1. 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 to provide information to the site owners. Cookies help us remember your preferences and understand how you interact with our website.

2. Essential cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. These cookies enable core features such as session management, form submissions, and security. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.

Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to operate.

3. Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use our website. GA4 collects anonymised data about page views, visitor numbers, and how people navigate through our site. IP addresses are anonymised, meaning we cannot identify individual visitors from this data.

Analytics cookies are only set after you give your consent. When you first visit our website, a consent banner will appear at the bottom of the page, giving you the choice to accept analytics cookies or use essential cookies only. Your preference is remembered for future visits.

This information helps us improve our website and ensure it meets the needs of our visitors. We do not use advertising features within Google Analytics.

4. Advertising cookies

We use Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and Instagram. When you accept cookies, Meta Pixel may collect information about your visit to help us understand which advertisements brought you to our website. This data is used solely for advertising measurement and is not used to build profiles for targeted advertising on our site.

Like analytics cookies, advertising cookies are only set after you give your consent via the cookie banner.

5. Third party services

The third party services that may receive data from our website, with your consent, are Google Analytics (anonymised usage data) and Meta Pixel (advertising measurement). We do not share your browsing data with any other third parties for tracking purposes.

6. How to manage cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this website, which will cause the consent banner to appear again on your next visit.

You can also control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Please note that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

Instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers:

Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies

You can also opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Contact

If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us at david@scottishshutters.co.uk or call 0800 086 2989.

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