Cookie Policy

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Graintek UK Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on our website.

Our website is designed to provide information about our products, services, projects and

engineering capabilities. It does not include ecommerce, online payments, user accounts or customer login areas.

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Some cookies are needed to make the website work properly. Others help us understand how visitors use the website so we can improve its performance, content and usability.

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Non-essential cookies, including analytics and performance cookies, will only be used after you have given your consent through our cookie banner.

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What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, device information or how you interact with the site.

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Similar technologies may also be used to store or access information on your device, including tracking pixels, scripts and local storage.

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How we use cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Make the website work correctly
• Remember your cookie preferences
• Protect forms from spam and misuse
• Understand how visitors find and use the website
• Improve website content, layout, performance and usability
• Support embedded features such as maps and videos

We do not use cookies to process online payments, manage user accounts or run ecommerce functionality.

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Types of cookies we use

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Essential cookies

Essential cookies are needed for the website to function properly. These may include cookies used to:

• Remember your cookie consent choice
• Support basic website functionality
• Help protect contact forms from spam or automated submissions
• Maintain website security and performance

These cookies do not require consent because they are necessary for the website to work.

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Analytics and performance cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website. This may include information such as:

• Pages visited
• Time spent on the website
• How visitors arrived at the website
• General user journeys
• Device and browser information
• Approximate location, such as town, city or country
• Website performance and usability patterns

We use analytics and performance tools only after you have given consent.

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Analytics and performance cookies

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Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our website. This helps us see which pages are useful, how people find the site and where improvements may be needed.

Google Analytics may collect information such as page views, traffic sources, device type, browser type, approximate location and user interactions across the website.

Google Analytics is not used by Graintek to identify individual visitors for sales or marketing purposes.

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Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Clarity may collect information such as clicks, scrolling, page interaction, device and browser details, heatmaps and session recordings.

This information helps us improve website usability, content structure and performance. It is used to understand how the website works in practice, not to identify individual visitors for sales or marketing purposes.

Microsoft Clarity will only run after you have given consent through our cookie banner.

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Third-party services

Our website may include services provided by third parties. These services may set cookies or use similar technologies when they are loaded or used.

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Google Maps

We may use Google Maps to display office locations or help visitors find our premises. Google may collect information when you interact with an embedded map.

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Vimeo

We may use Vimeo to embed video content on the website. Vimeo may set cookies or collect information when video content is loaded or played.

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reCAPTCHA

We use reCAPTCHA to help protect website forms from spam, abuse and automated submissions. reCAPTCHA may collect technical information about your device and interaction with the website to assess whether a form submission is genuine.

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Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity

Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity are used for analytics and performance measurement. These tools will only run after you have accepted analytics cookies.

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Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner. This allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie settings option on the website.

Rejecting non-essential cookies will not stop you from using the website. Some embedded features, such as maps or videos, may behave differently if related cookies or third-party services are blocked.

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Browser cookie controls

You can also manage cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View cookies stored on your device
• Delete cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block third-party cookies
• Block all cookies

Blocking all cookies may affect how some websites work.

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Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the tools we use, or legal requirements.

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The latest version will always be available on this page.

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Contact us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Graintek UK Ltd
Main office: Graintek UK Ltd Head Office, Steven Road Industrial Estate, Huntly, AB54 8SX
Registered office: Westby, 64 West High Street, Forfar, Scotland, DD8 1BJ
Company number: SC352327
Email: kenny@graintek.co.uk
Telephone: 01466 705420

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