Minigram Spices Cookie Policy
Last updated: September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Minigram Spices uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that websites place on your computer, tablet, phone or other device when you visit them.
They can perform a variety of functions, such as enabling a shopping basket to work, remembering preferences and helping website owners understand how their websites are being used.
Similar technologies may also be used to store or access information on your device.
2. How we use cookies
The Minigram Spices website is built using Squarespace.
Cookies may be used to:
• make our website and online shop function correctly;
• maintain your shopping basket and checkout;
• help keep the website secure;
• remember choices and preferences;
• understand how visitors use our website; and
• measure and improve website performance.
We aim to use only cookies that are appropriate for operating and improving the Minigram Spices website.
3. Essential cookies
Some cookies are strictly necessary for our website and online shop to operate.
For example, these may be required to:
• maintain a shopping basket;
• enable checkout;
• provide website security;
• maintain website sessions; or
• remember essential website settings.
These cookies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by you.
The ICO specifically identifies shopping-basket cookies as an example of cookies that may qualify as strictly necessary.
4. Analytics and performance cookies
We may use analytics and performance cookies to help us understand how visitors use the Minigram Spices website.
These can provide information such as which pages are visited, how visitors navigate around the website and how the website performs.
This information helps us understand which parts of our website are useful and where we might improve the customer experience.
Where these cookies require consent, they will only be used after you have made the appropriate choice through our cookie controls.
5. Marketing cookies
Minigram Spices may in future use marketing or advertising services that use cookies or similar technologies.
Where such technologies require consent, they will not be activated unless you have chosen to accept them.
If we introduce additional advertising, social-media or marketing technologies, we will review this Cookie Policy and our cookie consent arrangements accordingly.
I particularly like this wording for Minigram, because we don't need to claim at launch that you're using Facebook/Meta advertising cookies, Google Ads or other tracking technologies if you haven't actually installed them.
6. Third-party cookies
Some cookies or similar technologies may be provided by third-party services used in connection with our website.
These may include services involved in:
• providing and operating the Squarespace website;
• processing online payments;
• website analytics; and
• other website functionality that we choose to use.
Where required, information about relevant third-party cookies will be provided through our cookie controls or associated information.
We do not control all cookies set directly by third-party services.
7. Your cookie choices
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to make choices about non-essential cookies.
Depending upon the options available, you can:
Accept non-essential cookies;
Decline non-essential cookies; or
Manage your preferences and choose which types of non-essential cookies you wish to allow.
You can change your cookie preferences using the cookie controls provided on our website.
You can also control or delete cookies through your web browser. Please be aware that blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of the Minigram Spices website or online shop from working correctly.
The ICO requires users to be given clear information and, where consent is required, an appropriate means of consenting before non-essential technologies are used. Its updated 2026 guidance covers not only conventional cookies but also technologies such as tracking pixels, scripts, tags and device fingerprinting.
8. How long cookies remain on your device
Some cookies operate only while you are visiting our website and are deleted when your browser session ends.
Other cookies may remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The duration depends on the particular cookie and its purpose.
You can remove stored cookies at any time using your browser settings.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy if our website, the services we use or the applicable legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on the Minigram Spices website and the date at the top of this policy will be updated where appropriate.
10. Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact:
Minigram Spices
18 Glen Drive
Helensburgh
G84 9BJ
United Kingdom