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Privacy and cookies

Last updated 20 October 2026

Short version: we don’t track you, we don’t use analytics cookies, banner ads only load if you say yes, and there are no forms on this site that collect personal information.

Who we are

Found My Keys (foundmykeys.co.uk) is an independent website. You can contact us at hello@foundmykeys.co.uk.

Cookies

  • Visitors: the public site sets no cookies of its own. Banner ads are the one exception, and only if you agree — see Banner ads.
  • Site administrator: the admin area (used only by the site owner) uses one strictly necessary session cookie to keep the owner signed in. It is limited to the /admin/ part of the site.

When you first visit, a bar asks whether you’re happy with ads cookies. We keep your answer in your browser’s local storage (or, if that’s blocked, in a small cookie from this site called ads_consent) for 6 months, so we don’t have to ask on every page. It holds only “accept” or “reject” and the date, and it isn’t sent to anyone.

Banner ads

Some pages have up to two banner ads: one under the menu, and one part-way through a guide or after a product’s description. There are none on this page, the contact, terms and affiliate pages, the photo credits, or our safety guides (unknown-tracker alerts and anti-stalking). The ads come from 5od (5od.co.uk), a small ad service run by the owner of this site. They’re contextual: 5od chooses a banner to suit the page you’re reading, not you. 5od itself sets no cookies and builds no profile of you; your browser sends it the site, the ad position and size, and the address of the page.

The banners are for shops and brands in the Awin affiliate network. Awin’s banner images and links can set Awin’s own cookies: when a banner is shown, and when you click one, so that a purchase can be credited to us. That’s why nothing loads until you choose:

  • Accept ads cookies: banners load, and Awin is told you agreed.
  • Reject: no banners load at all, and your browser doesn’t contact 5od or Awin for ads.
  • JavaScript off: no ads load and you won’t be asked.

Like any website, 5od’s server sees your IP address when your browser asks it for a banner. 5od doesn’t store raw IP addresses: it keeps a scrambled (salted and hashed) version for up to 2 days, only to limit abuse.

Changing your mind

Use Cookie settings (also at the bottom of every page) to see your current choice and change it at any time. If you switch from accept to reject, banners stop loading straight away. Any Awin cookies already set stay in your browser until they expire, or until you delete them in your browser’s settings (clearing this site’s data also resets your choice, and we’ll ask again).

What we collect

  • Server logs: like almost every website, our web server records technical information such as IP address, browser type and the page requested, to keep the site secure and working. These logs are kept for a limited time and are not used to identify you.
  • Outbound link counts: when you click a link to another website (for example “View on Amazon.co.uk”), we count the click — the date, which link and which of our pages it was on. We don’t record who you are or your IP address with it.
  • Forms: there are no public forms. The “Which tracker?” and filter tools work in your browser’s address bar and nothing you choose is stored.
  • Email: if you email us, we use your message and address only to reply.

Videos

If a page shows a YouTube video, nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. When you do, the video loads from YouTube’s privacy-enhanced (youtube-nocookie.com) service and Google’s privacy policy applies to that video.

Other websites

Links to retailers such as Amazon.co.uk and to manufacturers’ websites take you to sites with their own privacy policies and cookies. Amazon may use cookies to record that you arrived through our affiliate link — see our affiliate disclosure.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask what personal data we hold about you and ask us to correct or delete it. Email us at the address above. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).