Cookie Policy
Colto Living Limited | Last updated 4 August 2026
1. About this policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Colto Living Limited uses cookies and similar technologies on www.coltoliving.com.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how we use personal information.
2. Who we are
Company name: Colto Living Limited
Company number: 15941905
Registered office: 2 Lingerfield Court, Market Flat Lane, Scotton, Knaresborough, HG5 9BE
Email: info@coltoliving.co.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)330 043 7890
3. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on a computer, telephone or other device when a website is visited. They allow a website to recognise the device, remember choices, maintain security and collect information about website use.
Similar technologies include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage and device identifiers. References to cookies in this policy include these technologies where the same legal rules apply.
Cookies may be:
Session cookies: these expire when the browser is closed.
Persistent cookies: these remain for a specified period or until deleted.
They may also be:
First-party cookies: these are set by our website.
Third-party cookies: these are set by another organisation whose services are used on the website.
4. UK cookie rules
Under PECR and UK data protection law, we must provide clear information about cookies.
Cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the visitor, or to transmit a communication, may normally be used without consent.
For other cookies, we will obtain consent where the law requires it. Consent must be freely given, specific, informed and indicated through a clear positive action.
Rejecting non-essential cookies should be as straightforward as accepting them. Non-essential cookies should remain disabled unless and until the required consent has been given.
5. Cookie categories
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to work or to provide a feature expressly requested by the visitor.
They may be used to:
maintain website security;
manage traffic and page delivery;
submit forms or sample requests;
remember cookie-consent choices; and
support other essential website functions.
Because these cookies are necessary, they cannot generally be disabled through our consent controls. They may still be blocked through browser settings, although doing so can affect the website.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies remember choices or provide enhanced functionality that is not strictly necessary.
They may, for example, remember display preferences or support embedded content. Where the law requires consent, these cookies will remain disabled until consent is given.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, including which pages are visited, how visitors move around the site and whether errors occur.
We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Analytics cookies will be used only after the required consent has been obtained.
Google Analytics may process:
website and page interactions;
session information;
approximate location;
browser and device information;
referral information; and
cookie or online identifiers.
We use this information to evaluate and improve our website, products and customer experience. We do not use Google Analytics to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to measure campaigns, build an understanding of visitor interests or provide more relevant advertising.
We do not intend to enable advertising or behavioural-marketing cookies unless they are identified through our consent controls and the required consent is obtained.
If we introduce advertising platforms, social-media pixels or similar tools, we will update this policy and the cookie controls before enabling them.
6. Cookies used on our website
The exact cookies present can vary according to website configuration, browser and visitor choices. Our cookie settings panel should provide the most current list.
The cookies currently expected to include the following are:
Cookie or provider: Cookie-consent preference cookie
Category: Strictly necessary
Purpose: Records the visitor’s cookie choices so they do not have to be requested on every page
Typical duration: According to consent-platform settings, normally six to twelve months
Cookie or provider: Website platform security, traffic or form cookies
Category: Strictly necessary
Purpose: Protects the website, delivers pages and supports requested forms or functions
Typical duration: Session or short-term persistent cookie
Cookie or provider: _ga - Google Analytics
Category: Analytics
Purpose: Distinguishes website users using a randomly generated identifier
Typical duration: Up to two years, subject to browser limits and configuration
Cookie or provider: _ga_<container-id> - Google Analytics
Category: Analytics
Purpose: Maintains session state for the relevant Google Analytics property
Typical duration: Up to two years, subject to browser limits and configuration
Cookie or provider: Other Google Analytics cookies shown in the consent tool
Category: Analytics
Purpose: Measures sessions and website use
Typical duration: According to the duration displayed in the consent tool
Google Analytics settings can change cookie lifetimes, and browsers may impose shorter limits. We will update this information after material changes and following periodic cookie audits.
No analytics cookie listed above should be stored unless the visitor has consented where consent is required.
7. Google Analytics retention
Google Analytics cookie duration is different from the period for which user-level or event-level analytics information is retained in the Google Analytics service.
We intend to configure user-level and event-level Google Analytics retention for no longer than 14 months, subject to verification of the account settings. Aggregated reports may remain available for longer without retaining the same underlying user-level data.
8. Mailchimp and email technologies
We use Mailchimp to manage subscriptions and send marketing emails.
A newsletter signup form may transfer the information entered to Mailchimp. Mailchimp may use technologies necessary to provide the form, prevent abuse and manage subscriptions.
Marketing emails may also contain pixels or tracked links capable of reporting information such as delivery, opens or clicks where those features are enabled. These technologies are not always stored as conventional browser cookies but may still involve personal information or terminal-equipment rules.
We will use these features only where permitted by applicable law. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time using the link in an email or by contacting info@coltoliving.co.uk.
9. Managing cookie choices
When you first visit the website, you should be given a choice to:
accept non-essential cookies;
reject non-essential cookies; or
select categories of non-essential cookies.
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time using the Cookie Settings link displayed on the website.
Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. After withdrawal, relevant cookies should no longer be used, although cookies already stored may remain on the device until they expire or are deleted.
10. Browser controls
Most browsers allow users to view, block or delete cookies. The method varies by browser and device.
Blocking all cookies may affect essential website functions. Browser settings do not always communicate a legally valid consent choice to every website, so we recommend also using our Cookie Settings control.
Information about managing cookies is available through the help pages of commonly used browsers, including Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge.
11. Third-party services
Third-party providers may process information under their own privacy and cookie policies. Relevant providers currently include:
Google, in connection with Google Analytics; and
Mailchimp, in connection with mailing-list subscriptions and marketing emails.
Links or embedded content from social-media and other external services may allow those services to collect information when activated. Where this involves non-essential cookies, the content or associated cookies should be blocked until the required consent is obtained.
12. International processing
Google, Mailchimp and other technology providers may process information outside the United Kingdom, including in the United States.
Where cookie-derived information constitutes personal information, the international-transfer provisions described in our Privacy Policy apply.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if the cookies or services used on our website change or if legal requirements or regulatory guidance are updated.
The latest version will be posted on the website with a revised date.
14. Contact and complaints
Questions about our use of cookies can be sent to:
Email: info@coltoliving.co.uk
Post: Colto Living Limited, 2 Lingerfield Court, Market Flat Lane, Scotton, Knaresborough, HG5 9BE
You may also raise concerns with the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.