1. What Are Cookies?

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

Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to improve your browsing experience.

2. How We Use Cookies

Home Utility Ltd uses cookies for several purposes, which are categorised below.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies (Always Active)

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.

You cannot opt out of these cookies because the website cannot function properly without them.

Examples of essential cookies we use:

  • Session cookies to maintain your browsing session
  • Security cookies to protect our website
  • Cookie consent preference storage

Analytics Cookies (Optional — With Your Consent)

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and services.

Examples of analytics cookies we use:

  • Google Analytics cookies to track website usage and performance
  • Page view statistics
  • Visitor behaviour patterns

These analytics cookies help us understand which pages are most popular, how visitors move around the site, and where improvements may be needed.

All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.

4. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to choose which cookies you accept.

You can choose from the following options:

  • Accept All Cookies: Allows us to set both essential and analytics cookies
  • Essential Only: Allows only the cookies necessary for the website to function

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Preferences” link in the footer of our website.

5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

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

You can:

  • View the cookies stored on your device
  • Delete individual cookies or all cookies
  • Block cookies from specific websites or all websites
  • Set your browser to notify you when a website tries to place a cookie

Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your browsing experience.

To manage cookies in your browser, please refer to your browser’s help documentation:

  • Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
  • Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions

6. Third-Party Cookies

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is used.

Google Analytics sets cookies that collect information in an anonymous form, including:

  • The number of visitors to the site
  • Where visitors have come from
  • The pages they visited

For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please refer to Google’s official documentation.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us:

  • Email: info@homeutility.co.uk
  • Phone: 07983 511772
  • Address: Home Utility Ltd, 5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF

By continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.