Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 1 January 2025

1. What Are Cookies? Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. They can let a site remember preferences, maintain sessions, improve security, and understand usage.

2. Types of Cookies Strictly Necessary — login, authentication, security, session management, dashboard functionality, CSRF/security protection. These are required for the site to work (for example, the shm_cookie_consent cookie itself, and WordPress’s own login-session cookies). Functional — remembering preferences, interface settings, language, user choices. Analytics — SHM Leads does not currently have analytics cookies installed. If that changes, this section will be updated to name the specific tool. Marketing — SHM Leads does not

currently use marketing/advertising cookies. If that ever changes, they will not be activated before consent where consent is legally required.

3. Cookie Consent A cookie banner is shown on your first visit, letting you Accept or Reject Non-Essential. Strictly necessary cookies (the ones the site needs to function) are used either way — no non-essential cookies are placed before you choose.

4. Cookie Settings Use the Cookie Settings link in the website footer at any time to reopen the banner and change your choice.

5. Third-Party Cookies Paddle, our payment provider, may set its own cookies during checkout as part of processing your payment securely. We don’t control third-party cookies directly — see Paddle’s own privacy/cookie documentation for details.

6. Browser Controls You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent login, the dashboard, or checkout from working.

7. Updates This Cookie Policy may be updated if our cookie practices change.

8. Contact info@shmleads.com