SiteWrite · Cookie Policy · v1.3
Cookie Policy
Version 1.3 · Last updated 25 October 2026
1. Who we are
This Cookie Policy explains how SiteWrite Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 17177709 whose registered office is at 91 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 4HT (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on the SiteWrite website at sitewrite.ai and on the application sub-domains app.sitewrite.ai and admin.sitewrite.ai (together, the “Sites”).
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers how we handle personal data more generally.
Questions: email hello@sitewrite.ai.
2. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves to your device when you visit it. The website can read that file on later visits to remember things about you — for example, that you are logged in, or that you have already accepted a notice.
There are similar technologies (local storage, session storage, IndexedDB, web beacons) that work in different ways but serve the same purposes. Where this policy refers to “cookies”, it includes those equivalents. Our applications rely mainly on browser local storage and IndexedDB rather than traditional cookies; both are covered below.
3. The cookies and storage we use
We use a small set of strictly necessary cookies and equivalent browser storage, no analytics or advertising cookies, and no third-party tracking cookies.
3.1 Cookies
| Cookie name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
sw-cookie-pref |
Strictly necessary | Remembers that you have seen and acknowledged this Cookie Policy notice. | 12 months. |
__cf_bm |
Strictly necessary | Bot protection cookie set by Cloudflare to distinguish humans from automated traffic and prevent abuse. | 30 minutes. |
3.2 Application storage (app.sitewrite.ai and admin.sitewrite.ai)
The SiteWrite applications store the following in your browser’s local storage, session storage or IndexedDB. These are strictly necessary or functional, are set only within the applications (not the marketing website), and are not shared with any third party.
| Item | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session / authentication tokens | Strictly necessary | Keeps you securely logged in and renews your session without re-entering your password on every page. Set by Supabase, our authentication provider, and held in browser storage. | Access token ~1 hour (auto-refreshed while active); session persists until logout or up to 30 days of inactivity. |
| Offline survey cache | Strictly necessary | Stores your in-progress survey data on your device (in IndexedDB) so you can capture inspections offline and synchronise them when a connection is restored. | Until the survey is synchronised and cleared, or you sign out / clear site data. |
| Legal-acceptance flag | Strictly necessary | Records which version of our legal terms you have accepted, so you are not re-prompted unnecessarily during a session. | Until the accepted version changes, or you clear site data. |
| Product-tour flag | Functional | Remembers that you have seen or dismissed the in-app product tour, so it is not shown again. | Persistent until cleared. |
| AI-assistant usage counter | Functional | Keeps a local count of your AI-assistant interactions to support in-app usage guidance and soft limits. | Persistent until cleared. |
These cookies and storage items are classed as “strictly necessary” or functional under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). The strictly necessary items are essential for the Sites to function and are exempt from the consent requirement. We do not need to ask your permission to set them, but we want you to know they exist.
4. Analytics and error monitoring
To understand how visitors use sitewrite.ai — for example, which pages are most popular, what proportion of traffic comes from search engines, and how the site performs on mobile — we use Vercel Web Analytics, provided by Vercel Inc., the company that hosts the website.
Vercel Web Analytics:
- does not set cookies or store anything else on your device;
- does not collect or store personal data, IP addresses or cross-site identifiers: a visit is counted using a hash of the incoming request, which is discarded after 24 hours;
- records only the page viewed, the referring site, an approximate location (country and region), and the type of device, browser and operating system;
- does not build a profile of you over time or across other websites;
- runs from our own domain, so no third-party script is loaded, and is processed by Vercel in the United States under the safeguards listed on our Sub-processors page.
Because Vercel Web Analytics does not set cookies or store anything on your device, and does not process personal data in a way that requires consent, we do not need to show you a cookie consent banner under PECR or UK GDPR for our use of it. You can read more about how it works at vercel.com/docs/analytics/privacy-policy.
Within the applications we also use Sentry for error monitoring and performance diagnostics. Sentry is configured with session replay disabled and personal-data capture turned off, and it does not set advertising or tracking cookies. It is described further in our sub-processor list and Privacy Policy.
5. Embedded content from other websites
Pages on the Sites may occasionally include embedded content (for example, demo videos or screenshots). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited the other website directly, including the cookies that other website may set.
We try to use embeds in their privacy-friendliest mode where possible (for example, a video provider’s “privacy-enhanced” mode). You should check the cookie policy of any third-party site whose content you interact with. Where an embed sets non-essential cookies, we will obtain your consent before it loads (see section 6).
6. Advertising cookies
We do not currently run any third-party advertising or marketing trackers on the Sites. There are no Google Ads, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, X Pixel, or similar trackers in use.
Separately, if you arrive from a Google advert and go on to sign up, we tell Google, from our own systems, that its click led to a sign-up, identified only by the click reference Google added to the link you followed. Nothing is stored on or read from your device to do this. Our Privacy Policy explains it in full.
If we add any in the future (or if any are introduced on the marketing website), we will:
- update this Cookie Policy to list them clearly;
- add a cookie consent banner so you can give or refuse consent before any non-essential cookie is set;
- only set those cookies after you have given consent.
7. How to control cookies
Because the cookies and storage we set are strictly necessary or functional, switching them off in your browser will affect your ability to use the Sites — for example, you will not be able to stay logged in, and offline survey capture will not work. With that caveat, you are free to control or delete cookies and site storage in your browser at any time.
Most browsers let you:
- see which cookies and site data are stored on your device;
- delete some or all of them;
- block cookies from specific sites or all sites;
- set notifications when cookies are set.
Help pages from major browsers:
- Chrome — support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Safari — support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
- Firefox — support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- Edge — support.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use
You can also use a browser-level setting like “Do Not Track” or a privacy-focused browser. Our analytics never collects personal data in the first place, so there is nothing for these settings to switch off.
8. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top shows the most recent revision. If we ever start using cookies that require your consent (for example, advertising or third-party analytics cookies), we will introduce a consent banner before doing so and update this policy.
Questions about cookies? Email hello@sitewrite.ai or write to us at SiteWrite Ltd, 91 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 4HT.