Cookie Policy

ORIGIN BLOODS – COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: December 2025

1. About This Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Origin Bloods (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website https://originbloods.co.uk (“the website”).

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly, enhance user experience, and provide information about how the website is used.

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing cookies that are not strictly necessary.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website.

They allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information, such as your preferences or actions.

Cookies may be:

Session cookies – deleted when you close your browser
Persistent cookies – stored on your device for a set period of time

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies on our website for the following purposes:

To ensure the website operates correctly
To maintain website security
To enable core functionality such as forms and online ordering
To analyse how visitors use our website and improve performance

Cookies used on this website fall into the following categories:

Strictly necessary cookies
Analytics cookies

4. Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the operation of our website and cannot be switched off in our systems.

These cookies are used to:

Enable secure areas of the website
Support page navigation and form submissions
Maintain shopping basket and checkout functionality
Prevent fraudulent activity
Ensure the website operates correctly

Because these cookies are essential to provide the service you request, they do not require your consent under UK data protection law.

5. E-Commerce Cookies

If you purchase a product or interact with our online services, cookies may be used to:

Remember items added to your basket
Maintain your session during checkout
Ensure accurate order processing

These cookies do not store sensitive personal information, such as payment card details, and are required to provide the service you request.

6. Analytics Cookies

We use analytics cookies to help us understand how visitors interact with our website and to improve our services.

Analytics cookies may collect information such as:

Pages visited
Time spent on the website
Device and browser type
Approximate geographic location (city-level)

We currently use the following analytics tools:

Rank Math Analytics
Google Analytics

The data collected is aggregated and used for statistical purposes only. Where possible, data is anonymised and does not directly identify you.

Analytics cookies are disabled by default and will only be placed on your device if you provide consent via our cookie consent banner.

You can withdraw or change your consent at any time.

Google Analytics and Rank Math Analytics may involve the transfer of limited data outside the UK. Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK data protection law.