This Cookie Policy explains how UK Bespoke Shutter Company uses cookies and similar technologies on our website.
It explains what cookies are, why we use them, the types of cookies that may be placed on your device and how you can manage your preferences.
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit them.
Cookies can help websites function correctly, remember preferences and provide information about how visitors use a website.
Some cookies remain on your device only while you browse the website. Others remain for a specified period or until you delete them.
2. How Does UK Bespoke Shutter Company Use Cookies?
UK Bespoke Shutter Company may use cookies to:
Ensure our website functions correctly.
Maintain website security.
Remember your cookie preferences.
Understand how visitors use our website.
Measure website traffic and performance.
Identify technical problems.
Improve website content and usability.
Measure the effectiveness of advertising where applicable.
We only use non-essential cookies where we have an appropriate legal basis and obtain consent where required.
3. What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies enable essential website functions.
They may be required for website security, navigation, form functionality or remembering your privacy and cookie choices.
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate or provide a service you request, they do not normally require consent.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website.
They may provide information such as:
Which pages visitors view.
How visitors navigate between pages.
How long visitors spend on the website.
Which pages receive the most traffic.
Whether visitors experience technical problems.
This information helps us improve our website because it shows how people interact with our content and services.
Where required, analytics cookies will only be used after you provide consent.
Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow a website to remember choices or preferences.
These cookies may improve your experience by remembering settings you previously selected.
Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, we will obtain consent where required.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
We may use advertising or marketing cookies if we advertise our services through third-party platforms.
These cookies can be used to measure advertising performance, understand whether someone completed an action after viewing an advert and help make advertising more relevant.
Advertising cookies may also allow advertising providers to recognise a device across different websites.
Where consent is required, these cookies will not be activated unless you choose to accept them.
4. Do We Use Google Analytics?
If enabled on our website, we may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our pages.
Google Analytics can collect information about website usage and devices to produce reports about website performance.
Where Google Analytics cookies require consent, they will only be activated after the visitor has provided the appropriate consent.
Further information about Google's privacy practices is available from Google.
Important: This section should only remain on the published website if you actually use Google Analytics.
5. Do We Use Advertising Cookies?
If UK Bespoke Shutter Company uses services such as Google Ads or other digital advertising platforms, those services may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising performance.
Advertising technologies can help us understand whether an advert resulted in a website visit, enquiry or other conversion.
They may also be used for remarketing or personalised advertising where permitted.
We will request consent before using advertising cookies where consent is required.
Important: This section should be amended to name the advertising platforms you actually use.
6. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Our website may use both first-party and third-party cookies.
First-party cookies are set directly by our website.
Third-party cookies are set by external services used on our website, such as analytics, advertising, embedded content or other website functionality.
Third-party providers are responsible for their own processing activities where they act as independent controllers. You should review the relevant provider's privacy information for further details.
7. How Long Do Cookies Last?
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on the type of cookie.
Session cookies normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The exact duration of individual cookies depends on the technology and service responsible for setting them.
Your website's cookie consent tool should provide details of the specific cookies in use, including their purposes and durations where appropriate.
8. How Do I Manage My Cookie Preferences?
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie consent tool that allows you to manage non-essential cookies.
You can choose whether to accept or reject different categories where applicable.
You should be able to change your cookie preferences later through the cookie settings available on the website.
Rejecting non-essential cookies should not prevent you from accessing the core functions of our website.
9. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies through their settings.
You can usually configure your browser to:
Block cookies.
Delete existing cookies.
Receive notifications when cookies are set.
Restrict cookies from particular websites.
Clear cookies when the browser closes.
Blocking all cookies may affect some website functions because certain cookies are necessary for services to operate correctly.
10. Consent
Where UK law requires consent for a cookie or similar technology, we will ask for consent before placing or accessing that technology on your device.
Consent should be freely given and based on a clear choice.
You can withdraw or change your consent at any time through our cookie preference controls where available.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
11. Personal Data and Cookies
Some cookies and similar technologies may involve the processing of personal data or information that can be associated with a particular device.
Where personal data is processed, we handle it in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable UK data protection law.
Our Privacy Policy provides further information about your data protection rights and how to contact us.
12. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, cookie providers, technologies or legal requirements change.
We recommend reviewing this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
13. Contact UK Bespoke Shutter Company
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on our website, please contact our team.