Cookie Policy
Last updated: August 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device to make it work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site's owners. Some cookies are essential; others are optional and only set with your consent.
2. How We Use Cookies
HSB Carpentry & Building ("HSB", "we", "us", "our") uses a small number of cookies. We group them into two categories:
- Strictly necessary — required for the website to function and to keep it secure. These are always active and do not require consent.
- Analytics — optional cookies that help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. These are only set after you have given consent.
3. The Cookies We Use
| Cookie | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
hsb_session |
Strictly necessary | Maintains your browsing session and protects form submissions against cross-site request forgery. | Session |
hsb_consent |
Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie preferences so we don't ask you on every visit. | 6 months |
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Analytics | Set by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors and measure how the site is used. Only set if you accept analytics cookies. | Up to 2 years |
Google Analytics is only loaded once you have consented to the analytics category — if you decline, no analytics cookies are set and the tracking script is never loaded.
4. Managing Your Consent
When you first visit our website you are asked whether to accept optional analytics cookies. You can change your choice at any time:
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you refuse or remove cookies; see your browser's help pages for details. Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site from working.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Analytics cookies are set by Google. Their use of data is governed by Google's own privacy and cookie policies. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
6. More Information
For how we handle personal data more generally, please read our Privacy Policy. Under UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
8. Contact
For any questions about our use of cookies, please get in touch via our contact form.