Cookie Policy

Last updated: 30 July 2026

About This Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Manchester Hydroponics Ltd (“we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit www.manchesterhydroponics.co.uk.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect and use personal information.

What Are Cookies?

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

They help websites operate correctly, remember your preferences and shopping basket, improve security and provide information about how visitors use the website.

Some cookies remain on your device only while your browser is open. Others remain for a set period or until you delete them.

How We Use Cookies

We may use cookies to:

  • Keep products in your shopping basket
  • Enable secure checkout
  • Allow customers to sign in to their accounts
  • Remember your preferences
  • Protect our website against fraud and misuse
  • Make the website operate correctly
  • Understand how visitors use our website
  • Improve our website, products and customer experience
  • Measure the effectiveness of advertising, where applicable

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for essential website functions, including:

  • Remembering products added to your basket
  • Processing checkout requests
  • Managing customer accounts and login sessions
  • Maintaining website security
  • Remembering your cookie preferences

The website may not operate correctly without these cookies. Consent is not normally required where a cookie is strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember choices you make and help provide improved website features.

They may remember information such as your preferred settings or whether you have previously completed a particular action.

Where required by law, these cookies will only be used after you have given your consent.

Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited and whether visitors encounter errors.

This information helps us improve the website and customer experience. Analytics cookies will only be used in accordance with applicable UK law and your available cookie choices.

If analytics services are not enabled, these cookies will not be placed by us.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

If marketing or advertising services are introduced, cookies may be used to measure advertising performance or show more relevant advertisements.

Where consent is required, these cookies will not be placed unless you choose to accept them.

Cookies Used by Our Online Shop

Our website uses WordPress and WooCommerce. These systems may use cookies to support features including:

  • Shopping baskets
  • Checkout
  • Customer accounts
  • Recently viewed products
  • Secure website sessions
  • Saved customer preferences

Basket and checkout cookies are generally necessary to provide the online shopping service requested by the customer.

Third-Party Services

Some website features may be supplied by third parties. These providers may place or access cookies when their services are used.

Depending on the features enabled on our website, these providers may include:

  • Payment providers
  • Website security services
  • Contact-form security services
  • Delivery or order-management services
  • Analytics providers
  • Social-media services
  • Embedded content providers

Third parties are responsible for the cookies they set and have their own privacy and cookie policies.

Manchester Hydroponics does not currently store customers’ complete payment-card details. Payment information is handled securely by the payment provider selected during checkout.

Managing Your Cookie Choices

When you visit our website, you may be shown a cookie notice that allows you to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.

You can change your cookie choices using the cookie settings option on our website, where available.

You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Browser instructions can normally be found in your browser’s privacy or security settings.

Please be aware that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of our website—such as the basket, customer login or checkout—from working correctly.

How Long Cookies Remain

Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Others remain on your device for a defined period or until you remove them.

How long a cookie remains depends on its purpose and the service that placed it. We aim to keep cookie durations no longer than reasonably necessary.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, services, cookie use or legal obligations change.

The latest version will always be published on this page with its updated date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact:

Manchester Hydroponics Ltd

Email: info@manchesterhydroponics.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 688 7333
Website: www.manchesterhydroponics.co.uk