1. Cookies and similar technologies
This policy describes browser storage used by the Viking Locksmith Bermondsey website and the external services included in its pages. It should be read with our Privacy Policy, which covers personal information, purposes, retention criteria and rights.
Cookies are small values that a service can place in a browser and receive with later requests. Some last only for a browsing session; others remain until their expiry or removal. Local storage is a separate browser feature that lets a website save values between visits. A local-storage entry does not expire automatically unless the website or browser takes action.
The site you are visiting and a service embedded within it may operate under different domains. Browser settings can affect whether third-party storage is allowed. Blocking cookies does not necessarily stop an embedded service loading, or prevent its provider from receiving an IP address and request information.
2. Your choice and our storage
The banner offers Accept and Decline. This website currently adds no optional first-party analytics or advertising cookies. Accepting therefore does not turn on an extra first-party tracker today. Declining keeps optional first-party cookies off. If optional technology is added in future, it must respect the recorded choice and the policy should be updated before use.
| Name and type | Purpose and contents | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
viking_cookie_choice_v1Local storage set by this site | Stores “accepted” or “declined” and a timestamp, so the website remembers your selection. It does not contain your name, telephone number or enquiry. | Recognised for up to 180 days. An expired or invalid value is removed when you next visit. You can change the choice sooner using “Cookie settings” in the footer. |
This entry belongs to the current website origin and browser profile. A preview domain, another device or a private browsing session can therefore ask again. If storage is blocked, the banner can close for the current page, but the choice may not persist across pages.
Strictly necessary site operations and hosting may involve technical data. No separate first-party analytics platform or advertising pixel has been added to our code. External services have their own behaviour, as explained below.
3. Services embedded in the pages
The form and map are available without an extra privacy interaction. Their providers can receive technical data when they load. Provider behaviour may vary with enabled features, browser settings, existing cookies, account sign-in and later service changes.
| Provider or feature | When it is used | Function and information |
|---|---|---|
| Jotform | The supplied script loads directly on Home, About, Services, Contact and Quote | Hosts and displays the enquiry form, validates input and handles submission and supporting features. Read Jotform’s privacy policy. |
| Jotform page-URL widget | Included with the enquiry form | Intended to attach the containing page’s URL to the enquiry so its source can be identified. The widget is supplied by Jotform. |
| Google reCAPTCHA | Included in the form’s human-verification feature | Helps assess automated activity. Google documents a necessary risk-analysis cookie called _GRECAPTCHA when reCAPTCHA executes. See Google’s guidance. |
| Google Maps | The contact page embeds the supplied business listing | Displays an interactive map. Storage and recognition of existing account preferences depend on Google and the browser. See Google’s cookie information. |
Form loading and submission
Jotform is contacted before you send an enquiry, because the browser needs to retrieve the form. Submitting then sends the information you enter through the form’s configured workflow. Human verification can require additional interaction. The standalone form link also opens Jotform and does not bypass the provider’s privacy arrangements.
Map loading
The Google Maps iframe uses browser lazy loading. This can defer the connection until the map is near the visible part of the page, but it is not a consent gate. Google may receive request information and recognise existing provider storage where your settings allow. Opening the map externally takes you to Google’s own service.
This is an inventory of the integrations and of the preference our own code writes, not an exhaustive fixed list of all provider cookies. Third-party names and lifetimes can change. Use the linked provider notices and your browser’s current site-data view for the items relevant to your session. Google’s privacy policy explains its wider processing.
4. What Accept and Decline do
The banner appears on every page until your choice has been stored in this browser. Accept records that you accept optional first-party cookies; Decline records that you do not. Either button closes the banner for up to 180 days. At present, the website sets no optional first-party analytics or advertising cookies, so accepting does not activate an extra tracker. The preference itself is saved for the purpose of remembering the choice.
Use Cookie settings in the footer to reopen the banner and change your selection at any time. The new selection replaces the earlier one. Clearing the site’s browser data also resets the preference.
The choice controls this website’s optional first-party technologies. It does not delete existing browser data or manage independent Jotform and Google settings. The enquiry form and contact-page map load as described above whichever button you choose. Review their linked notices and your browser settings for their own storage. For UK rules on storage and access technologies, see the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance.
5. Your browser and provider controls
Most browsers provide settings for cookies, site data and third-party tracking. The available controls and menu names differ. Look in the browser’s privacy settings or help for options to view stored data, remove it or restrict future storage.
- To change your selection, use “Cookie settings” in the footer. You can also delete this website’s local storage or clear its site data; the banner will reappear when a page is next opened.
- To remove provider storage, review the relevant Jotform and Google domains too. Changing the Viking choice does not delete their cookies.
- To restrict future third-party storage, change the relevant browser permissions. Restrictions can affect verification, form submission or map functions.
- To change choices associated with a Google account, use Google’s own account and privacy controls. Our banner cannot change those preferences.
Clearing data and blocking future data are different actions, and private browsing is not a guarantee that a provider receives no technical information. You can contact Viking by telephone on 020 3633 1352 if you prefer not to submit an embedded form.
6. Questions and changes
Contact Viking Locksmith Bermondsey at 96c Jamaica Rd, London SE16 4SQ, use the contact form, or call 020 3633 1352 with questions about this policy or your choice. Personal-data requests and complaint options are described in our Privacy Policy.
This policy may change when the website, embedded features or provider arrangements change. The date above identifies the version. Provider documentation should be consulted for current information about technologies outside our own website code.