Cookie Policy
This cookie policy explains how Central Shop Maintenance Limited ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on www.central-shopmaintenance.co.uk. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal data more generally.
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, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
2. HOW WE USE COOKIES
We use cookies for a limited number of purposes: to keep our website running securely and reliably, to remember settings between visits, to let you submit enquiries through our contact forms, and to understand, in general terms, how our website is used so that we can improve it.
We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles about you, and we do not run third-party advertising or retargeting cookies (such as Google Ads or Facebook/Meta Pixel) on this website.
3. THE COOKIES WE USE
Strictly necessary cookies. These are essential for our website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as logging in or filling in forms. This includes cookies set by WordPress (the software our site runs on), our caching system (WP Super Cache), and our security and performance provider, Cloudflare, which helps protect the site from malicious traffic.
Functional cookies. These allow the website to provide enhanced functionality. Our contact and enquiry forms, powered by Ninja Forms, may use cookies to help process your submission and protect the form from spam.
Security cookies. We use Wordfence Security to help protect our website from malicious activity. This may set cookies to help distinguish genuine visitors from automated or malicious traffic.
Analytics cookies. We use Rank Math, our SEO plugin, which includes a first-party analytics feature to help us understand how our website performs in search results. This does not use third-party advertising cookies.
Third-party embedded content. Where we display Google reviews on our website, this is provided through a widget (Trustindex.io) that may load content from Google. Google may set its own cookies when this content is displayed. We do not control these cookies directly; you can find out more in Google's own privacy and cookie information.
4. HOW LONG DO COOKIES LAST
Some cookies only last for the duration of your visit and are deleted from your device when you close your browser ("session cookies"). Others remain on your device after you leave the website and are used by the website to recognise your device the next time you visit ("persistent cookies"). How long a persistent cookie lasts depends on the cookie, but is typically no longer than 12 months.
5. MANAGING COOKIES
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when a website sets or accesses cookies.
Please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of this website, such as our contact forms, may become inaccessible or not function properly.
For more information about cookies generally, including how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or the Information Commissioner's Office guidance on cookies.
6. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY
We may update this cookie policy from time to time, for example if we start using new tools or services on our website. We recommend you check this page periodically to stay informed.
7. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this cookie policy, please contact us at [email protected] or by post at Central Shop Maintenance Limited, Central House, 25 Palm Street, New Basford, Nottingham, NG7 7HS.