Cookie Policy | AnswersPro - O2 Customer Guidance Blog UK

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What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our blog. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our site.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly, including security and accessibility features
Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our blog by collecting anonymous information
Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense to display relevant advertisements
Preference Cookies: Remember your choices like cookie consent preferences

Google AdSense Cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our blog. This helps us keep our content free. Google uses cookies to:

Serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites
Measure ad effectiveness and provide aggregated reports
Prevent the same ads from being shown repeatedly
Detect and prevent click fraud
Show personalized ads based on your interests

Opt-Out Options

You can opt out of personalized advertising:

Google Ads Settings - Manage your ad personalization preferences
aboutads.info - Industry-wide opt-out tool
Your Online Choices - EU opt-out platform

For more information, see the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites that use their services.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our blog. This helps us improve our content and user experience. Google Analytics collects:

Pages you visit and time spent on each page
How you arrived at our blog (search engine, direct link, etc.)
Your general geographic location (country/city level)
Device and browser information

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Cookie Table

Here are the main cookies used on our blog:

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users	24 hours
_gat	Google Analytics	Throttles request rate	1 minute
IDE	Google AdSense	Ad targeting and measurement	13 months
__gads	Google AdSense	Measures ad interactions	13 months
__gpi	Google AdSense	Stores ad preferences	13 months
cookie_consent	AnswersPro	Stores your cookie preferences	1 year

Managing Cookies

You can control cookies in several ways:

Cookie Banner: Use our cookie consent banner when you first visit to accept or decline non-essential cookies
Browser Settings: Most browsers let you block or delete cookies
Opt-Out Links: Use the opt-out links provided above for specific services

Note: Blocking all cookies may affect your experience on our blog and limit some functionality.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Email: privacy@answerspro.co.uk

General Email: support@answerspro.co.uk

O2 WhatsApp Support: +44 7921 336150(For O2 account queries only)