Cookies Policy

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 provide information to website owners.

Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until deleted or expired) or "session" (deleted when you close your browser).

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies on opal-willow.com to improve your browsing experience, understand how visitors use our site, and remember your preferences.

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Examples:

• Cookie consent preferences
• Session management
• Security features

Legal basis: These cookies are necessary for the performance of our website and do not require consent.

2. Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and whether visitors receive error messages. The information collected is aggregated and anonymous.

Purpose:

• Understanding which pages are popular
• Identifying technical issues
• Improving website performance
• Understanding user navigation patterns

Legal basis: We use these cookies with your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

3. Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalised features.

Examples:

• Remembering your preferences
• Language selection
• Previously viewed content

Legal basis: These cookies are used with your consent.

Third-Party Cookies

We may use services provided by third parties that set their own cookies on your device. We do not control these cookies or the information collected. Please refer to the third parties' privacy policies for information about their cookies.

Currently, we do not use third-party advertising or tracking cookies on this website.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Cookie Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. Your choice will be saved for 12 months.

To change your preferences, you can clear your browser cookies and revisit the site, or use your browser settings as described below.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
• Block all third-party cookies
• Block all cookies from specific websites
• Block all cookies from being set
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser

Please note that deleting or blocking cookies may impact your experience on our website and prevent certain features from working properly.

Browser-Specific Instructions

Google Chrome:

Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data

Mozilla Firefox:

Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data

Safari:

Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data

Microsoft Edge:

Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies

Cookies We Set

Cookie Name	Purpose	Duration	Type
cookieConsent	Stores your cookie preferences	12 months	Necessary
sessionID	Maintains your session state	Session	Necessary

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save your cookie consent preferences. Local storage is similar to cookies but allows us to store more data that persists across browser sessions.

The data stored locally includes:

• Your cookie consent choice (accept or reject)
• Timestamp of when consent was given

You can clear local storage through your browser's developer tools or by clearing browsing data.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activities tracked. Currently, there is no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals.

We respect your privacy choices and limit tracking on our website. If standards for responding to DNT signals are established, we will update our practices accordingly.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or applicable laws. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]
Subject line: "Cookies Policy Enquiry"

Further Information

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, visit:

• aboutcookies.org
• allaboutcookies.org
• ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies