Thanet Crane Hire · Last updated: 19 October 2026
1. About this policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Thanet Crane Hire (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on https://thanetcranehire.co.uk (the “Website”). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally.
We comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. By law, we must ask for your consent before placing cookies that are not strictly necessary on your device.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer, phone or tablet when you visit. They help a website work properly, remember your preferences, keep it secure and understand how it is used. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, tags and scripts, and in this policy we refer to all of them as “cookies”.
Cookies can be:
- Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies, which stay on your device for a set period or until you delete them.
- First-party cookies, set by us, or third-party cookies, set by another organisation whose services we use on the Website.
3. The cookies we use
Strictly necessary cookies
These are essential for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They do not need your consent. They include cookies used to:
- Keep you logged in and maintain a secure session if you create or sign in to an account (WordPress cookies such as wordpress_logged_in, wordpress_sec, wordpress_test_cookie and wp-settings).
- Protect forms such as our contact form, and help prevent spam and fraudulent submissions.
- Remember your cookie consent choices.
- Support security, load balancing and basic site operation.
These cookies usually expire at the end of your session or within up to 12 months.
Functional and preference cookies
These remember choices you make, such as your login details or display settings, and help the Website work as you would expect. They are set only with your consent unless they are essential to a service you have asked for. They usually last up to 12 months.
Analytics and performance cookies
With your consent, we may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to count visits, see which pages are most popular, understand how visitors move around the Website and find ways to improve it. The information is aggregated and used only to improve the Website. Typical cookies include _ga and ga* (up to 2 years) and _gid (24 hours), though exact names and durations may change as the provider updates its tools.
Embedded content and third-party cookies
Some pages of our Website contain content from other providers. When you view that content, the provider may set its own cookies or collect information such as your IP address:
- Google Maps: used on our Contact page to show our office locations.
- Google Fonts: used to display text in the Website’s typefaces.
- Social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn): when you click a link or interact with a social feature, those platforms may set cookies in line with their own policies.
We do not control these third-party cookies. Please see the providers’ own privacy and cookie policies for details.
Marketing and advertising cookies
We do not currently use cookies to show you personalised advertising. If we introduce marketing or advertising cookies in the future (for example to measure the performance of our advertising), we will only use them with your consent and will update this policy first.
4. Our legal basis
For strictly necessary cookies, we rely on our legitimate interest in providing a secure, working website, and no consent is required. For all other cookies, we rely on your consent, which you can give or refuse using our cookie banner and withdraw at any time.
5. How to manage your cookie preferences
You can control cookies in several ways:
- Our cookie banner: when you first visit the Website you can accept or reject non-essential cookies, and you can change your choice later by using the cookie settings link on the Website or by clearing your cookies so the banner appears again.
- Your browser settings: most browsers let you view, block or delete cookies. The “Help” section of your browser will explain how. Guidance is also available at www.allaboutcookies.org. If you block all cookies, including strictly necessary ones, some parts of the Website, such as logging in or sending a form, may not work.
- Google Analytics opt-out: you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Mobile devices: use your device’s privacy and advertising settings to limit tracking.
If you withdraw consent, this does not affect the lawfulness of anything we did based on your consent before you withdrew it.
6. Personal data
Some cookie data, such as your IP address or an online identifier, may count as personal data. We handle it in line with our Privacy Policy. You have rights over your personal data, including to access it, correct it, delete it and object to its use, and you can exercise them by contacting us using the details below.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in the law. The latest version will always be available on the Website, with the “last updated” date shown at the top. We encourage you to check this page regularly.
8. Contact us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact Thanet Crane Hire:
- Email: hiredesk@thanetcranehire.co.uk
- Telephone: 01622 858200 (South East) or 01842 790011 (East Anglia)
- Kent office: Unit 1, Stonestile Business Park, Stonestile Road, Headcorn, Ashford, Kent TN27 9PG
- Norfolk office: North Farm, Barnham, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PF
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
