator logged in and remembers their admin preferences. These are never set for ordinary visitors | Session to 1 year |
4.2 Analytics — only with your consent
These are set by Google Analytics 4 once you accept analytics cookies. They are first-party cookies, meaning they are stored under this website’s own domain, but the information is processed by Google.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google Analytics | Assigns a random identifier so returning visits can be counted as one visitor rather than several | 2 years |
_ga_TH8SWG00YX |
Google Analytics | Keeps track of the current session, so a visit is measured as a single session rather than a series of unrelated page views | 2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors within a single day. Not always set | 24 hours |
_gat, _gat_gtag_* |
Google Analytics | Limits how often data is sent to Google on busy sites. Not always set | 1 minute |
We have configured Google Analytics so that IP addresses are truncated before they are stored, advertising features and remarketing are switched off, and data is deleted automatically after 14 months. Google acts as our data processor for this information.
For more about how Google handles it, see how Google uses information from sites that use its services and Google’s Privacy Policy. Google also offers a browser add-on that opts you out of Google Analytics on every website.
4.3 Content we embed from elsewhere
Pages on this site may occasionally embed content hosted by another company — a map or a video, for example. Where that happens, the other company may set its own cookies, exactly as if you had visited its website directly. We only embed such content on pages where it is needed, and we will update this policy if we begin to do so regularly.
The fonts used on this site are served by Google Fonts. Google Fonts does not set cookies and does not use the request to identify or track you.
5. Withdrawing consent, and what happens next
If you switch analytics off after having accepted it, we immediately stop sending information to Google and delete the analytics cookies already stored on your device. Information already collected and held by Google remains subject to the 14-month deletion period described above; you can ask us to request its earlier deletion by contacting us at hello@lumaintegration.com.
6. Controlling cookies in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, independently of the choice you make here. Be aware that blocking all cookies will stop many websites working properly, and that clearing your cookies will also clear the record of your choice on this site — so you will be asked again.
Most browsers also offer a private or incognito mode, which discards cookies when you close the window.
7. “Do Not Track” and Global Privacy Control
There is still no agreed standard for how websites should respond to a browser’s “Do Not Track” signal, so we do not rely on it. Our banner gives you a clear choice instead, and analytics stays off unless you turn it on.
8. Changes to this policy
If we add, remove or change the cookies we use, we will update this policy and, where the change is material, ask for your consent again. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.
9. Contact us
If you have a question about our use of cookies, please contact us at hello@lumaintegration.com, or write to us at Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Our Privacy Policy explains more about how we handle personal information generally.