Cookie Policy

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential to provide services you have explicitly requested, such as maintaining your session while you browse our website and remembering your cookie preferences.

According to ICO guidance, strictly necessary cookies do not require consent because they are essential from the user's perspective. Without these cookies, our website cannot function properly.

We use strictly necessary cookies for:

• Session management (keeping you logged in as you navigate the site)
• Storing your cookie consent preferences
• Security features to protect against unauthorized access

3.2 Analytics/Performance Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our content, navigation, and user experience.

Important: According to ICO guidance, analytics cookies are not strictly necessary and always require prior consent, even if the data is used to improve user experience.

We use analytics cookies to:

• Count the number of visitors to our website
• Understand which pages are most popular
• Identify navigation patterns and user journeys
• Measure the effectiveness of our content and features
• Detect and diagnose technical issues

We use Google Analytics when you have granted consent. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. See Section 5 for more information about Google Analytics cookies.

3.3 Marketing/Advertising Cookies (Future Use)

Marketing cookies track your activity across websites to deliver targeted advertising and measure campaign effectiveness. These cookies are used by advertising networks and social media platforms.

We do not currently use marketing cookies. If we introduce marketing cookies in the future, we will:

• Obtain your explicit prior consent
• Provide granular control to accept or reject marketing cookies separately from other categories
• Update this Cookie Policy to list all marketing cookies and third-party advertising partners
• Provide clear information about what data is collected and how it is used

3.4 Functional Cookies (Future Use)

Functional cookies enable enhanced features and personalization, such as remembering your language preference, font size settings, or video player preferences.

We do not currently use functional cookies. If we introduce functional cookies in the future, we will obtain consent unless they are essential to a service you have specifically requested.

Strictly Necessary Cookies (No Consent Required)

Analytics Cookies (Consent Required)

Note: If you have not accepted analytics cookies, none of these Google Analytics cookies will be set on your device.

5.1 Google Analytics

When you consent to analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC ("Google").

What data does Google Analytics collect?

• Pages you visit on our website
• Time spent on each page
• How you arrived at our website (e.g., from a search engine or another website)
• Your approximate geographic location (country/city level, not precise location)
• Device type, browser type, and screen resolution
• Anonymized IP address (we enable IP anonymization)

How does Google use this data?

Google processes this data on our behalf to generate reports about website usage. Google may also use this data for its own purposes, such as improving Google Analytics services and other Google products.

Important ICO Compliance Note: Google Analytics cookies are not strictly necessary and require prior consent. We only load Google Analytics scripts after you have explicitly granted consent for analytics cookies.

For more information about how Google processes data, please see:

• Google Privacy Policy
• How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps
• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

5.2 Future Third-Party Services

If we add additional third-party services in the future (such as advertising platforms, social media integration, or additional analytics tools), we will update this Cookie Policy to disclose:

• The name of the third-party service provider
• What cookies they set and what data they collect
• Links to their privacy policies
• How you can control or opt out of their cookies

6.1 Cookie Banner

When you first visit BritExotics, you will see a cookie banner that asks for your consent to use non-essential cookies.

You can choose to:

• Accept All - Allows all cookies, including analytics cookies
• Reject Non-Essential - Only allows strictly necessary cookies (no analytics or marketing)
• Cookie Settings - Choose which categories of cookies to accept (granular control)

Our cookie banner complies with ICO guidance by providing equal prominence to "Accept All" and "Reject Non-Essential" options. We do not use dark patterns or make it harder to reject cookies than to accept them.

6.2 Change Your Cookie Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer.

This will reopen the cookie banner, allowing you to:

• Review your current consent choices
• Accept or reject different cookie categories
• Withdraw consent for cookies you previously accepted

Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it - this is a legal requirement under UK GDPR. If you withdraw consent for analytics cookies, we will stop using Google Analytics to track your visits, and existing Google Analytics cookies will be deleted.

6.3 Browser Cookie Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View which cookies are stored on your device
• Delete all cookies or selected cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Block all cookies from specific websites
• Block all cookies entirely (note: this may prevent some websites from functioning properly)
• Automatically delete cookies when you close your browser

Important: If you block strictly necessary cookies (such as cookie_consent or session_id), some features of our website may not work correctly.

Google Chrome

1. Click the three-dot menu in the top right corner
2. Select "Settings" > "Privacy and security" > "Cookies and other site data"
3. Click "See all site data and permissions"
4. Search for "britexotics.co.uk" or click "Remove all" to delete all cookies

Google Chrome Help: Clear, enable, and manage cookies

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the three-line menu in the top right corner
2. Select "Settings" > "Privacy & Security"
3. Under "Cookies and Site Data", click "Manage Data"
4. Search for "britexotics.co.uk" and click "Remove Selected" or "Remove All"

Mozilla Firefox Help: Clear cookies and site data

Safari (macOS and iOS)

Safari on Mac:

1. Go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy
2. Click "Manage Website Data"
3. Search for "britexotics.co.uk" and click "Remove" or click "Remove All"

Safari on iPhone/iPad:

1. Go to Settings > Safari
2. Scroll down and tap "Advanced" > "Website Data"
3. Swipe left on "britexotics.co.uk" to delete, or tap "Remove All Website Data"

Apple Safari Help: Manage cookies and website data

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three-dot menu in the top right corner
2. Select "Settings" > "Cookies and site permissions" > "Cookies and site data"
3. Click "See all cookies and site data"
4. Search for "britexotics.co.uk" and click the trash icon to delete

Microsoft Edge Help: Delete cookies

Mobile Devices (Android)

Google Chrome on Android:

1. Open Chrome and tap the three-dot menu
2. Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data
3. Select "Cookies and site data" and choose a time range
4. Tap "Clear data"