Legal — Cookies
Cookie Policy
Silverpadas · Last Updated: 18 June 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They allow the site to remember information about your visit — for example, whether you have already seen the cookie consent notice — so that you do not have to provide that information again on the next visit.
Cookies do not give websites access to your device or to other files on it. They only store what the website itself places there.
2. Cookies This Website Uses
Essential Cookies Always active
Required for the website to function correctly. They remember your cookie consent choice and maintain basic session state. These cannot be disabled.
Duration: session and up to 12 months persistent · Set by: Silverpadas
Analytics Cookies
Help us understand how visitors use the site — which pages are visited most, how long sessions last, and where visitors come from. This information is used in aggregate to improve the site. No personally identifiable information is linked to these cookies.
Duration: up to 2 years · Set by: Google Analytics (anonymised)
Marketing Cookies
Used to track visits across websites and to show advertisements that may be relevant to you. Silverpadas does not currently run advertising campaigns; this category is included for completeness should third-party advertising be added in the future.
Duration: up to 12 months · Set by: third-party ad networks (if active)
Preference Cookies
Remember settings you choose, such as language or display preferences, so you do not need to re-select them on return visits.
Duration: up to 12 months · Set by: Silverpadas
3. Third-Party Cookies
The following third-party services may set cookies when you visit this site:
- Google Analytics — website usage statistics (anonymised; active only if analytics cookies are accepted)
- Google Maps — embedded map on the homepage; may set functional cookies
- Google Fonts / Cloudflare CDN — font and icon delivery; may set performance-related cookies
Each of these services is subject to its own privacy and cookie policies. Silverpadas does not control the cookies they set.
4. Cookie Duration
- Session cookies — deleted automatically when you close your browser
- Persistent cookies — remain on your device for a set period (typically 12–24 months) or until you delete them manually
The cookie consent preference stored by this site is a persistent cookie lasting up to 12 months, after which the consent notice will be shown again.
5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can control or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect how the site functions.
Google Chrome
1. Open Chrome and click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner.
2. Go to Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.
3. Choose your preferred setting, or click See all site data and permissions to manage cookies by site.
4. To delete existing cookies: Settings → Privacy and security → Clear browsing data, select Cookies and site data, then Clear data.
Mozilla Firefox
1. Click the menu button (≡) and select Settings.
2. Go to Privacy & Security and find the Cookies and Site Data section.
3. Click Manage Data to view or remove cookies for specific sites.
4. To block all third-party cookies, select Custom under Enhanced Tracking Protection and check the relevant option.
Apple Safari
1. Open Safari and go to Safari → Settings (Preferences).
2. Click the Privacy tab.
3. Check Prevent cross-site tracking to block third-party cookies.
4. Click Manage Website Data to view and delete stored cookies by site.
On iOS: go to Settings → Safari → Advanced → Website Data.
Microsoft Edge
1. Click the three-dot menu (…) and go to Settings.
2. Select Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data.
3. Toggle Block third-party cookies if preferred, or click See all cookies and site data to manage individually.
4. To clear cookies: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Clear browsing data.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to withdraw your consent to optional cookies at any time using the toggles above. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before withdrawal.
Disabling analytics or preference cookies will not prevent you from using the Silverpadas website or accessing information about our programmes. It may mean that some settings are not remembered between visits.
For questions about this Cookie Policy or how your data is handled, contact us at [email protected].
For information on how we handle personal data more broadly, see our Privacy Policy.