1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit websites. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, provide security, and supply anonymous reporting data to website owners.
2. How We Use Cookies
Cre8tive Dzines Ltd uses cookies for the following distinct operational purposes:
| Category | Purpose | Examples & Lifespan |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Essential for website navigation, load balancing, security firewalls, and quotation form submission. | Session cookies (deleted when browser closes) |
| Performance & Analytics | Helps us measure visitor traffic, popular signage services, and site loading speed using Google Analytics 4. | _ga, _ga_* (Google Analytics, up to 2 years) |
| Advertising & Conversion | Measures the success of Google Ads campaigns when users submit a quote or tap to call our workshop. | _gcl_au, IDE (Google Ads, 90 days to 1 year) |
| Functional & Preferences | Remembers your interface choices such as service matrix expand/collapse states. | Local storage / persistent cookie (1 year) |
3. Google Ads & Third-Party Technologies
When you visit our website after clicking a Google Ad, conversion tracking cookies help us ascertain that a visitor performed a meaningful commercial action (such as submitting our signage quote form or dialing our telephone number).
These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information such as your credit card details or unencrypted home address. All conversion data is handled in strict compliance with Google's Advertising Policies and UK privacy regulations.
4. Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers allow you to control cookie settings through their options:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies.
- Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies / Prevent cross-site tracking.
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may impact the interactive features of our website (e.g. quotation forms and interactive sliders).
Questions Regarding Our Cookie Practices?
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