COOKIE POLICY

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 website owner. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information on their own.

2. How We Use Cookies

Our website uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • To understand how visitors use our website

  • To measure the effectiveness of our marketing

  • To improve your browsing experience

  • To remember your cookie preferences

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function correctly and cannot be disabled:

  • squarespace-cookie-policy — stores your cookie consent choice for 1 year

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting anonymous information:

  • _ga (Google Analytics) — distinguishes unique users, stored for 2 years

  • ga* (Google Analytics) — maintains session state, stored for 2 years

  • _gid (Google Analytics) — distinguishes unique users, stored for 24 hours

  • _gat (Google Analytics) — throttles request rate, stored for 1 minute

Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to track visits and measure the effectiveness of our advertising:

  • _fbp (Meta/Facebook) — tracks visits for advertising purposes, stored for 3 months

  • fr (Meta/Facebook) — delivers and measures advertising, stored for 3 months

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality on our website:

  • ss_cvr (Squarespace) — visitor analytics, stored for 2 years

  • ss_cvt (Squarespace) — visitor analytics, stored for 30 minutes

4. Third Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are set by third parties. These are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties:=

  • Google — policies.google.com/privacy

  • Meta (Facebook) — facebook.com/privacy/policy

  • Squarespace — squarespace.com/privacy

We do not control these third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the relevant third-party privacy policies for more information.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website you will be shown a cookie banner where you can accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.

You can also manage cookies directly through your browser settings:

  • Chrome — Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies

  • Safari — Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data

  • Firefox — Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data

  • Edge — Settings → Privacy, Search and Services → Cookies

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

6. Opting Out of Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You can manage your Meta advertising preferences at facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation or our data practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

8. Contact Us

For any cookie-related queries please contact:

Bracken Smart Blinds Ltd Company number: NI672562 Unit 11, Ravenhill Business Park Belfast, BT6 8AW

Email: matthew.g@bsmartblinds.com