Last updated: 21 June 2026
At a glance
- Essential cookies help the website load, protect forms, remember cookie choices, and support checkout or account-related functions where available.
- Optional cookies, such as analytics or marketing cookies, are used only where they are enabled on the website and where the required consent has been given.
- You stay in control. You can change your cookie choices through the cookie settings link or through your browser settings.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help a website remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, whether you have already seen a notice, or whether a secure session is active.
Similar technologies, such as local storage, pixels, software development kits, and device identifiers, may also store information on your device or access information already stored there. In this policy, we use “cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies together.
2. How we use cookies
We use cookies carefully and only for clear purposes. Depending on the features available on the Petiole website, cookies may be used to:
- keep the website secure and technically reliable;
- remember your cookie choices and basic display preferences;
- understand which pages are useful, where visitors encounter errors, and how we can improve content;
- support forms, checkout flows, downloads, or account-related features where these are provided; and
- measure the effectiveness of communications or campaigns, where optional marketing technologies are enabled and consented to.
We do not use optional analytics, preference, or marketing cookies unless they are enabled on the website and the required consent has been collected.
3. Types of cookies we may use
The table below describes the cookie categories used or likely to be used on the Petiole website. Before publishing, replace any provider examples with the exact cookie names and providers confirmed by your live cookie scan.
| Category |
Purpose |
Examples |
Typical duration |
Consent |
| Strictly necessary |
Needed to load the website, keep sessions secure, remember cookie choices, prevent abuse, and support requested services such as forms or checkout. |
Cookie preference record; security/session cookies; load-balancing technologies. |
Session to 12 months, depending on the function. |
Not optional where required to provide the service you request. |
| Analytics |
Helps us understand aggregate website usage, page performance, and errors so we can improve the website. |
Analytics cookies or privacy-friendly analytics tools, if enabled. |
Session to 24 months, depending on the provider. |
Used only with consent where required. |
| Preferences |
Remembers choices such as region, language, display settings, or whether an informational panel has been dismissed. |
Preference cookies, local storage records, or user interface settings. |
Session to 12 months. |
Used only with consent unless essential to the requested service. |
| Marketing |
Measures the performance of campaigns or supports embedded content from third-party platforms, where those features are used. |
Campaign measurement pixels; social media or embedded media cookies, if enabled. |
Varies by provider. |
Used only with consent where required. |
4. Third-party services
Some website features may be provided by third parties. For example, a payment provider, video host, analytics provider, form provider, or social media platform may set cookies when you interact with its services. These third parties are responsible for their own cookies and privacy practices.
Where the website links to an external service, such as a payment checkout or an app store, that service may apply its own cookie and privacy terms once you leave our website. We encourage you to read the relevant third-party notices before using those services.
5. Managing cookies
You can manage cookies in three main ways:
- Cookie settings: use the website’s cookie settings control, where available, to accept, reject, or customise optional cookies.
- Browser settings: most browsers let you block, delete, or limit cookies through their privacy settings.
- Device settings: mobile devices may include additional controls for identifiers, tracking, or app-related permissions.
Blocking all cookies may affect how some parts of the website work. Strictly necessary cookies cannot usually be switched off through our website because they are required for the service to function.