1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used on www.clayanddaughter.com, operated by Clay & Daughter Ltd. It also explains how you can manage your choices. It is written for our UK website with reference to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended. For questions about personal information, please contact us using the details below.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that a website can place on your device through your browser. They can help a website recognise a browser, remember a choice or measure how pages are used. Some cookies last only for a browsing session. Others remain for a set period or until you delete them. First-party cookies relate to the website you visit; third-party cookies are associated with another provider. Similar functions can also use browser storage.
3. What are scripts?
Scripts are instructions used to provide website features and load services. They may run in your browser or on a server. Some scripts can collect information or load other technologies, even without placing a cookie. Our website uses scripts for its Webflow features, font loading, privacy controls, security and Google services. Loading a script does not, on its own, establish that it has set a cookie.
4. What are pixels and web beacons?
A pixel or web beacon is a small resource that can record when content is viewed or interacted with. Depending on its configuration, it can provide information such as the page viewed, time of access, browser details and an online identifier.
The website’s Google Analytics entry in Privacy Settings describes pixels, JavaScript and cookies among its technologies. This description does not establish that every feature listed by the provider is enabled on our website.
5. Types of cookies and technologies
Necessary technologies. These support a service you request or another purpose that qualifies for a PECR exception. The Privacy Settings panel currently lists Usercentrics and cloudfront.net as Essential. A service’s category label alone does not establish that all its activities are exempt from consent.
Functional technologies. These can support features and content delivery. The panel lists Cloudflare, Google AJAX, Google Fonts, Google Tag Manager and Webflow as Functional. Some of these services may still require consent, depending on what they do.
Analytics technologies. Google Analytics is present to measure website use. Its service description covers browsing, device and interaction information and online identifiers. In the current privacy panel it appears under Marketing.
Marketing and tracking technologies. These can measure campaigns or support profiling and advertising. The Marketing category contains Google Analytics, but that classification does not establish that advertising, remarketing or other marketing features are enabled. No additional advertising platform is identified in this policy without verification.
6. Services and cookie information
The following services were identified from the website and its Privacy Settings panel. This is a service overview; it does not mean that each service places a cookie.
Usercentrics Consent Management Platform: provides the privacy-choice interface and manages consent preferences.
Webflow and CloudFront: provide website features, scripts and content delivery.
Google Fonts and Google AJAX: are listed in Privacy Settings. Google font-loading resources were observed; the presence of a service label is not evidence that a cookie is set.
Google Tag Manager: loads and manages website tags. What those tags collect depends on the container configuration and consent settings.
Google Analytics: provides website measurement. Its Privacy Settings entry lists _ga as a first-party cookie with a duration of 730 days and separately gives a maximum storage age of 731 days.
Cloudflare Turnstile: a security script is loaded on the contact page.
For the service descriptions currently available, open Privacy Settings → Services and expand a service. Cookie lifetimes are separate from the time personal information is kept on a provider’s servers. Third-party providers may process personal information outside the UK. The Google Analytics disclosure identifies possible overseas processing, including in the United States.
7. Consent and managing your choices
Where PECR requires consent, optional technologies must not store or access information on your device until you have made a valid choice. Any use without consent must meet the conditions of an applicable exception. We do not claim an analytics exception in this policy.
The website uses Usercentrics. Open the Privacy Settings control to review categories and individual services. You can choose Deny to reject optional services, choose Accept All, or adjust the available switches and choose Save Settings.
You can reopen Privacy Settings to change your choices or withdraw consent. Browsing the website or reading this policy does not give consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal.
8. Blocking and deleting cookies
Your browser’s privacy settings can usually restrict or delete cookies and other site data. Follow the help instructions for your browser for the options available. Blocking technologies needed for a requested feature may affect that feature. Deleting site data may remove saved privacy choices, so you may need to make those choices again.
Changing consent does not necessarily delete cookies already stored on your device. Use your browser controls if you also want to remove existing site data. Websites reached through external links have their own policies and controls.
9. Your rights relating to personal information
Where cookies or related technologies involve your personal information, data protection law gives you rights. Depending on the circumstances, these include access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability. The rights are subject to legal conditions and exceptions.
You can withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on it. You also have an absolute right to object to direct marketing. Contact us using the details below to exercise your rights or ask about how we handle personal information. You can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.
10. Contact details and changes
Please contact Ian Clay with questions about this policy or your privacy choices.
Clay & Daughter Ltd
Business contact address: Cranwood, Sandy Lane, Kingswood, Surrey, KT20 6NL, United Kingdom.
Company number: 13991909 (England and Wales).
VAT number: GB413634910.
Email: ian@clayanddaughter.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7946 0958
Website: www.clayanddaughter.com
We will review this policy when website services or cookie arrangements change. The date above identifies the latest revision.