1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies cannot harm your device and do not contain any personally identifiable information unless you have provided that information to us.

2. How We Use Cookies

Our website www.pollymarketing.co.uk uses cookies for the following purposes:

• To ensure the website functions correctly
• To analyse how visitors use our website so we can improve it
• To remember your preferences

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take such as setting your privacy preferences or filling in forms. Without these cookies, parts of the website would not work.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information about the number of visitors, the pages they visit and how long they spend on each page. All data collected is anonymised and aggregated.

Google Analytics cookies include:

• _ga — used to distinguish users. Expires after 2 years.
• _ga_[ID] — used to persist session state. Expires after 2 years.
• _gid — used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
• _gat — used to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please visit: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

3.3 WordPress & Plugin Cookies

As our website is built on WordPress, some cookies are set by WordPress itself and essential plugins to ensure the website operates correctly. These include:

• wordpress_test_cookie — checks if cookies are enabled in your browser
• wp-settings cookies — store your website preferences
• Elementor plugin cookies — used for page building functionality

4. Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:

4.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to notify you when cookies are being sent. Please note that if you disable cookies, some parts of our website may not function correctly.

Here is how to manage cookies in the most common browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data

4.2 Opting Out of Google Analytics

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

5. Third Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use cookies from third party services. Currently this includes Google Analytics. In the future, if we introduce email marketing via Mailchimp, additional cookies may be set.

We do not control the cookies set by third party services. Please refer to the relevant third party’s privacy and cookie policies for more information.

6. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will be asked to consent to our use of non-essential cookies (such as analytics cookies). You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our website.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent as they are essential for the website to function.

7. Changes to This 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 page regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies.

This policy was last updated in April 2026.