Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Cookies allow websites to remember your preferences, improve your browsing experience, and provide personalised content and advertisements.

How We Use Cookies

buildexpert uses cookies to enhance your experience on our website, analyse website traffic, understand where our visitors are coming from, and improve our services. We use both first-party cookies (set by buildexpert) and third-party cookies (set by external services) to achieve these purposes.

Types of Cookies We Use

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and form submissions. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use Google Analytics to track website usage, page views, and user behaviour patterns to improve our services.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences, language settings, and cookie consent choices. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use.

Marketing/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We use Google Ads for remarketing and advertising purposes.

Cookie Details

Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our website:

Third-Party Cookies

Our website uses services from third-party providers that may set their own cookies:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website and to improve our services
• Google Ads: We use Google Ads for advertising and remarketing to show relevant advertisements to users who have visited our website
• Google Fonts: We use Google Fonts to display custom fonts on our website, which may set cookies for performance optimisation

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject all non-essential cookies
• Customise your cookie preferences by category

Browser Settings

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block third-party cookies
• Clear all cookies when you close the browser
• Set up alerts when cookies are being sent

Google Consent Mode v2

We implement Google Consent Mode v2, which allows us to respect your cookie preferences whilst still providing useful analytics and advertising services. When you reject marketing or analytics cookies, Google services adjust their behaviour accordingly, collecting only essential information whilst respecting your privacy choices.

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Whilst you can browse our website with cookies disabled, please note that:

• Some website features may not function properly
• Your preferences may not be remembered between visits
• We may not be able to provide personalised content
• Contact forms may not work correctly

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact Information

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