Effective Date: 19 June 2025
Last Updated: 18 June 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Willow & Bean Co. Ltd, trading as BeanSecure.net (“We”, “Us”, “Our”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website at BeanSecure.net (the “Website”). It also explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.

This policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies:

  • Session cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your web browser.
  • Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually, helping websites remember your preferences or actions over time.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, BeanSecure.net) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.

The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described below:

2.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Website to function correctly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

  • Purpose: Enable core Website functionality, secure login, manage user sessions, remember cookie consent preferences.
  • Data Collected: Anonymous session IDs, consent choices.
  • Legal Basis (UK GDPR/PECR): Legitimate interest / exemption for strictly necessary cookies for the provision of an information society service requested by the user.

2.2. Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

  • Purpose: Website analytics (e.g., Google Analytics), understand user behaviour, identify popular content, improve Website performance.
  • Data Collected: Anonymous IP addresses (often masked), Browse patterns, device information, referral sources.
  • Legal Basis (UK GDPR/PECR): Consent.

2.3. Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

  • Purpose: Remember choices you make (such as language preference), provide enhanced, more personal features.
  • Data Collected: User preferences, region-specific settings.
  • Legal Basis (UK GDPR/PECR): Consent.

2.4. Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be set through our Website by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

  • Purpose: Deliver targeted advertising, track ad campaign performance, prevent repeated ads.
  • Data Collected: Browse habits, demographic inferences, hashed identifiers.
  • Legal Basis (UK GDPR/PECR): Consent.

## 3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-parties’ cookies to report usage statistics of the Website, deliver advertisements on and through the Website, and so on. Examples include:

  • Google Analytics: For website usage tracking and reporting.
  • Payment Processors (e.g., Stripe): May use cookies for secure transaction processing when you make a payment.

We do not have direct control over the cookies set by third parties. You should check the relevant third-party’s website for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

4. How You Can Control Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using our Cookie Consent Tool (available via a banner or dedicated link on our Website) or by adjusting your web browser settings.

4.1. Cookie Consent Tool

Upon your first visit to our Website, a cookie banner will appear, allowing you to accept or decline different categories of cookies (excluding strictly necessary cookies). You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” link, usually found in the footer of our Website.

4.2. Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can typically find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Please note that if you choose to refuse cookies, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the BeanSecure.net Website and some features may not work as intended.

5. Changes to Our Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. When we update our Cookie Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.

This version was last updated on 19 June 2025.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected] Address: Bartle House, 9 Oxford Court, Manchester, M2 3WQ

© Willow & Bean Co. Ltd | 2025