**Cookie Policy**
**Cookie Policy for Access Hatch Store**
**Effective date: 23 July 2024**
Welcome to Access Hatch Store. This Cookie Policy explains how Access Hatch Store (“Access Hatch Store”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.accesshatchstore.co.uk (“Website”). It outlines what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
**What are cookies?**
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Access Hatch Store) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits our website and when it visits certain other websites.
**Why do we use cookies?**
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies help us track and target user interests to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes, as detailed below.
**How do we use cookies?**
We use cookies to:
- Ensure our website operates as expected
- Remember your settings during and between visits
- Improve the speed/security of the site
- Allow you to share pages with social networks like Facebook
- Continuously improve our website for you
- Make our marketing more efficient
We do not use cookies to:
- Collect any personally identifiable information (without your express permission)
- Collect any sensitive information (without your express permission)
- Pass data to advertising networks
- Pass personally identifiable data to third parties
- Pay sales commissions
**The types of cookies we use**
- **Strictly Necessary Cookies:** Essential for you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, requested services cannot be provided.
- **Performance and Functionality Cookies:** Enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential. Certain functionality may become unavailable without these cookies.
- **Analytics and Customization Cookies:** Collect information in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is used, how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website for you.
- **Advertising Cookies:** Make advertising messages more relevant to you by performing functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring ads are properly displayed, and selecting advertisements based on your interests.
- **Social Networking Cookies:** Enable you to share pages and content from our Website on third-party social networks and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
**How can I control cookies?**
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary for providing you with services.
**Changes to the Cookie Policy**
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
**Contact us**
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@accesshatchstore.co.uk or by phone at 02080505083