Cookie Policy

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience.

In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics.

As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others.

The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser.

We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers

 

Cookies In Use on This Site

Cookies and how they Benefit You

Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do, to help provide you with the best experience we can. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you browse websites

Our cookies help us:

  • Make our website work as you’d expect
  • Remember your settings during and between visits
  • Improve the speed/security of the site
  • Personalise our site to you to help you get what you need faster

We do not use cookies to:

  • Collect any personally identifiable information (without your express permission)
  • Collect any sensitive information (without your express permission)
  • Pass data to advertising networks
  • Pass personally identifiable data to third parties
  • Pay sales commissions

You can learn more about all the cookies we use below

Granting us permission to use cookies

If the settings on your software that you are using to view this website (your browser) are adjusted to accept cookies we take this, and your continued use of our website, to mean that you are fine with this. Should you wish to remove or not use cookies from our site you can learn how to do this below, however doing so will likely mean that our site will not work as you would expect.

More about our Cookies

Website Function Cookies

Our own cookies

We use cookies to make our website work including:

  • Making our shopping basket and checkout work
  • Remembering your search settings
  • Remembering if you have accepted our terms and conditions
  • Tailoring content to your needs

There is no way to prevent these cookies being set other than to not use our site.

Third party functions

Our site, like most websites, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video. Our site includes the following which use cookies:

Disabling these cookies will likely break the functions offered by these third parties

Turning Cookies Off

Want to opt out of all cookies?
If you want to, you can manage the cookies that you allow on your computer through the internet browser that you use.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all, or just some cookies. As mentioned above, if you use your browser to block all cookies (including necessary ones), our website is unlikely to perform as you would expect it to. If you would like to find out more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit: https://www.aboutcookies.org/

 

Cookie Policy for Green Holiday Cottages

This is the Cookie Policy for Green Holiday Cottages, accessible from https://greenholidaycottages.com/. This policy explains how we use cookies on our website, including Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, Font Awesome, Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel), and Meta Events Manager.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are used to remember your preferences and enable certain website functionality, such as keeping you logged in, saving your shopping cart items, and providing personalized content and ads.

Types of cookies

There are two main types of cookies: first-party and third-party cookies.

First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting, and they are used to provide you with a better user experience. For example, we use first-party cookies to remember your language preferences and to keep you logged in.

Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. They are used for various purposes, such as tracking your browsing behavior across different websites and showing you targeted ads. We use third-party cookies from Google, Facebook, and Font Awesome to provide certain website functionalities and to analyze website traffic and user behavior.

Cookie consent

When you visit our website for the first time, you will be asked to accept or decline the use of cookies. If you accept, we will set cookies on your device according to the categories listed below. If you decline, we will only set essential cookies that are necessary for the website to function properly.

Categories of cookies

  1. Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly, and they do not collect any personal information. We use essential cookies to keep you logged in, to remember your language preferences, and to provide basic website functionality.
  2. Analytical cookies: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages they visit most often and whether they encounter any errors. We use analytical cookies from Google Analytics to improve website performance and user experience.
  3. Marketing cookies: These cookies are used to track your browsing behavior across different websites and to show you targeted ads that are relevant to your interests. We use marketing cookies from Facebook and Font Awesome for conversion tracking and to show you personalized content and ads.

Cookie settings

You can manage your cookie settings at any time by clicking on the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of our website. You can also delete cookies from your device using your browser settings. However, please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about our Cookie Policy, please contact us at info@greenholidaycottages.com.

  1. Google Tag Manager:
    • _gaexp: Used to determine a user’s inclusion in an experiment and the expiry of experiments a user has been included in.
    • _gcl_au: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
    • _gid: Used to distinguish users.
  2. Google Analytics:
    • _ga: Used to distinguish users and to generate statistical data on website usage.
    • _gid: Used to distinguish users.
    • _gat: Used to throttle request rate.
    • AMP_TOKEN: Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a client ID from the AMP Client ID service.
    • gac: Contains campaign-related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.
  3. Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel):
    • fr: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers.
    • _fbp: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers.
    • tr: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers.

Please note that these cookies may change over time as Google and Facebook update their services. You should always consult with a legal professional to ensure that your cookie policy reflects the current use of cookies on your website.