Effective Date: 20 April 2026
Welcome to the Westshield Cookie Policy. We are a North West construction group, and we want to ensure you understand how we use cookies on our website. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types we use, and how you can manage your choices.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile phone when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.
2. How we use cookies on our website
We use cookies to make our website work effectively and to improve your browsing experience. Specifically, we use them to:
- Ensure our website functions correctly.
- Protect our website from spam and automated bots.
- Understand how visitors use our site so we can improve our content and services.
- Remember your settings and preferences for future visits.
3. Types of cookies we use
We categorise the cookies on our website into the following groups:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for our website to function. They allow you to move around the site and use its basic features. You cannot opt out of these cookies because the website cannot work properly without them.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. For example, they show us which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages. This information helps us improve how our website works. These cookies do not collect information that directly identifies you.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your region or language preference. They provide a more personal experience and save you from having to reset your preferences every time you visit.
Security Cookies (reCAPTCHA)
To keep our website safe, we use Google reCAPTCHA. This tool protects our contact forms and site infrastructure from spam and abuse. Google reCAPTCHA places a specific cookie on your device to determine whether you are a human or an automated bot.
4. How to manage your cookie preferences
You have full control over the cookies you allow. When you first visit our website, we ask for your consent to place non-essential cookies on your device. You can change these preferences at any time through our website’s cookie settings panel.
You can also control and delete cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies entirely or alert you when a website tries to place one. Please note that if you block all cookies, including strictly necessary ones, some parts of our website may not work properly.
5. Your rights under GDPR
Because some cookies collect personal data, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants you specific legal rights. You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erase your personal data when we no longer need it.
- Object to us processing your data.
- Restrict how we process your personal data in certain situations.
- Transfer your data to yourself or a third party.
- Withdraw consent for cookie use at any time.
For full details on how we protect and process your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we handle your data, please get in touch with us.
Westshield
Email: info@westshield.co.uk
Website: www.westshield.co.uk