Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit a website. They help the website remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) for a certain period of time.

Cookies are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and provide a more personalised experience.

How We Use Cookies

At Parkers Chauffeurs, we use cookies for several purposes:

To make our website work properly (e.g., navigation, security, and session management).
To understand how you use our website (e.g., which pages you visit, how long you stay).
To personalise your experience (e.g., remembering your preferences).
To improve our website (e.g., analysing traffic and performance).
To provide marketing and advertising (e.g., showing relevant content to you).

We use both first-party cookies (set by our website) and third-party cookies (set by services we use, such as Google Analytics, social media platforms, or payment providers).

Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies on our website:

Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies

These cookies are required for our website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, security, and access to secure areas. Without these cookies, our website cannot work correctly.

Examples: Session cookies, authentication cookies, security cookies.
Can you disable them? No. These cookies are essential and cannot be disabled.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website’s performance and user experience.

Examples: Google Analytics cookies (e.g., _ga, _gid).
Can you disable them? Yes, but this may limit your ability to use certain features.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies remember your choices (such as your language, region, or text size) to provide enhanced, more personalised features.

Examples: Cookies that remember your location or preferences.
Can you disable them? Yes, but some features may not work as expected.

Advertising and Tracking Cookies

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Examples: Cookies from social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) or ad networks.
Can you disable them? Yes, but you may see less relevant advertising.

Third-Party Cookies

We may also use cookies from third-party services that we partner with. These include:

Google Analytics: To analyse website traffic and user behaviour.
Social Media Platforms: To enable sharing of content on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
Payment Providers: To process secure transactions (e.g., Stripe, PayPal).
Advertising Networks: To deliver relevant marketing content.

These third-party cookies are subject to the third party’s own privacy policies. We recommend checking their policies for more information.

How to Manage Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

Browser Settings

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

Block cookies: Prevent your browser from accepting cookies.
Delete cookies: Remove cookies that have already been stored.
Set exceptions: Allow cookies for specific websites only.

To manage cookies, follow the instructions for your browser:

Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
Safari: Preferences > Privacy
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Cookie Consent Manager

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can:

Accept all cookies: Allow all cookies (including analytics and marketing).
Reject non-essential cookies: Only allow essential cookies.
Customise settings: Choose which categories of cookies to allow.

You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link on our website.

Third-Party Cookie Controls

You can also manage cookies through third-party services:

Google Analytics: Opt-out tool
Advertising Networks: Network Advertising Initiative or Your Online Choices

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the “Last Updated” date on this page.