Last updated: 15 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Capital Painters & Decorators (“we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit www.capitalpainters-decorators.co.uk.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we collect and use personal information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone or other device when you visit a website.
They can help websites function correctly, remember your preferences, understand how visitors use the website and measure the effectiveness of advertising.
Similar technologies, including scripts, pixels and local browser storage, may also be used for the same or similar purposes.
How we use cookies
We may use the following types of cookies and similar technologies on our website.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly or to provide functions you have requested.
They may be used for purposes such as:
- website security and fraud prevention;
- remembering your cookie preferences;
- maintaining website or administrator sessions; and
- ensuring forms and other website functionality operate correctly.
These technologies do not normally require consent where they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website.
Our website uses security and website-management technologies including WordPress and Wordfence which may use cookies or similar technologies where required for security or functionality.
Analytics and performance cookies
We use Google Analytics 4, implemented through Google Site Kit, to help us understand how people use our website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- pages visited;
- time spent on the website;
- approximate location;
- device and browser information;
- how visitors arrived at the website; and
- interactions with pages, links and forms.
Google Analytics commonly uses cookies including:
| Cookie | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|
_ga |
Helps distinguish individual website visitors | Up to 2 years |
_ga_<container-id> |
Helps maintain information about a visitor’s session | Up to 2 years |
Cookie names and durations may change depending on Google’s configuration and updates.
Where required by law, these technologies are only used after you provide consent through our cookie controls.
In limited circumstances, UK law allows certain analytics technologies to be used without consent where they are used solely to produce statistical information to improve a website and other legal requirements are met. Where we rely on such an exception, visitors will be provided with appropriate information and a simple way to object.
Advertising and conversion measurement
Our Google Analytics property may be connected with Google Ads.
Where advertising or conversion-measurement technologies are used, they may help us understand whether an enquiry, phone call, form submission or other interaction resulted from one of our advertising campaigns.
Google may use cookies, tags or similar technologies for these purposes.
Advertising and conversion tracking technologies are treated as non-essential and, where consent is legally required, will not be activated until the visitor has provided the appropriate consent.
We do not use information collected through our website to make automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on visitors.
Google Reviews and Trustindex
Our website displays customer reviews using Widgets for Google Reviews by Trustindex.io.
When these widgets are displayed or interacted with, Trustindex and/or Google may receive technical information about your device or browser and may use cookies or similar technologies.
These technologies allow us to display reviews and provide links to our Google Business Profile.
Third-party services may change the cookies or technologies they use from time to time.
MailerLite
We use MailerLite to provide newsletter and email subscription functionality.
If you interact with a MailerLite signup form, MailerLite may use cookies or browser storage to remember whether a form has been displayed or submitted and to ensure that forms function correctly.
Examples used by MailerLite may include:
mailerlite:webform:shownmailerlite:session_idmailerlite:forms:submitted:[ID]
If you subscribe to our mailing list, the personal information you provide will also be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Google Fonts
Our website may use Google Fonts to display fonts consistently across different devices and browsers.
When Google Fonts are loaded from Google’s servers, your browser may send technical information such as your IP address, browser information and the page requesting the font to Google.
Google Fonts are primarily used to provide website styling rather than advertising functionality.
Embedded third-party content
Some pages may contain content provided by third-party services, such as videos, maps, reviews or other embedded content.
These providers may place cookies or use similar technologies when the content loads or when you interact with it.
Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, we will request consent where required before activating them.
Cookie consent and preferences
When you first visit our website, you may be shown a cookie notice allowing you to manage your preferences.
Where consent is required, you can choose whether to allow non-essential technologies such as analytics, advertising or certain third-party functionality.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie settings available on our website.
Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
Managing cookies through your browser
You can also control cookies using your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to:
- view cookies stored on your device;
- delete cookies;
- block cookies;
- block third-party cookies; or
- configure how websites are allowed to use cookies.
Blocking some cookies may affect how certain parts of our website work.
Third-party services
Some cookies and similar technologies used on our website are provided by third parties.
These may include:
- Google Analytics;
- Google Ads;
- Google Fonts;
- Google Business Profile / Google Reviews;
- Trustindex;
- MailerLite; and
- other embedded services that may be added to the website from time to time.
These organisations operate under their own privacy and cookie policies and may update their technologies independently of us.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy if we change the technologies used on our website or if legal or regulatory requirements change.
The date at the top of this page shows when the policy was last updated.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact:
Capital Painters & Decorators
1 Bannerman Way
Edinburgh
EH17 8NF
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07517 002241