Cookie Policy

1. Cookie Policy Overview

RURAL COFFEE HUT LTD ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on the website located at https://rural-coffee.site.site/ (the "Website"). Cookies help us provide you with a smoother, more personal online experience, support the security and reliability of the Website, and allow us to understand how visitors interact with our pages.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which types we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your choices. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle personal data more broadly.

2. What Are Cookies?

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

When you return to the Website, cookies enable the site to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your chosen preferences or items you have added to a form or reservation request. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party" cookies) or by other services integrated into the site ("third-party" cookies).

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We carefully select the cookies we use so that they support a welcoming, secure, and streamlined experience on our Website. The cookies we use fall into the following categories:

3.1 Essential cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function correctly and for you to be able to navigate and use key features. Without these cookies, services such as secure page loading, basic navigation, and access to reservation or contact forms may not work properly.

Examples of what essential cookies may support include:

• remembering your actions while you move between pages during a single session;
• supporting secure connection and basic security features;
• recording your basic cookie consent selection, so we know whether we can use certain non-essential cookies.

3.2 Performance cookies

Performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, which pages are most popular, and how users move around the site. The information collected is aggregated and anonymised, meaning it does not directly identify you.

We use this insight to improve how our pages are structured, to ensure that important information about our menu, breakfast options, drinks, takeaway, catering, and reservations is easy to find, and to maintain fast loading times for local diners.

3.3 Functional cookies

Functional cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred contact method or information you have already entered into a form, to offer you a more tailored and convenient experience.

In practice, functional cookies may help us:

• remember your details for a short period when you start a reservation or enquiry so that you do not need to re-enter them on each page;
• store your consent choices so that your preferences are respected on future visits from the same device and browser;
• provide consistent viewing experience across different sections of the Website.

3.4 No advertising or cross-site tracking cookies

We do not use cookies for advertising purposes, behavioural profiling, or tracking you across third-party websites. Our cookies are focused solely on supporting core functionality, performance, and your experience on the RURAL COFFEE HUT LTD Website.

4. How We Use Cookies

Cookies enable us to provide a warm and streamlined online experience that reflects the quality and care we offer in our café. In particular, we use cookies to:

• ensure that pages such as our Menu, Breakfast, Drinks, Takeaway, and Catering sections load reliably and consistently;
• help streamline navigation so you can easily move between information about our services, testimonials, and contact details;
• remember information that you enter into our Reservations or Contact Us forms during a session, so you can complete your enquiry without unnecessary repetition;
• generate anonymised analytics that show us how visitors interact with the Website, enabling us to improve our layout, content, and performance.

We do not store any personally identifiable information in cookies themselves. Any analytics or performance information we collect through cookies is processed in an aggregated, anonymised form and is used only to improve our services and your browsing experience.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have control over how cookies are used on your device. You can manage your preferences either through your browser settings or, where available, through our on-site consent tool.

5.1 Using our consent tool

If a cookie consent banner or tool is presented when you first visit the Website, you can choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You may also be able to adjust your choices later by reopening the consent options if that feature is available in your region.

5.2 Using your browser settings

Most web browsers allow you to:

• view which cookies are stored on your device;
• delete cookies individually or clear them all;
• block or limit cookies from specific websites;
• set your browser to automatically delete cookies when you close it.

The method for managing cookies depends on which browser you use. The following links may help you find more detailed instructions (these links are provided for convenience and may change over time):

• Google Chrome: settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy
• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

If you block or delete cookies, some parts of the Website may not function as intended. Essential cookies are required for the Website to operate, so rejecting them may affect your ability to use certain features, such as making a reservation or submitting an enquiry.

6. Data Protection and Privacy

Any information that we collect through cookies is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws and our broader privacy practices. We design our cookie usage to respect your privacy while still allowing us to maintain a secure and reliable Website.

In particular:

• we do not use cookies to build marketing profiles or to follow you across unaffiliated third-party websites;
• we do not sell or trade cookie data to third parties;
• where analytics tools are used, they are configured to focus on aggregated, anonymised usage trends rather than individual behaviour.

For more detailed information about how we collect, use, and protect personal data, including your rights in relation to that data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, legal or regulatory requirements, or improvements to how we explain our practices. The most current version of the policy will always be available on this page.

When we make significant changes, we may take additional steps to inform you, such as displaying a notice on the Website or updating the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and similar technologies.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies on the Website, you are welcome to contact us using the details below:

RURAL COFFEE HUT LTD
28 Lowtown Road
Waringstown
Craigavon
Northern Ireland, BT66 7SJ

You can also reach us online by using the enquiry form available on our Contact Us page. We will do our best to respond promptly and to address any concerns you may have about your privacy or cookie preferences.