Yes, here is a cookie policy for Hupi.uk, designed to be compliant with UK regulations.

Hupi.uk Cookie Policy

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 to provide information to the website’s owners. Cookies allow websites to remember your actions and preferences, such as login details, language, font size, and other display preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on Hupi.uk. The cookies we use can be either “session” cookies (which are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser) or “persistent” cookies (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).

We also use both first-party cookies (set by our website) and third-party cookies (set by a third-party service provider on our behalf, such as Google).

3. The Types of Cookies We Use

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas and adding items to your shopping cart. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly. They do not collect any personal information for marketing purposes.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. This data helps us improve the website’s performance and design. These cookies do not identify you as an individual.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
  • Targeting/Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver more relevant advertisements to you based on your interests. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited our website and this information is shared with other organisations, such as advertisers.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We use third-party services that may also place cookies on your device. These include:

  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect data on how you use our website. This helps us understand visitor traffic and improve the site. The information is anonymous and includes data such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and the user’s location.
  • Payment Providers: Our payment processors, such as [e.g., Stripe, PayPal], may use cookies to ensure the security of your transactions and to prevent fraud.

5. Your Cookie Consent

When you first visit Hupi.uk, we will show you a cookie banner asking for your consent to use non-essential cookies. You have the right to accept or decline these cookies.

By clicking “Accept,” you consent to the use of all cookies as described in this policy. If you choose to decline, we will only use the strictly necessary cookies required for the website to function.

6. How to Manage Your Cookies

You can control and manage your cookie preferences at any time. You can:

  • Change your preferences on our website: You can revisit your cookie consent settings through a link in the website footer.
  • Disable cookies in your browser: Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. However, if you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

For more information on how to manage cookies in your specific browser, please visit the links below:

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please email us at [email protected].

8. Changes to this Policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy will indicate when it was last revised.