What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files that a website can place on a browser or device. They can remember a setting, support a secure function, help a form work, measure how a site is used or enable content supplied by another service. Related technologies can perform similar roles even when they are not traditional cookies.
Some technologies are needed for the website to operate or remember a privacy choice. Others are optional and should be controlled according to their purpose. The presence and names of individual cookies can change when the site, plugins or external services change, so the consent tool and periodic scan are used to maintain the detailed inventory.
Categories used by the consent system
Necessary technologies
Necessary technologies support functions such as security, form operation, load management and storage of your cookie preference. They are not used simply because they are convenient for advertising. Blocking them at browser level can prevent parts of the website from working as intended.
Preferences
Preference technologies remember choices that change how the site behaves or appears. They may be optional where the website can function without the remembered setting. The consent interface states how the category is treated.
Statistics or analytics
Analytics technologies can help the site owner understand aggregated use, such as which pages are visited and whether errors occur. Non-essential analytics should not be activated before the relevant consent where UK rules require it. This page does not claim that a particular analytics service is active unless it appears in the current scan and consent configuration.
Marketing and external content
Marketing technologies may be used to measure campaigns or personalise advertising. External maps, videos or social content can also set or request data from another provider. These functions should be blocked or withheld until the necessary choice where they are non-essential. A map may therefore show a placeholder until consent is given.
How to make or change a choice
Use the cookie banner or cookie-settings control to accept, reject or adjust optional categories. Necessary technologies remain available because they support the requested website function. You can revisit the settings later and withdraw consent as easily as it was given.
Your browser may also allow you to inspect, block or delete cookies. Browser-level blocking is independent of the website consent tool and can affect necessary features. The Information Commissioner’s Office cookie guidance explains the general rules and user choices.
Forms, maps and third-party services
The quotation form processes the information you choose to submit; that is explained in the privacy policy. The form should not treat an enquiry as marketing consent. If a location page includes an external map, the map provider may receive technical information when the embed is allowed to load.
Links to other websites are not the same as embedded content. When you follow an external link, the other website’s own privacy and cookie information applies. Review it before supplying information.
Consent records may include the version of the notice shown, the categories selected and the date of the choice. They help the site respect and evidence the visitor’s instruction. Clearing browser storage, using a different device or browser, or a later material configuration change may cause the consent tool to ask again.
Changes and contact
The inventory and categories should be reviewed after material plugin, embed or marketing changes. This policy may therefore be updated, and the review date identifies the current published version. Privacy questions can be sent to enquiries@britoliver.co.uk.
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