Cookie Policy
Last updated: 10 August 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how JC Surfacing Ltd (“we”, “our”, “us”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website. It details what cookies are, how and why we use them, the types of cookies we deploy, and your options for controlling them.
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we process personal data collected through our website.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit a website. They store information about your browsing session, allowing the website to recognise your device, remember preferences, and improve your user experience.
There are several categories of cookies:
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Session Cookies – Temporary cookies deleted when you close your browser.
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Persistent Cookies – Remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.
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First-Party Cookies – Set directly by the website you are visiting.
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Third-Party Cookies – Set by domains other than the one you are visiting, often for analytics, advertising, or embedded content.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
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Essential Website Functionality – To enable you to navigate the site and use its features (e.g. forms, secure areas, shopping carts).
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Performance and Analytics – To understand how visitors use our site, identify which pages are most popular, and help us improve user experience.
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Functionality and Personalisation – To remember choices you make (e.g. location settings, form preferences) and provide more tailored services.
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Marketing and Advertising – To deliver relevant adverts, measure the effectiveness of campaigns, and avoid showing the same ad repeatedly.
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Security – To detect and prevent fraudulent activity and keep our site secure.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We categorise the cookies we use as follows:
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are essential for the site to work properly and cannot be disabled. Without them, services like form submissions or secure logins would not function.
Examples: Session ID cookies, security tokens.
b) Performance Cookies
These collect anonymous data about visitors for statistical purposes. They help us understand how people interact with our site so we can improve layout, content, and performance.
Example: Google Analytics cookies.
c) Functionality Cookies
These remember your settings and choices to provide a more personalised experience.
Example: Remembering location preferences or saved form details.
d) Targeting / Advertising Cookies
These track browsing habits to deliver relevant advertising. They may also limit how often you see an ad and measure ad campaign performance.
Example: Facebook Pixel, Google Ads cookies.
e) Social Media Cookies
These enable you to share content from our website on social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. These services may set their own cookies through our website.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Our site may contain content and features from other providers (e.g. embedded videos, maps, or analytics tools) that set cookies on your device. We do not control the settings of these cookies.
We recommend checking the third-party’s own cookie policy:
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Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies
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Facebook Pixel: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies
5. Legal Basis for Using Cookies
Under UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR):
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Strictly necessary cookies can be used without your consent.
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All other cookies require your consent, which we request via our cookie banner when you first visit our site.
6. How We Obtain Your Consent
When you first visit our site, a cookie banner will appear allowing you to:
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Accept all cookies
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Reject all non-essential cookies
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Manage your preferences by category
Your choice will be remembered for a set period unless you clear your browser cookies or change your preferences.
7. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You can control and delete cookies at any time via your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
Guides for common browsers:
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Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
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Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
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Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge
8. Data Collected by Cookies
Some cookies collect personal data, such as your IP address or device ID. Where this occurs, we process the data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, ensuring it is handled securely and only for legitimate purposes.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulations, or our website’s functionality. Updates will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date.
10. Contact Us
For questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact:
JC Surfacing Ltd
Unit 12
Balderton Business Park
Hawton Lane
Newark
NG24 3GL
Tel: 01636 679537
Email: info@jcsurfacing.co.uk
