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Last updated: 1 September 2026

1. About this policy

This policy explains how The Eco Gardener Harwood uses cookies and similar technologies on theecogardener.uk. The business is operated by Martin Daniels as a sole trader.

Contact: enquiries@theecogardener.uk

Correspondence address: [BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS TO BE ADDED BEFORE PUBLICATION]

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on a device when a website is visited. Similar technologies may store or access information in a browser for comparable purposes.

3. How this website uses cookies

The website is built and hosted using Squarespace. Squarespace may place cookies needed to operate, secure and display the site, remember visitor choices and process forms. The site may also use analytics cookies to help us understand overall website use.

Cookies are grouped as follows:

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

These support essential functions such as security, network management, form operation and remembering cookie choices. They cannot normally be disabled through the site because the website may not function correctly without them. Consent is not required where the legal strictly-necessary exception applies, but visitors must still be given clear information.

ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE COOKIES

These help measure visits and understand how people use the site. Squarespace Analytics may use identifiers to estimate unique visitors and website activity. These cookies are non-essential and should be restricted until a visitor gives consent.

FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

These remember optional choices or enable enhanced features. If a non-essential functional cookie is introduced, it will be used only in accordance with the visitor’s consent choices.

MARKETING COOKIES

The site does not currently intend to use advertising or behavioural-marketing cookies. If they are introduced later, this policy and the consent controls will be updated before they are used.

4. Third-party services

Squarespace provides the website platform, hosting, forms and analytics features. Its cookies and retention periods may change as the platform develops. Further information is available in Squarespace’s published cookie documentation.

Other embedded or connected services may set their own cookies. Before publication, the active site integrations and cookie scan must be reviewed and the final policy updated with the cookies actually in use.

5. Your choices

A cookie banner should allow visitors to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Declining non-essential cookies should not prevent access to the main website content.

Visitors can also control or delete cookies using their browser settings. Blocking all cookies may affect essential site functions.

Where consent is the basis for a cookie, consent may be withdrawn at any time through the site’s cookie-preference control or by clearing cookies and choosing again when the banner reappears.

6. Current cookie list

[INSERT THE FINAL COOKIE SCAN OR COOKIE TABLE BEFORE PUBLICATION. INCLUDE COOKIE NAME, PROVIDER, PURPOSE, CATEGORY AND DURATION.]

The cookie list must be checked again whenever Squarespace settings, analytics, social-media embeds, scheduling tools, payment services or other integrations change.

7. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the website, suppliers, cookies or legal requirements change. The latest version and update date will appear on this page.

8. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to enquiries@theecogardener.uk. Personal-information handling is explained further in the Privacy Policy.