Cookie Policy
Last updated: 17 September 2026.
Your cookie choices
We use cookies and similar browser storage to operate this website, keep it secure and remember your choices. With your permission, we also use optional services to understand visits, display social content and support our marketing.
You can choose Reject optional, Accept all, or select individual categories and choose Save choices. Continuing to browse does not give consent to optional cookies. You can change or withdraw your choices using the cookie-settings button at any time.
What the categories mean
- Necessary: consent preferences, security, login, shopping basket and payment functions.
- Preferences: optional features, including our embedded social feed.
- Statistics: Google Analytics and WooCommerce visit/order-attribution information, which help us understand how visitors find and use the site.
- Marketing: Brevo tracking, chat and optional push-notification services. Browser permission is also required for push notifications.
Rejecting optional cookies does not prevent you from using our newsletter forms or buying a course. Signing up to the newsletter is a separate choice from accepting website tracking.
Cookies used on our public pages and checkout
A session cookie normally expires when the browsing session ends. Persistent cookies have a set expiry, which may be renewed when you use a service. Cookie names ending in an identifier vary between browsers or accounts.
| Cookie / provider | Purpose and category | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| passiro_consent — Passiro | Remembers your consent choice. Necessary. | Up to 1 year; you may be asked to choose again sooner. |
| woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart — WooCommerce | Keep the basket working and recognise changes to its contents. Necessary. | Session. |
| wp_woocommerce_session_* — WooCommerce | Connects your browser to its basket. Necessary. | Normally 2 days for guests; account sessions may last longer. |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid, m — Stripe | Payment security and fraud prevention. Necessary when payment services are used. | Respectively up to 1 year, 30 minutes and 2 years. |
| __cf_bm — Cloudflare | Protects supported services against automated abuse. Necessary. | Usually 30 minutes. |
| _ga, _ga_* — Google Analytics | Distinguish visits and measure use of the website. Statistics. | Up to 400 days in the configuration tested. |
| sbjs_current, sbjs_first, sbjs_current_add, sbjs_first_add, sbjs_migrations, sbjs_udata — WooCommerce / Sourcebuster | Remember how a visitor reached the website and attribute orders. Statistics. | Session in the current configuration. |
| sbjs_session — WooCommerce / Sourcebuster | Groups page visits into a session. Statistics. | 30 minutes. |
| sib_cuid — Brevo | Recognises a visitor for Brevo marketing functionality. Marketing. | Approximately 6 months. |
Other browser storage and third-party services
Our security checks, basket and learning-page interface also use local or session storage. Brevo chat and push services may store identifiers or preferences after marketing consent. Local storage remains until cleared by the service or through your browser settings; session storage normally lasts for the tab session.
Payment services may set additional security or authentication cookies when you choose a payment method. See Stripe’s privacy information and PayPal’s privacy information. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.
Changing or withdrawing consent
Use Change cookie choices above or the floating cookie-settings button. Optional services are blocked on subsequent page loads after you withdraw consent. The page may reload to stop a service that has already started; finish any unsaved form before changing your choice.
You can also delete cookies and site data in your browser. Blocking all cookies may prevent login, basket or payment functions from working. To stop browser push notifications, change this site’s notification permission in your browser settings.
For questions, email info@thesafetyexpert.co.uk.