Last updated: 2 July 2026
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site work properly, remember your preferences and understand how visitors use the site. Similar technologies (such as local storage and pixels) are covered by this policy too.
2. How we use cookies
Purely Local uses the following categories of cookies:
Strictly necessary
Required for the Site to function — for example caching cookies that speed up page delivery, security cookies, and the cookie that remembers your consent choices. These do not require consent.
Preferences
Remember choices you make (such as your cookie consent settings) so you don’t have to make them again on each visit.
Statistics
Help us understand how visitors use the Site so we can improve our content — including Google Analytics (via Site Kit) and WP Statistics. Where required, these are only set after you consent via our cookie banner. IP addresses are anonymised where the tool supports it.
Embedded content
Articles may include embedded content (for example YouTube videos, Instagram posts or digital magazine readers). These third parties may set their own cookies when you interact with the embed. Their use of cookies is governed by their own policies.
3. Managing your consent
When you first visit the Site, our cookie banner lets you accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings link on the Site, or by clearing cookies in your browser and choosing again on your next visit.
4. Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers let you view, block and delete cookies in their settings. Blocking all cookies may affect how the Site works. Guidance is available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.
5. More information
For details on how we handle personal information generally, see our Privacy Policy. Questions? Email .