Website cookie and similar technologies policy for Nifty Fixes NE Ltd trading as Nifty Fixes North East
This website is operated by Nifty Fixes NE Ltd, trading as Nifty Fixes North East.
Company number: 16397211 (England and Wales)
Registered office: Office 3 Armadillo Self Storage, 5 Industry Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5XB
Email: hello@niftyfixesne.co.uk
Telephone: 07956 011 072
This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on niftyfixesne.co.uk. For convenience, this policy uses the term “cookies” broadly to include cookies, local storage, scripts, tags, pixels and other technologies that store information on, or access information from, your device.
This policy should be read together with our privacy policy, which explains how personal data obtained through cookies or similar technologies may be processed.
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies last only for your browser session. Others remain on your device for longer so that a website can recognise your browser when you return. Similar technologies can perform comparable functions, such as remembering preferences, measuring visits, operating embedded services or helping to secure a site.
UK rules on cookies sit mainly under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), with the UK GDPR applying where personal data is involved.
Where the law requires consent, we ask for it before setting or using non-essential cookies or similar technologies. Where a PECR exception applies, for example for technologies that are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user, we may use those technologies without separate consent.
In practice, this means strictly necessary technologies may run without separate opt-in where lawful, while analytics, embedded media, payment-related tools and similar non-essential services should be disabled until you consent unless an exception genuinely applies.
You should be able to refuse non-essential cookies as easily as you can accept them. You can review or change your cookie choices through the website consent tool, where available, or through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.
| Category | What it does | Examples of services or tools | Consent position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Keeps the site functioning, secures sessions, records consent status and supports anti-bot or load-balancing measures. | WordPress platform cookies, consent-tool cookies, security cookies, performance or content-delivery cookies. | Usually no consent is needed if a PECR exception applies. |
| Preferences / functional | Remembers your settings or enables enhanced site features that are not essential to core delivery. | Preference or settings cookies, some plugin-related cookies, video progress or feature-state cookies. | Consent may be required unless genuinely essential or exempt. |
| Analytics | Helps us understand how the site is used so we can improve performance, structure and content. | Google Analytics or similar measurement tools. | Consent should be obtained before use unless a lawful exception is clearly available. |
| Payments and embedded services | Operates online payment tools or third-party content that you choose to interact with. | PayPal Hosted Buttons, embedded media or similar third-party features. | Consent should normally be obtained before use unless strictly necessary for the requested interaction. |
The website may use a mixture of core website, consent, security, analytics and payment technologies. The exact inventory can change when plugins, hosting tools or payment modules are added, removed or reconfigured.
| Service or technology | Examples | Typical purpose | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress / Elementor / site platform | wordpress_test_cookie, wordpress_logged_in_*, WP_PREFERENCES_USER_*, wp-settings-*, elementor | Core website operation, logged-in state, platform preferences and front-end functionality. | Essential / functional |
| Consent tools | cmplz_* cookies, CookieHub or other consent-related values | Recording or managing cookie choices and related preference logic. | Essential / functional |
| Security / anti-bot / performance | __cf_bm, cf_clearance | Protecting the site, filtering traffic and supporting performance or content delivery. | Essential |
| WooCommerce components | wc_cart_hash_* | Platform-related session or cart-style functionality that may remain active even where no full shop is in use. | Functional |
| Analytics | _ga, _ga_4CBVYR2CC7 | Measuring site traffic and usage patterns. | Analytics |
| PayPal | __paypal_storage__ | Operating the online payments page or related hosted payment elements. | Payments |
| Embedded media or similar third-party content | wistia, wistia-video-progress-* | Playing or tracking third-party embedded media where such content is loaded. | Functional / media |
Depending on the page you visit and the choices you make, the website may rely on third-party services or tools. This may include website platform providers, hosting and security services, analytics tools, consent tooling, PayPal for payments and third-party media services.
If you click through to social media pages or other third-party websites, those services will handle your information under their own terms and privacy notices. We do not control those external sites.
Disabling strictly necessary cookies may stop key parts of the website from working properly.
Some cookies expire at the end of your session. Others remain on your device for a set period so that the website or service can recognise your browser when you return. The website may use a mixture of session cookies and persistent cookies, depending on the service involved.
We may also keep a record of your cookie choices for longer where reasonably required to demonstrate compliance or honour your preferences.
We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, service providers, consent tools or legal requirements. The latest version published on the website applies from the last updated date shown on the page.
If you have questions about this cookie policy, please contact us at hello@niftyfixesne.co.uk.