COOKIE POLICY

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owner.

This Cookie Policy explains how 3Col Maintenance Services Ltd (Company No. 15452227) uses cookies on www.three3col.co.uk and what choices you have.

2. Cookies We Use

We use only the following types of cookies on our website:

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number	2 years
_ga_*	Google Analytics (GA4)	Maintains session state and counts page views	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users - stores and updates unique value for each page visited	24 hours

We do not use advertising cookies, social media tracking cookies or any cookies that track you across other websites.

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with our website - for example, which pages are most popular, how long visitors stay, and what device they use. This data is aggregated and anonymised. We cannot identify individual visitors from this data.

Google Analytics is provided by Google LLC. For more information on how Google uses cookie data, visit Google's Cookie Policy.

4. How to Control Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser settings - most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. See your browser's help documentation for instructions.
• Google Analytics opt-out - install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent your data being used by Google Analytics.
• Google Ad Settings - visit Google Ad Settings to manage how Google uses your data.

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.

5. Our Legal Basis

Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR, we rely on legitimate interest for analytics cookies, as they help us improve our website and services for all users. Analytics data is anonymised and does not identify individuals.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.

7. Contact Us