Escortly UK
Cookies Policy
Cookie and consent support information published for Escortly UK visitors and account holders.
Last updated 19 Jun 2026
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The information below is published for public visitors and account holders where relevant.
Effective date: 19 June 2026
This Cookies Policy explains how Escortly UK uses cookies and similar technologies.
1. What we mean by cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. Similar technologies can also store or access information through browser storage or related mechanisms. In this policy, "cookies" includes similar technologies unless the context requires a narrower meaning.
2. Why Escortly UK uses cookies
Escortly UK uses cookies and related storage to:
- keep the site secure;
- remember adult access confirmation;
- keep account sessions working;
- support CAPTCHA and human-trust controls;
- remember cookie choices where implemented;
- protect forms and same-origin actions from abuse;
- support privacy-safe product analytics where allowed.
3. Strictly necessary cookies and similar storage
Escortly UK uses strictly necessary cookies or similar storage for core operation. These may include:
| Cookie or category | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
| Adult access cookie | Remembers that an adult visitor completed the 18+ confirmation. | Configured duration |
| Account session cookie | Keeps signed-in account, admin, and dashboard sessions working. | Session or configured account duration |
| Human-trust cookie | Helps reduce repeated CAPTCHA prompts after a successful challenge where the policy allows it. | Short duration |
| Same-origin and security cookies | Helps protect forms, route actions, and account security. | Session or short duration |
| Cookie preference storage | Remembers cookie choices where those controls are enabled. | Configured duration |
These cookies are used because they are needed to provide the service requested or to keep the platform secure.
4. First-party engagement analytics
Escortly UK uses first-party listing-engagement events to support advertiser-visible performance reporting and platform integrity.
These first-party events may include:
- listing views;
- favourites;
- contact actions;
- phone reveal;
- WhatsApp clicks;
- gallery opens;
- photo views.
These event records are stored through Escortly UK's own application and Appwrite data model rather than through a third-party advertising cookie.
5. Optional analytics
Optional third-party analytics are not enabled by default.
If self-hosted Umami or another optional analytics tool is enabled in the future, Escortly UK will describe that tooling accurately in the Privacy Notice and this Cookies Policy, will keep it disabled when configuration is missing, and will apply the configured consent rules before any non-essential tracking is used.
6. Marketing cookies
Escortly UK does not use marketing cookies at launch.
If this changes, Escortly UK will update this policy before introducing non-essential marketing cookies.
7. CAPTCHA and abuse-prevention technologies
Escortly UK may use CAPTCHA and related human-verification technologies on registration, login, password recovery, email confirmation, report submission, listing-contact reveal, and other abuse-sensitive routes.
These controls may process browser, device, request-timing, IP-related, or challenge-result data to help detect abuse. CAPTCHA tokens are verified server-side.
8. Consent choices
Escortly UK does not rely on consent for strictly necessary cookies.
Where optional analytics or other non-essential technologies are enabled in the future, Escortly UK will request consent before using them, and visitors must be able to refuse optional cookies without losing essential site functions.
Continuing to browse alone is not treated as consent to optional cookies.
9. Changing your choices
If cookie-choice controls are enabled on the site, you can use them to review or change your choices.
You can also delete cookies through your browser settings. If you delete essential cookies, you may need to repeat adult access confirmation, sign in again, or complete security checks again.
10. Browser controls
Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Blocking all cookies may stop important Escortly UK features from working properly, including sign-in, adult-access persistence, or protected form flows.
11. More information
For more detail about how personal data is handled, see the Privacy Notice.
For cookie, privacy, or legal enquiries, use `/contact` or email `support@escortly.co.uk`.
12. Changes to this policy
Escortly UK may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. The latest version will remain available on this page with its effective date.