Legal · Shine My Garden
Cookies are small text files that a website saves on your phone or computer. They help the site work, remember your choices and understand how people use it. Similar technologies such as local storage and pixels are covered by this policy too.
We keep cookies to a minimum. Our website does not run advertising and we do not sell data collected through cookies.
Needed for the site to work and stay secure — for example, cookies set by WordPress, our security firewall and our caching system, and a cookie that prevents the contact form from being spammed. These cannot be switched off in our systems.
Remember small choices, such as whether you have closed a notice, so you do not see it again.
If enabled, these give us anonymous figures on how many people visit, which pages they read and how they found us, so we can improve the site. They do not identify you personally.
The map on our contact page is provided by Google Maps and our fonts are loaded from Google Fonts. These services may set their own cookies or collect technical data under their own privacy policies.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | Checks that your browser accepts cookies | Session |
| wf* / wordfence | Security firewall and login protection | Up to 1 year |
| _lscache_vary | Serves the right cached version of pages | Session |
| Google Maps cookies (e.g. NID) | Show the interactive map on the contact page | Up to 6 months |
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. In Chrome, open Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies. In Safari on iPhone, go to Settings → Safari → Advanced. Blocking necessary cookies may stop parts of the site, such as the contact form, from working properly.
We review this policy when we add or remove tools on our website. This version is dated August 2026.
