Cookie policy
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. Related technologies, including local storage, do a similar job without being cookies in the strict sense. This policy covers both, and applies to nimbletcuriousvault.boats, published by Kilnhouse Editorial Limited, 27 Bellfinnan Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow G31 3RQ, United Kingdom.
We group storage into three categories: essential, analytics and functional. Essential storage is used because the site cannot work properly without it. Analytics and functional storage are optional and are used only if you consent through the banner.
Your choice
When you first arrive, the banner at the foot of the page offers three options: accept all categories, reject everything that is not essential, or open preferences and decide category by category. Your answer is recorded in your browser so that the banner does not reappear on every page. To change it, clear this site's cookies and site data in your browser and reload the page; the banner will return and you can answer again.
Categories in use
| Category | Purpose | Set by | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential — consent record | Stores which cookie option you chose so the banner is not shown again | This site (first party, local storage) | Until you clear site data |
| Essential — session and security | Keeps requests working, supports load balancing and helps block abusive traffic | This site and our hosting provider | Session, or a short period |
| Analytics — page measurement | Counts page views and the routes visitors take between pages, in aggregate | Our analytics provider, loaded only after consent | Up to two years unless cleared sooner |
| Functional — display preferences | Remembers interface choices such as a dismissed notice or a preferred display option | This site (first party) | Up to one year |
Essential storage is used on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a working and secure website, as permitted by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations. Analytics and functional storage are used only on the basis of your consent, which you may withdraw at any time.
What we do not do
We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels or cross-site tracking. We do not sell or share personal information for advertising purposes. We do not embed social media widgets that set cookies on our pages. Where an analytics provider is used, it is configured for aggregate reporting rather than individual profiling.
Blocking cookies in your browser
Every mainstream browser lets you block or delete cookies and site data, either for all sites or for individual ones. The controls are usually found under settings for privacy, security or site data, and the relevant sections are named "Cookies and site permissions" in Microsoft Edge, "Privacy and security" in Google Chrome, "Cookies and Site Data" in Mozilla Firefox, and "Privacy" in Safari, with an equivalent option under Settings on mobile versions. Browsers also offer private or incognito windows that discard storage when the window closes.
Blocking all cookies and storage is your right, and this site will still display and be readable. The practical consequence is that your cookie choice cannot be remembered, so the banner will appear on each visit.
Cookies set by other organisations
Our pages do not embed third-party media players, maps or social feeds, so third-party storage is limited to the providers described in the table above. If we add an embedded service in future, this policy will be updated to name the category and purpose before the service is used.
More information
How we handle personal data more generally, including the legal bases we rely on and your rights of access, correction, erasure and objection, is set out in our privacy policy. The Information Commissioner's Office publishes plain-language guidance on cookies and online tracking for people in the United Kingdom.
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected] or to the postal address above. We answer cookie and data questions from the same editorial inbox as everything else, so please say in the subject line that it is a privacy matter.