SOFTOMATE SOLUTIONS LIMITED COOKIE POLICY
Last reviewed: August 2026. This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies this website uses, why we use them, and how you can change or withdraw your consent at any time.
Softomate Solutions Limited is registered in England and Wales, company number 14030684, with its registered office at 17 Albemarle Park, Stanmore, England, HA7 4HL. For the purposes of UK data protection law we are the data controller for this website.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, to remember your choices, and to provide information to the site owner about how the site is used. Similar technologies such as local storage and tracking pixels can perform comparable functions, and where we use them this policy covers them too.
Your choices
When you first visit this site you are shown a cookie banner. Nothing beyond strictly necessary cookies is set until you make a choice. You can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or open Preferences and choose category by category.
You can change your mind at any time. Clearing this site's cookies in your browser will make the banner appear again on your next visit, allowing you to make a fresh choice. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings, though blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site working.
Cookies this site uses
1. Strictly necessary
These are required for the site to function and for security. They do not require consent, and cannot be switched off through the banner.
cookiesAccepted - set by this website to remember the cookie choice you made, so you are not asked again on every page. First party. Expires after twelve months.
__cf_bm and cf_clearance - set by Cloudflare, which provides bot protection for this site and powers the Cloudflare Turnstile check on our contact and newsletter forms. These distinguish genuine visitors from automated traffic and help prevent spam submissions. Third party (Cloudflare, Inc.). Typically expire within thirty minutes and up to one year respectively.
2. Analytics
These are only set if you consent to them. They help us understand how visitors find and use the site so we can improve it. We do not use them to identify you personally.
_ga and _ga_<container> - set by Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-WB513WB1PX) to distinguish visitors and retain session state. Third party (Google). Typically expire after two years.
3. Advertising and personalisation
We do not currently run advertising cookies on this site. The consent categories for advertising storage, advertising user data and advertising personalisation are present in our consent configuration and are set to denied unless you grant them, so that if advertising is introduced in future it cannot run without your permission.
Google Consent Mode
This site uses Google Consent Mode v2. Before you make a choice, analytics and advertising storage are set to denied, and Google's tags do not write cookies. When you consent, the relevant categories are updated to granted. When you reject or withdraw consent, they return to denied.
Content from other services
Some pages link or embed content from third parties, including WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps and Google-hosted images. Where you follow a link to, or interact with, one of these services, that provider may set its own cookies under its own policy, which we do not control. We recommend reading the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party service you use.
Legal basis
We rely on your consent to set non-essential cookies, as required by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). Strictly necessary cookies are set on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a secure, functioning website. Where cookie data amounts to personal data, it is processed in line with the UK GDPR and our Privacy Policy.
Contact and complaints
If you have a question about this policy or about how we handle your data, contact us at hi@softomatesolutions.com or on 07442 569900.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the cookies we use change or when the law changes. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last reviewed.