Cookie Policy

1. What this policy covers

This Cookie Policy explains how gelatinflower.com uses storage and access technologies on a visitor’s device. These technologies can include cookies and comparable mechanisms used to remember a preference, keep a website secure, measure usage or support advertising functions.

The website is operated by T & V Niedzwiedz, Address: Mitcham. Questions about this policy can be directed to tel.: +447754384251 or e-mail: [email protected]. The website’s wider handling of personal information is explained in the Privacy Policy.

2. UK rules for storage and access technologies

In the United Kingdom, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 as amended apply to many technologies that store information on, or access information from, a user’s device. The UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 also apply where personal information is processed.

Some technologies can be used without consent where a legal exception applies, for example where they are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user. Where no exception applies, an appropriate consent mechanism should be used before the relevant storage or access takes place.

3. Necessary technologies

Necessary technologies support functions such as security, load management, basic page delivery and remembering a privacy choice. They are not intended to build advertising profiles or measure behaviour across unrelated websites.

Because the precise duration can depend on the function, necessary records should be retained only for the period required to deliver the relevant function, maintain security or remember the visitor’s choice. Where a strictly necessary technology qualifies for an exception under applicable UK rules, consent may not be required for that specific use.

4. Preference technologies

Preference technologies can remember choices a visitor makes so the site does not ask the same question on every page. A privacy or cookie choice is an example. These technologies should be limited to the information needed to remember the preference and should not be repurposed for unrelated marketing.

A preference may remain until it expires, is cleared by the user or is replaced by a newer choice. Visitors can also use browser controls to remove stored website data, although doing so may cause the preference prompt to appear again.

5. Analytics technologies

Analytics technologies may be used to understand broad patterns such as which pages are visited, how visitors arrive and whether the website is functioning as expected. Where analytics storage or access is not strictly necessary and no other legal exception applies, it should be activated only after the required consent has been obtained.

If a third-party analytics service is used, the policy and consent interface should identify the relevant purpose and provide additional information about the provider where required.

6. Marketing and advertising technologies

Marketing technologies can be used to measure advertising, limit repetition or support interest-based advertising. These uses are generally optional from the perspective of a visitor reading the website and may involve access to information on a device or the processing of online identifiers.

Optional marketing technologies should not be activated before a valid choice has been obtained where consent is required. Where marketing technology is used, the relevant purpose and consent choice should be described clearly before optional access or storage takes place.

7. Third parties

Some website technologies can be set or read by third parties where an external service is genuinely integrated. A third party may act as a processor, joint controller or independent controller depending on the service and legal arrangement.

Where a third-party service sets or reads information on a visitor’s device, visitors should be given sufficient information about the provider, purpose and relevant retention or expiry details through the policy or consent interface.

8. Retention and expiry

Cookie and similar-technology lifetimes should be proportionate to their purpose. A short-lived security or session technology may expire when the browsing session ends, while a preference technology may last longer so the site can remember a choice. Optional measurement or marketing technologies, if introduced, should have clearly stated retention periods appropriate to their purpose.

Stored data may also be removed earlier when a visitor clears browser data, withdraws a consent choice or when the website changes the technology in use. A maximum duration should not be treated as a reason to retain data for longer than necessary.

9. How to manage choices

The cookie panel allows visitors to choose necessary technologies only or to accept optional categories where those categories are available. A choice should be based on clear information and a positive action rather than on silence, inactivity or a pre-selected optional box.

Browser settings can also be used to block or delete cookies and other stored website data. Blocking all storage may affect some essential site functions or cause preference choices to be forgotten.

10. Withdrawing consent

Where an optional technology relies on consent, the visitor should be able to withdraw that consent without detriment. Withdrawal applies to future use based on consent and does not retrospectively make earlier lawful processing invalid.

The website can provide a renewed choice when stored preferences are cleared or when the consent interface is reopened. If the categories or purposes change materially, a fresh choice may be appropriate.

11. Changes to this policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated when UK rules change or when the technologies used by the website change. The date at the top shows the current version. Material changes should be reflected in the policy and, where necessary, in the consent interface.

For questions about cookies or privacy choices, contact T & V Niedzwiedz using the details stated above.