Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 16, 2026
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.
Cookies allow websites to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
How We Use Cookies
LockNet VPN uses cookies to enhance your experience on our website. We use cookies for the following purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as they are essential for the website to work.
- Session Cookies: Used to maintain your login session and remember your preferences while you navigate the website
- Security Cookies: Used to protect against security threats and ensure the integrity of your account
- Authentication Cookies: Used to verify your identity and maintain your logged-in status
Analytics Cookies (Optional)
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for this purpose.
- Google Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, including:
- Pages you visit and time spent on each page
- How you arrived at our website (referring sites, search engines, etc.)
- Your general location (country/city level, not precise location)
- Device and browser information
- Anonymized IP addresses
- Purpose: This data helps us improve our website, understand user behavior, and optimize the user experience
- Data Sharing: Google Analytics data is processed by Google according to their privacy policy. We do not share this data with other third parties
Important:
Analytics cookies do NOT track your VPN usage or online activities when connected to our VPN service. They only track your interactions with our website (locknetvpn.com). Your VPN activity remains completely private and is never tracked or logged.
Functional Cookies (Optional)
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
- Preference Cookies: Remember your language preferences and other settings
- Cookie Consent: Remember your cookie preferences so you don't have to set them every time you visit
Types of Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session | Essential | Maintains your login session | Session |
| cookie_consent | Essential | Stores your cookie preferences | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics - distinguishes users | 2 years |
Managing Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. You can also delete cookies that have already been set.
To learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.