Cookie Policy

Last Updated: July 23, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how KC Local SEO ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, https://www.kclocalseo.com (the "Site"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

Please note that this policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which provides more detailed information about how we process personal data.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, KC Local SEO) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use first-party and potentially third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Site to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Site. Third parties may serve cookies through our Site for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

2.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site or managing your session. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

  • Session Cookies (Flask): Our website uses session cookies provided by the Flask framework. These are temporary cookies that allow us to link your actions during a browser session. They are used to maintain your logged-in state (if applicable, for admin areas), handle Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection by storing a _csrf_token in your session, and manage "flashed messages" (like success or error notifications after an action). These cookies are erased when you close your browser.
  • Consent Preference (Local Storage): When you make a choice in our cookie consent banner, we save it in your browser's local storage (a single entry named kc_consent) so we can remember whether you accepted or declined analytics tracking. This is not a cookie and is never sent to any server — it stays in your browser until you clear your browsing data or change your choice.

2.2. Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use our Site, for instance, which pages you go to most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

We use these cookies, subject to your consent where required by applicable law:

  • Google Analytics 4 (via Google Tag Manager): We use Google Tag Manager (GTM-N8G4W3QZ) to deploy Google Analytics 4. If you click "Accept" in our consent banner, Google Analytics will set cookies (_ga and a _ga_<container-id> cookie) to collect information about your use of our Site — pages viewed, traffic sources, approximate location, and device information. Until you accept, Google Analytics runs in a cookieless mode: no analytics cookies are set and no persistent identifiers are used.

2.3. Advertising/Targeting Cookies

We do not currently use any advertising or targeting cookies on this Site — no Google Ads remarketing, no Facebook/Meta Pixel, and no other ad-network trackers. If that ever changes, we will update this policy and our consent banner before deploying them.

3. Google Tag Manager (GTM)

We use Google Tag Manager to manage the deployment of some of the above-mentioned cookies and other tracking technologies (like Google Analytics). GTM is a tag management system that allows us to quickly and easily update tags and code snippets on our website or mobile app. GTM itself does not set long-lived cookies that track personal data for analytics or advertising purposes but facilitates the deployment of tags from third-party services that may do so, based on your consent choices.

4. Your Choices Regarding Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (other than strictly necessary cookies).

  • Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our Site, a banner asks whether you accept analytics tracking. Tracking is off by default — analytics cookies are only set if you click "Accept." Clicking "Decline" (or simply never accepting) keeps analytics in cookieless mode. You can change your choice at any time via the "Consent Preferences" link in the Site footer, which reopens the banner.
  • Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

5. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us using the contact information provided in our Privacy Policy or at [email protected].