Cookie Policy
Last updated: June 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Dispatch Supply uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website at [INSERT WEBSITE URL], in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (as amended) (“PECR”) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”).
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to website owners about how their site is used. This policy also covers similar technologies, such as pixels and local storage, that store or access information on your device.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use the following categories of cookies. You will be asked to give your consent to non-essential cookies via a consent banner when you first visit our Site, and you may change your preferences at any time as described in Section 5 below.
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Category |
Purpose |
Consent Required? |
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Strictly Necessary |
Required for core site functionality, such as remembering items in your basket, processing payments, and keeping the site secure. The site cannot function properly without these. |
No — exempt under PECR as essential to the service you request |
|
Functional |
Remember your preferences, such as previously viewed products or saved delivery details, to improve your experience. |
Yes |
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Analytics & Performance |
Help us understand how visitors use our Site (e.g. via Google Analytics), so we can improve site performance and content. |
Yes |
|
Marketing & Advertising |
Used to deliver relevant adverts to you on this and other websites, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. |
Yes |
3. Consent
- We will not set any non-essential cookies (functional, analytics, or marketing) until you have given your active, informed consent via our cookie banner.
- Our cookie banner presents “Accept All” and “Reject All” options with equal visual prominence and allows you to manage individual categories of cookies.
- No boxes are pre-ticked on your behalf, and continuing to browse the Site does not constitute consent.
- You may withdraw or change your consent at any time using the cookie preference link in our website footer, with the same ease as it was given.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our Site are placed by third-party services we use, such as analytics providers, payment processors, and advertising or social media platforms. These third parties may use cookies in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review. [List specific third-party services here once finalised, e.g. Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Klaviyo, etc.]
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
- You can manage or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via the “Cookie Preferences” link in the footer of our website.
- You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking all cookies, including strictly necessary cookies, may affect the functionality of our Site, such as your ability to complete a purchase.
- Guidance on managing cookies in popular browsers can be found at: aboutcookies.org or via your browser's own help documentation.
6. How Long Do Cookies Last?
Cookies may be “session cookies”, which are deleted when you close your browser, or “persistent cookies”, which remain on your device for a set period or until manually deleted. The specific duration of each cookie used on our Site is set out in our detailed cookie list, available on request.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable law. We recommend you review this page periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@dispatchsupply.co.uk. For more information on how we handle your personal data more broadly, please see our [Privacy Policy — NOTE: a separate, standalone Privacy Policy is a legal requirement under UK GDPR and should be drafted alongside this Cookie Policy; it is not included in this suite and should be added].