Cookie Policy
Privacy enquiries: privacy@bluesilk.ai
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the website operator.
Cookies can be “session cookies” — which are deleted when you close your browser — or “persistent cookies” — which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They can be set by the website you are visiting (“first-party cookies”) or by third-party services operating on that website (“third-party cookies”).
Similar technologies — including web beacons, pixels, and local storage — work in comparable ways and are covered by this policy.
2. How We Use Cookies
The BSilk website at bluesilk.ai uses cookies for the following purposes:
- To ensure the website functions correctly and securely
- To remember your cookie consent preferences
- To understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it
- To protect our forms from spam and automated abuse
We do not use cookies for advertising, remarketing, or to track your activity across other websites.
3. The Cookies We Use
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be disabled through our cookie consent tool because the website cannot operate properly without them. No consent is required for these cookies under applicable law.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare | Security cookie set by Cloudflare to distinguish legitimate visitors from bots and malicious traffic | 1 year |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | Bot management cookie used by Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our forms from automated abuse | 30 minutes |
| wordpress_* | WordPress | Session management cookies used by WordPress to maintain user sessions (only set for logged-in users) | Session |
| Cookie consent cookie | BSilk / consent plugin | Stores your cookie consent preferences so we don’t ask you again on each visit | 1 year |
3.2 Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website — which pages are most visited, how long people spend on the site, and how they navigate between pages. This information helps us improve the website and our content. These cookies are only set with your consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how you use the website | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to persist session state | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how you use the website | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics | 1 minute |
4. Your Consent and How to Manage Cookies
When you first visit bluesilk.ai, you will be shown a cookie consent banner. You can choose to:
- Accept all cookies — including analytics cookies
- Accept necessary cookies only — strictly necessary cookies only; analytics cookies will not be set
- Customise your preferences — choose which categories of cookies to accept
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in the footer of our website, or by clearing your cookies and revisiting the site to make a new choice.
Managing cookies through your browser
Most browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies through their settings. Instructions for the most common browsers:
Please note that disabling or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our website.
Opting out of Google Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Cloudflare Turnstile
Our contact forms and waitlist form use Cloudflare Turnstile, a privacy-preserving bot detection service operated by Cloudflare, Inc. Turnstile helps protect our forms from spam and automated abuse without using traditional CAPTCHA challenges.
Cloudflare Turnstile may set cookies and use browser signals to determine whether a visitor is human. This processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in protecting our website and users from spam and malicious activity. For more information, see Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
6. Legal Basis for Cookie Use
Our use of cookies is governed by the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
- Strictly necessary cookies: used on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a functional and secure website. No consent is required.
- Analytics cookies: used only with your prior consent (Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie settings.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or applicable law. We will notify you of material changes by updating the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at privacy@bluesilk.ai.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
