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What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the site operator about how the site is being used.
Cookies can be "first-party" (set by the website you are visiting) or "third-party" (set by a service used by the website, such as an analytics platform). They can be "session" cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent" cookies (stored until they expire or you delete them).
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for four purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They cannot be disabled. Without them, features like page navigation, form submission, and login would not work.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website. Data collected is aggregated and anonymous — we cannot identify individual visitors from analytics data.
Analytics data is retained for 26 months and then automatically deleted. You can opt out of analytics cookies through our cookie settings.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies remember your settings so you do not have to re-enter them on each visit.
Marketing Cookies
We do not currently use marketing or advertising cookies. We do not run third-party advertising on this website, and we do not use tracking pixels from advertising networks.
Our cookie consent banner includes a marketing cookies toggle for transparency and future-proofing. If we introduce marketing cookies in the future, they will only be set with your explicit consent, and this policy will be updated accordingly.
Third-Party Services
Our website uses the following third-party services. Each may set their own cookies or collect data according to their own privacy policies:
Managing Your Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
- Our cookie banner — click the cookie icon in the bottom-left corner of any page to open your preferences and toggle individual cookie categories on or off
- Browser settings — most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings menu. Note that blocking essential cookies may prevent the website from functioning correctly
- Clear localStorage — your cookie preferences are stored in localStorage. Clearing your browser's site data will reset your preferences and the cookie banner will appear again on your next visit
For instructions on managing cookies in specific browsers, visit:
Legal Basis
Our use of cookies is governed by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003UK regulations (PECR) that sit alongside UK GDPR and govern the use of cookies, electronic marketing, and telecommunications privacy. (PECR) and the UK GDPRThe UK General Data Protection Regulation - the UK's data protection framework retained after Brexit..
- Essential cookies are exempt from consent under PECR Regulation 6(4) as they are strictly necessary for the service
- Non-essential cookies (analytics, preference, marketing) require consent under PECR Regulation 6. We obtain this through our cookie consent banner
- Personal data collected through cookies is processed under UK GDPR. Our lawful basis for analytics processing is consent (Article 6(1)(a))
Changes to This Policy
We may update this cookie policy as our website evolves or as the law changes. The date at the top of this page reflects the current version. Where changes are significant — for example, if we introduce a new category of cookie — we will reset the cookie consent banner so you can make a fresh choice.
Contact
Questions about cookies or this policy? Contact privacy@cmbeyer.co.uk.