Cookie Policy

1. About this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how [FULL REGISTERED COMPANY NAME], trading as K-Ston, uses cookies and similar technologies on k-ston.com.

It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

Contact details:

[FULL REGISTERED COMPANY NAME]
Company registration number: [COMPANY CODE]
Registered address: [REGISTERED ADDRESS]
Email: info@k-ston.com

2. What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files that a website may place on your computer, telephone or other device.

Cookies and similar technologies can be used to:

• make a website function;
• protect the website against misuse;
• remember user preferences;
• understand website usage;
• measure marketing performance; or
• enable third-party content and services.

Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, tags, scripts and device identifiers.

3. Types of Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These technologies are required to operate the website, maintain security, remember privacy choices or provide a feature specifically requested by the visitor.

They do not require consent where they are strictly necessary for the requested service.

Blocking strictly necessary technologies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.

Preference cookies

Preference technologies remember choices such as language, display settings or other website preferences.

Where they are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated after consent.

Analytics cookies

Analytics technologies help website operators understand matters such as:

• which pages are visited;
• how visitors reach the website;
• how long visitors remain on a page;
• whether technical errors occur; and
• how the website can be improved.

Analytics technologies will only be used after consent where required.

Marketing cookies

Marketing technologies may be used to:

• measure advertising campaigns;
• understand whether a visitor responded to an advertisement;
• build marketing audiences;
• connect website activity with advertising platforms; or
• personalise advertising.

Marketing technologies will not be activated before the visitor provides the required consent.

4. Current Use of Cookies

The website uses Google Analytics only when a valid Google tag has been configured and the visitor has consented to analytics cookies. Advertising or behavioural-profiling technologies are not activated unless they are separately configured and the visitor has provided the required marketing consent.

The website may use strictly necessary browser storage or cookies to:

• deliver website pages;
• maintain website security;
• prevent malicious traffic; and
• remember a visitor’s cookie choices.

The register below reflects the consent storage and standard Google Analytics 4 cookies supported by the current implementation. It should be checked again whenever tags, embedded services or consent settings change.

5. Cookie and Storage Register

Browser restrictions or Analytics configuration may shorten these default durations.

6. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content

The website may in the future include services such as:

• meeting-booking tools;
• video players;
• maps;
• CRM forms;
• spam-prevention services;
• analytics tools;
• LinkedIn or other social-media features; or
• advertising measurement tools.

These services may place cookies or access information stored on your device.

Non-essential third-party services must remain blocked until the visitor provides the required consent. The cookie register and consent panel must be updated before such services are enabled.

Merely linking to an external website does not normally place that external service’s cookies on your device. Cookies may be placed after you open the external website, under that organisation’s own policies.

7. Managing Cookie Preferences

Where the website uses non-essential cookies, the consent panel should allow visitors to:

• accept all optional cookies;
• reject all optional cookies;
• select individual cookie categories; and
• change or withdraw their choice later.

Rejecting optional cookies should be as straightforward as accepting them.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled through the consent panel because they are required to provide the website or a feature requested by the visitor.

A permanent “Cookie Settings” link should be available in the website footer so that visitors can change their preferences at any time.

8. Consent

Optional cookies and similar technologies will only be activated after the visitor provides a clear affirmative choice where consent is legally required.

Consent is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time through the cookie-settings panel.

Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.

Closing or ignoring a cookie banner will not be treated as consent.

9. Browser Controls

Most browsers allow users to view, delete or block cookies through browser settings.

Blocking all cookies may affect:

• website navigation;
• security features;
• saved preferences; and
• other functionality.

Browser controls operate separately from the consent panel and may not remove information already received by a third-party provider.

10. Retention of Cookie Preferences

The website may retain a record of your cookie choice for up to 12 months, unless:

• you change or withdraw the choice earlier;
• the website’s cookies or purposes materially change; or
• a shorter period is required by law or selected by K-Ston.

After that period, the website may request your preferences again.

11. Personal Data Collected Through Cookies

Information collected through cookies or similar technologies may include:

• IP address;
• browser and device information;
• unique identifiers;
• website interactions;
• referring pages;
• approximate location; and
• consent preferences.

For information about the purposes and legal bases for processing personal data, recipients, transfers, retention periods and your rights, see our Privacy Policy.

12. Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

• cookies or providers change;
• new website functionality is introduced;
• legal requirements change; or
• existing technologies are removed.

The current version will be published on this page with the updated revision date.

13. Contact

Questions about cookies or privacy can be sent to:

[FULL REGISTERED COMPANY NAME] / K-Ston
Email: info@k-ston.com
Address: [REGISTERED ADDRESS]