Gardening Whitechapel Cookie Policy
Introduction: This cookie policy explains how Gardening Whitechapel and related Whitechapel gardening services use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our pages and to improve the experience of those using Garden Whitechapel information. This policy describes the types of cookies we use, the purposes they serve, how we use performance monitoring, and how you can exercise control over cookie settings.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your device by your browser when you visit a site. Cookies help sites remember preferences, measure performance, and show relevant content. For Whitechapel gardeners and visitors interested in local garden care, cookies enable smoother navigation and faster access to tools and resources.
Types of cookies we use
We use three main categories of cookies to support our Whitechapel garden services and online features:- Essential cookies: These are necessary to run the site and provide core functions such as secure browsing and session management. Without essential cookies, features like saved preferences cannot function. Examples include session identifiers and security tokens.
- Analytics cookies: Also called performance cookies, they help us understand how visitors use the site, which pages are visited most often, and whether users encounter errors. These cookies support our performance monitoring and help the Whitechapel gardening team improve content, page load times, and overall user experience.
- Marketing cookies: These track visitor activity across sites to deliver relevant promotions or advertisements. Gardening Whitechapel uses these sparingly to present offers related to garden services and seasonal tips, ensuring that messages are relevant to user interests.
Purpose: performance monitoring and improvements
Performance monitoring is a key use of analytics cookies. By collecting anonymised data about page load times, click paths, and interaction patterns, the Whitechapel garden team can spot slow pages, broken links, and opportunities to streamline navigation. This leads to faster response times, fewer interruptions when browsing, and a more reliable experience for community members using Garden Whitechapel resources.How performance data works: We aggregate metrics to avoid identifying individuals. Aggregated statistics show trends and highlight technical issues so we can prioritise fixes and upgrades to content, images, and backend services. This approach benefits all users by improving speed and reducing errors.
User control and choices
You have control over cookie preferences. Most modern browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings, and many devices allow you to manage privacy options. Additionally, when a cookie consent tool is available, you may accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your choices for analytics and marketing cookies.
Practical steps to manage cookies
To manage cookies for Whitechapel gardening content:
- Review and adjust cookie settings in your browser to block third-party cookies or clear stored cookies.
- Use privacy or tracker-blocking tools to limit marketing cookies while still allowing essential cookies needed for core functions.
- When offered, change preferences in any on-page cookie banner to refine which cookie categories are active.
Retention and third parties: Some cookies are session-based and expire when you close your browser; others persist for a set time to remember preferences. We may allow trusted analytics and advertising partners to set cookies on our behalf to provide performance insights or targeted content. We require partners to honour privacy commitments and follow relevant laws.
Updates to this policy: We may update this cookie policy to reflect changes in technology, regulations, or the services offered by Garden Whitechapel. Significant changes will be noted in policy revisions so that those interested in Whitechapel garden services remain informed about how cookies are used and how performance monitoring supports continuous improvements.
Summary: Cookies make online interactions smoother and enable us to monitor performance so we can continually improve the experience for visitors and community members interested in gardening in Whitechapel. You control which non-essential cookies are active, and essential cookies remain necessary for core site functions.