Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy describes how karti-beton.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains broader data-processing activities. Cookies are small text files or equivalent identifiers placed on your device when you load a page; they can be first-party (set by us) or third-party (set by another domain, such as an analytics or security provider).

We classify cookies according to their function. UK regulators distinguish strictly necessary cookies (essential to deliver a service you request) from non-essential cookies such as analytics, functional preference storage, or marketing tags. Non-essential cookies generally require your consent before they are used, unless a narrow exemption applies.

Strictly necessary cookies

These technologies are required for core operation and security. Examples include: load-balancing tokens that keep you on a healthy server; short-lived session identifiers for editors or administrators; bot-mitigation challenges; TLS and integrity checks; storage of your cookie-banner decision so we do not repeatedly ask the same question; and basic fault-tolerance flags after partial page loads. Because they are indispensable to provide the Site safely, they do not rely on consent under prevailing UK guidance, although you can still block them through browser settings at the risk of degraded functionality.

Performance and analytics cookies

Where enabled, performance cookies help us understand aggregate traffic: popular articles, scroll depth distributions, device and browser mixes, approximate geographic regions, and error rates. We prefer privacy-preserving configurations such as IP truncation, aggregated reporting, and first-party collection where feasible. If an analytics tool would otherwise read or write cross-site identifiers, we will only activate it after you consent through our banner or preference centre, except where the vendor processes data strictly as our processor under a configuration deemed necessary for security monitoring.

Functional cookies

Optional functional cookies remember choices that improve convenience, such as collapsed or expanded sections, preferred odds format displays in editorial tables, or temporary UI states. These are not required for the Site to load. We set them only when you consent or when you actively interact with a feature that legitimately needs to remember a non-essential state.

Storage technologies beyond cookies

We may use HTML5 local storage, session storage, or service-worker caches for performance and offline resilience. The same consent and necessity principles apply: essential storage may operate without consent; non-essential storage requires consent where required by law.

Third-party cookies and embedded content

Some pages link to external operator sites that may attempt to set cookies after you navigate away. While you remain on karti-beton.com, we avoid heavy third-party embeds that track readers without control. If we ever embed video or widgets from partners, we will configure them to delay non-essential cookies until consent where technically possible, and we will list dominant third parties in updates to this Policy.

Retention periods

Session cookies expire when you close the browser (subject to browser settings). Persistent cookies carry individual expiry dates ranging from minutes to months depending on purpose: security cookies may last only hours; analytics identifiers may persist longer if allowed. We review vendor defaults periodically and tighten durations when practical.

Managing cookies in your browser

Major browsers let you block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, delete cookies on exit, or browse in private modes that limit persistence. Manufacturer help pages describe the exact menus. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent login flows, break anti-abuse checks, or cause consent banners to reappear.

Consent withdrawal and updates

You may withdraw consent to non-essential cookies at any time by clearing storage through our controls where available, adjusting browser settings, or contacting us. Withdrawing consent does not undo lawfully processed historical aggregates that are already anonymised. We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect new vendors, regulatory guidance, or product changes; continued use after a reasonable notice period constitutes acknowledgement unless you adjust your preferences.

Contact

Questions about cookies or this Policy: info@karti-beton.com.