Last updated: 4 February 2026
This Cookies Policy explains how Thistle Home Renovations (we, us, our) uses cookies and similar technologies on www.thistlehomerenovations.com (the Website). It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember preferences, and provide information about how the site is used. Similar technologies include pixels and local storage, which can perform similar functions.
2. How we use cookies
We use cookies to:
- Make the Website work properly
- Protect the Website and our forms from spam and misuse
- Understand how visitors use the Website and improve performance
- Measure the effectiveness of advertising and marketing
- Display embedded content, such as maps
3. Types of cookies we use
We use the following categories of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions such as submitting a form, setting privacy preferences, or enabling security features.
Examples include:
- Security cookies
- Cookies used to manage cookie consent choices
- Cookies used to support form submission and site stability
Functional cookies
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. If used, they may remember preferences such as region, language, or other settings.
Analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, for example which pages are visited most, how visitors move around the site, and whether any errors occur. We use this data to improve the Website.
We use Google Analytics for analytics cookies. Google Analytics may set cookies to collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the Website, and referral sources. This information is processed in a way designed to help us understand website usage and improve performance.
Marketing cookies
These cookies may be set through the Website by us or our advertising partners. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites, or to measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
We use the Meta Pixel for marketing measurement. This can help us understand actions taken after someone clicks an advert and visits the Website.
Embedded content cookies
Some pages may include content provided by third parties, such as embedded Google Maps. When you view embedded content, the third party may set cookies or use similar technologies.
4. Cookies and similar technologies used on this Website
The Website uses services that may set cookies or use similar technologies, including:
- Google Analytics (analytics and performance measurement)
- Meta Pixel (advertising measurement and marketing insights)
- Google reCAPTCHA (spam prevention and security for forms)
- Embedded Google Maps (displaying location information)
Some of these technologies are controlled by third parties. Their use of cookies and personal data is governed by their own privacy and cookie information.
5. Managing your cookie preferences
Where required, we will ask for your consent before placing non essential cookies on your device.
You can manage cookies in the following ways:
- Use our cookie preferences tool, where available, to accept or reject categories of cookies
- Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies
- Use device settings, where applicable, to limit advertising tracking
Please note:
- Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent the Website from working properly
- Blocking analytics or marketing cookies will not prevent you from using the Website, but it may limit our ability to improve it and measure advertising effectiveness
- If you delete cookies, your preferences may be reset and you may need to set them again
6. Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated last updated date.
7. Contact us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, contact us:
Thistle Home Renovations
4 Murrayfield Place, Edinburgh, EH12 6AA
Email: enquiries@thistlehomerenovations.com
Telephone: 0131 259 0186