Cookie policy

This website www.housegecko.co.uk (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur. If you continue using Our Site when you press the “accept” button on Our Cookie ”pop-up”

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when you have selected your preferred Cookie options in Our Cookie ”pop-up” and pressed the “continue button”. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.

  1. Definitions and Interpretation

    a) In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

    “Cookie”

    means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site www.housegecko.co.uk when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;

    “Cookie Law”

    means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);

    “personal data”

    means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998 and  EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and

    “We/Us/Our”

    means House Gecko Architectural Services Limited,  a limited company registered in England & Wales, under company number 11885426, whose registered address is held at: 4 Drayton Road, Shawbury, SY4 4NZ, and whose main trading address is held at : 4 Drayton Road, Shawbury, SY4 4NZ

2. Information About Us And Our Site

a) Our Site is owned and operated by means House Gecko Architectural Services Limited,  a limited company registered in England & Wales, under company number 11885426, whose registered address is whose registered address is held at: 4 Drayton Road, Shawbury, SY4 4NZ, and whose main trading address is held at : 4 Drayton Road, Shawbury, SY4 4NZ. Our Data Protection Officer is Leanne Millichap, and can be contacted by email at : leanne@housegecko.co.uk, by telephone on : 07977 193837, or by post at : 4 Drayton Road, Shawbury, SY4 4NZ

3. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

a) Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our Products And Services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

b) By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for Please insert description of use of Third Party Cookies, e.g. Advertising Services if applicable. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

c) All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

  1. Strictly Necessary Cookies: A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.

  2. Analytics Cookies: It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

  3. Functionality Cookies: Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality. Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category

  4. Targeting Cookies: It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

  5. Third Party Cookies: Third party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

  6. Persistent Cookies Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

  7. Session Cookies: Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser

    d) Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire Please Insert Period if applicable Or as shown and indicated in the table below.

    e) For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy Please insert the correct link applicable to this clause.

    f) For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.

    4. Name of Cookie / Purpose Strictly / Necessary

    Cookie Consent / Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain / YES


    Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the Products And Services

    Offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

    The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.

    The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following analytics Cookies:

    Name of Cookie / Purpose / Strictly Necessary

    Google-analytics / Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor's browser and computer / NO

    housegecko.co.uk / _utmq / Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. / NO

    housegecko.co.uk/_utmb / Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. / NO

    housegecko.co.uk/_utmb / Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. / NO

    housegecko.co.uk/_utmb / Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. / NO

5. Consent and Control

  1. Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a Insert Description of Prompt “pop-up” If different please amend requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of Cookie that We use. OR You can return to your Cookie preferences to review and/or change them at any time by (Please Insert Description if applicable).

  2. In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

  3. The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

    1. Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB

    2. Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835

    3. Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/microsoft-edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)

    4. Safari (macOS): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB

    5. Safari (iOS): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

    6. Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-Cookies-website-preferences

    7. Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)

  4. Changes to this Cookie Policy

    1. We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time.  If we do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page.  Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made.  You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

    2. In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

6. Further Information

If you would like to know more about how we use Cookies, please contact Us at leanne@housegecko.co.uk, by telephone on : 07977 193837, or by post at : 4 Drayton Road, Shawbury, SY4 4NZ