Legal
Cookies Notice
Last updated: May 2026
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, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to the website owner about how visitors use the site.
Cookies do not contain your name or any directly personally identifiable information, though they can be used in combination with other data to identify you indirectly. Each cookie has a name, a value, and an expiry date. Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain on your device for a set period (persistent cookies).
Under UK law, we are required to tell you about the cookies we use and to obtain your consent before placing any non-essential cookies on your device.
2. The Types of Cookies We Use
We use three categories of cookies on this Website:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website to function properly. They enable core functions such as page navigation, security, and access to protected areas of the site. The Website cannot function without these cookies, and they do not require your consent under UK law. They do not collect any information about you that could be used for marketing purposes.
Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised statistical information about how visitors use this Website. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how users navigate between pages, and where visitors arrive from. The information collected is aggregated and anonymised — we cannot use it to identify you as an individual. These cookies are placed only with your consent.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalised features. For example, they may remember your preferred language or region. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
3. Cookies Used on This Website
The table below lists the specific cookies used on blueturtleescapes.co.uk, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device.
Please note that third-party services such as Google Analytics may update their cookies from time to time. We will endeavour to keep this table up to date, but for the most current information about Google Analytics cookies please visit developers.google.com/analytics.
4. How Google Analytics Uses Your Data
Google Analytics is provided by Google LLC. When a Google Analytics cookie is placed on your device, it sends data to Google's servers, which may be located outside the United Kingdom. We have enabled IP anonymisation, which means your IP address is truncated before any data is stored or processed by Google, so your full IP address is never recorded.
The data collected through Google Analytics is used by us only in its aggregated, anonymised form to understand general patterns of Website usage. We do not use it to identify you personally or to make decisions about you.
Google processes this data in accordance with its own privacy policy. For more information about how Google handles this data, please visit policies.google.com/privacy.
5. How to Manage and Disable Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways. Please note that if you choose to restrict or block cookies, some features of the Website may not function as intended, though this will not affect any strictly functional aspects of the site.
Browser settings
Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences through the browser settings. You can typically choose to block all cookies, block only third-party cookies, or delete cookies that have already been set. The steps to do this vary between browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data
For more detailed guidance on managing cookies in your browser, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org or ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.
Opting out of Google Analytics
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits to any website by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. This is available for most major browsers and can be downloaded from tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Installing this add-on will not affect your ability to use this Website or any other website.
What happens if you disable analytics cookies
Disabling Google Analytics or other analytics cookies will have no effect on the functionality of this Website. You will be able to browse all pages, use the enquiry form, and access all content exactly as normal. The only consequence is that your visit will not be included in our anonymised Website usage statistics.
6. Your Consent
When you first visit this Website, you will be presented with a cookie notice asking for your consent to place non-essential cookies (specifically, analytics cookies) on your device. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent and will be set regardless of your preference.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or by using the Google Analytics opt-out tool described above. Withdrawing consent does not affect any processing that took place before you withdrew it.
Your consent preference is stored in a cookie so that you are not asked again on subsequent visits using the same browser. If you clear your cookies or use a different browser or device, you will be asked again.
7. Changes to This Cookies Notice
We may update this Cookies Notice from time to time if we change the cookies we use or if legal requirements change. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised date. We encourage you to check this page periodically to stay informed.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at rachael@blueturtleescapes.co.uk or by telephone on 01822 742105.