Cookies and similar storage
Cookies are small files that websites can save on your device. Similar technologies, including local storage and session storage, can also remember information in your browser. This policy covers those technologies as well as cookies.
This website uses browser storage to remember your privacy choices and, with your permission, optional settings. We also offer an optional Google Maps service area map. We do not install analytics or advertising scripts, and our fonts are served with the website.
Optional storage and Google Maps are off until you give permission for those purposes. You can continue to use the website and enquiry form without accepting them.
What we store
The following entries are set by this website. They stay in your browser and are not included as fields in your enquiry.
Essential: your privacy choices
Remembers which optional purposes you have accepted or rejected, so the website can respect your decision.
- Storage name and type
hw-cookie-choice— local storage- Information saved
- Your choices, the settings version and expiry information.
- How long it lasts
- Up to 180 days after you save a choice, unless you clear browser storage sooner. We ask again after it expires or if a change requires a new choice.
Optional: remember appearance
Remembers your chosen light or dark mode for a later visit.
- Storage name and type
hw-theme— local storage- Information saved
- Whether you have selected light or dark mode.
- How long it lasts
- Until you withdraw permission for this purpose, your privacy choice expires, or you clear the website’s browser storage.
Optional: remember the enquiry reminder
Remembers whether the enquiry reminder has already appeared, helping prevent it from appearing repeatedly during your visit.
- Storage name and type
hw-exit-intent-shown— session storage- Information saved
- A record that the reminder has appeared or that you have already chosen a contact option.
- How long it lasts
- Normally until the tab is closed. A browser’s session-restore feature may keep it longer. It is also removed if you withdraw permission, your privacy choice expires, or you clear browser storage.
Expired optional entries are cleared when the website next checks your saved choice.
Optional: Google Maps
The service area map is provided by Google. It is not loaded, and no map request is sent to Google, until you allow Google Maps through the banner, Cookie settings or the map’s consent button.
When the map loads, Google receives technical information such as your IP address and browser details, and may set or read cookies or similar technologies. Google controls those technologies and their duration; these can vary with your browser, Google account and privacy settings. Read Google’s cookie information and Google’s privacy policy for details and controls.
Your permission is saved with your privacy choices for up to 180 days. You can withdraw it at any time. A choice saved before Google Maps was added does not give permission to load the map.
Managing your choices
Use the banner to accept optional storage and Google Maps, reject them or choose individual purposes. Essential storage remains available to remember that decision.
You can reopen Cookie settings using the button below or the link in the footer. Withdrawing permission removes this website’s optional entries for the purposes you turn off. Turning off Google Maps removes the embedded map and prevents it from loading again unless you allow it. This cannot undo information already received by Google or remove cookies held on Google’s domains; use Google’s controls or your browser settings for those. You can still change the appearance while using the website without saving it for a later visit.
You can also clear or block website data in your browser. Clearing this website’s data removes its saved choices, so the banner may appear again. If your browser blocks storage, your choices may only last while the current page is open.
Hosting and enquiries
Netlify hosts this website and processes the enquiry form. The browser choices above do not switch off the hosting or form processing needed to provide those services. Technical request information may be processed to deliver the website, maintain security and prevent misuse.
Our privacy policy explains how enquiry details and technical information are handled. External websites linked from this site manage their own cookies and privacy choices.
Questions and updates
If you have a question about this policy, contact Harry Kerr at harrykerr@hwplumbingservices.com or call 07808 597111.
We may update this policy when the storage or services used by the website change. The date above identifies the current version.