Cookie Policy for Gardeners Elephant and Castle

Gardeners Elephant and Castle cares about your privacy and the way we use tracking technologies. This Cookie Policy explains the different types of cookies we and our partners may place on your device when you interact with our services or content provided by Gardeners at Elephant & Castle. Cookies help us deliver a safer, more personalised browsing experience while ensuring basic functionality.

We use a small set of technologies for site operation and performance. Essential, analytics and marketing cookies each serve different purposes. This statement clarifies what each cookie type does, how it supports performance monitoring and what controls you have over them. It applies to all references to Gardeners' Elephant and Castle channels where cookies are deployed.

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for core features to work. They enable functions like session management, security checks and basic navigation. Without these cookies, some parts of our services would not function correctly. These cookies do not track your behavior for advertising purposes and are typically exempt from consent in many jurisdictions, though you may still control them through browser settings.

Analytics and performance monitoring

We use analytics cookies to understand how people use Gardeners Elephant & Castle content and to measure site performance. Analytics cookies collect aggregated, non-identifying information such as page visits, time on page and interaction pathways. This data helps us optimise layout, speed and the relevance of content without linking to your identity.

Analytics and performance monitoring are essential to improving our services. Performance monitoring cookies allow us to detect slow pages, broken links and areas where users struggle. By analysing anonymised metrics, we prioritise technical fixes and enhancements that benefit all visitors. These cookies are used to generate statistical reports and do not generally track individual identities.

Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies are used to present content and promotions that may be more relevant to you. These cookies may remember choices you make and provide more tailored experiences. They can also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns related to Gardeners Elephant and Castle initiatives.

To summarise common cookie classes used by Gardeners Elephant & Castle, you may see the following types deployed by us or third-party partners:

• Essential: required for basic operation and security.
• Analytics: used for performance monitoring and usage statistics.
• Marketing: used to deliver relevant advertising and track ad performance.

Your control and choices

You have several options to control cookies. Your browser settings allow you to block or delete cookies, and many modern browsers provide granular controls for cookie categories. Disabling analytics or marketing cookies will reduce personalised content and may affect features that rely on behavioural analysis, but it will not prevent essential functions from working.

We recommend reviewing your cookie preferences periodically. While Gardeners Elephant & Castle strives to be transparent about cookie use and retention periods, you can manage preferences through your browser or through any preference tools provided during your visit. We retain certain analytics data for enough time to perform meaningful performance monitoring while limiting long-term tracking of individuals. Retention balances operational needs with privacy considerations.