At Clean Step Mats, we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to help provide a reliable, secure and user-friendly browsing experience. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, why they may be used and how you can manage your preferences.
Clean Step Mats was founded in 2011 and provides cleaning services for domestic and commercial properties across the UK, including post-construction cleaning, basement cleaning, new build cleaning, construction cleaning and property maintenance services.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website. They can allow a website to recognise your device, remember certain preferences and understand how visitors interact with the website.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting, known as first-party cookies, or by third-party services incorporated into the website, known as third-party cookies.
Why We Use Cookies
Clean Step Mats may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, depending on the features and services operating on our website. These purposes may include:
- Keeping the website secure and functioning correctly.
- Remembering choices or preferences you make while browsing.
- Understanding how visitors use different areas of our website.
- Improving website performance, usability and content.
- Measuring website traffic and engagement where appropriate consent has been provided.
- Supporting website features provided by third-party services.
Types of Cookies We May Use
The cookies used on a website can vary depending on the technology, plugins, analytics services and other features currently installed. We therefore review our website’s cookie usage periodically and update this policy where necessary.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for certain essential functions of the website. They may support security, page functionality, session management, accessibility or other features necessary for the website to operate properly.
Where a cookie is strictly necessary for a service or functionality requested by a visitor, it may fall within an applicable legal exemption from the consent requirement. We will nevertheless provide appropriate information about these technologies where required.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may allow the website to remember information or choices you make, helping provide a more convenient browsing experience.
For example, they may be used to remember certain preferences or settings. Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be used where the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Information collected through these technologies may include pages visited, approximate browsing activity, interactions with website features and technical information about the device or browser being used.
We may use this information to identify areas of the website that could be improved, monitor performance and better understand how our online content is being used.
Where analytics cookies or similar technologies require consent, they will not be activated until you have provided the appropriate consent.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Where applicable, marketing or advertising technologies may be used to measure advertising activity, understand interactions with promotional content or support relevant online advertising.
Clean Step Mats will not activate non-essential marketing or advertising cookies that require consent unless the appropriate consent has been provided.
Third-Party Cookies
Some features on our website may be provided by third-party services. Depending on which services are active on the website, these providers may place or access cookies or similar technologies on your device.
Third-party technologies may be used for purposes such as website analytics, embedded content, security, performance monitoring, contact forms or other website functionality.
Third-party services may change their cookies and tracking technologies from time to time. We aim to keep our cookie information under review and will update this policy where material changes are identified.
Cookie Consent
Where consent is required, Clean Step Mats will ask for your consent before placing or accessing non-essential cookies and similar technologies on your device.
Consent should be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous. You can choose whether to accept or reject optional cookies where our cookie consent mechanism provides those choices.
We do not rely on simply continuing to browse the website as consent to non-essential cookies.
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings or consent mechanism made available on our website.
Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
You can also control or delete cookies through your web browser. Most browsers allow you to view stored cookies, block certain cookies or delete cookies that have already been placed on your device.
The precise process varies between browsers and devices. If you disable cookies through your browser settings, some website functions may not operate as intended.
How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device
Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.
Session cookies are generally removed when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until they are deleted.
The appropriate duration depends on the purpose of the particular cookie or technology. We aim to ensure that information is not retained through cookies or similar technologies for longer than reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Personal Information and Cookies
Some cookies and similar technologies may involve information that can be linked to an individual or device. Where this occurs, Clean Step Mats will handle the relevant personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation.
Our use of cookies should therefore be considered alongside our Data Protection Policy and Terms of Service, which provide further information about how we operate our website, services and legal relationship with users.
Cookies and Website Security
Certain technologies may be necessary to help protect our website against security threats, fraudulent activity, abuse or other malicious behaviour. These technologies may be used where necessary to provide or secure a service requested through the website.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that technologies used on our website are appropriate for their intended purpose.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, technology providers, cookies or legal obligations change.
When changes are made, we will publish the updated version on this page. We recommend checking this page periodically so that you remain aware of how cookies and similar technologies are used on our website.
Our Legal and Regulatory Approach
Our approach to cookies and similar technologies is intended to reflect the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), together with applicable UK data protection requirements, supporting our regulatory compliance and our commitment to providing clear information about the technologies used on our website.
Contact Clean Step Mats
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies or how you can manage your cookie preferences, don’t hesitate to contact our team or refer to our frequently asked questions for additional information..