Cookies
What this site keeps in your browser.
Every cookie and storage key plugwheel.com uses, who sets it, why and how long it lasts, and how to turn each one off.
Last updated 28 Oct 2026
What cookies and storage are
A cookie is a small file a website saves in your browser, so it can recognize the browser on a later visit. Session storage is similar, but stays inside one browser tab and is cleared when you close it.
This site uses as few of either as it can. There are no advertising cookies and nothing that follows you to other sites.
Strictly necessary
These make a feature you asked for work, so they can’t be switched off on the site. They hold nothing that identifies you to anyone else.
| Name | Set by | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
pw-chat-session | PlugWheel | A random id for your chat conversation | Until the tab closes |
pw-chat-messages | PlugWheel | The chat messages on screen | Until the tab closes |
pw-chat-lead-submitted | PlugWheel | Remembers you already left your details in the chat | Until the tab closes |
pw-reload-scroll | PlugWheel | Keeps your place on the page if you reload it | Until the tab closes |
pw_admin_session | PlugWheel | Keeps our own staff signed in to the admin area. Never set for visitors | 7 days |
Analytics
Google Analytics 4 tells us which pages are visited and how people arrive, so we can improve the site. It sets these cookies on plugwheel.com:
| Name | Set by | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Tells one visit from another | 2 years |
_ga_X2VY416RH5 | Google Analytics | Keeps the state of a visit | 2 years |
The site works exactly the same without them.
Booking window
When you open the booking window, Calendly’s scheduler loads inside it from calendly.com. Calendly may set its own cookies there, under its own cookie policy. Nothing from Calendly loads until you open the window.
How to turn them off
- Block or delete cookies in your browser’s settings. Most browsers can block them for one site only.
- Install Google’s opt-out browser add-on to stop Google Analytics on every site.
- Close the tab to clear everything in session storage.
Our site doesn’t change its behavior when a browser sends a Do Not Track signal. We treat a Global Privacy Control signal as a request to opt out of any sale or sharing of personal information, which we don’t do in any case.
Questions
Email hello@plugwheel.com. How we handle the information these cookies collect is on the privacy page.