Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, improve the user experience and provide information to the owners of the site.

Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information on their own, though they may be combined with other information to identify you.

2. How We Use Cookies

The St James Parlour website (stjamesparlour.com) uses a small number of cookies for functional purposes. We do not use cookies for advertising, tracking across third-party websites or profiling.

Specifically, we use browser localStorage (a similar mechanism to cookies) to remember your cookie consent preference, so that the consent banner is not shown to you on every subsequent visit.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary / functional

These are required for the website to function correctly. They include:

• sjp_cookie_consent — Stored in localStorage. Records whether you have accepted or declined our cookie notice. Expires: persists until cleared by the user. No personal data is transmitted.

We do not currently use analytics cookies, advertising cookies or third-party tracking cookies. If this changes in the future, this policy will be updated accordingly.

4. Third-Party Content

Our website may reference images hosted on third-party services (such as Pexels, a stock photography platform). When your browser loads these images, the third-party server may set its own cookies or collect technical data such as your IP address. We do not control third-party cookie behaviour — please refer to the relevant third party's privacy and cookie policies for further information.

We do not embed third-party social media widgets, advertising networks or analytics scripts that would set cookies on our behalf.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage and control cookies in several ways:

• Our consent banner: When you first visit our site, a consent banner allows you to accept or decline our use of cookies. Your preference is stored locally and the banner will not reappear until your browser storage is cleared.
• Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to view, manage, block and delete cookies. Refer to your browser's help documentation for instructions. Note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.
• Clearing localStorage: To reset your cookie preference on our site, clear your browser's localStorage data for stjamesparlour.com. The consent banner will reappear on your next visit.

6. Consent

By accepting cookies via the consent banner on our website, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. You may withdraw consent at any time by clearing your browser's localStorage for our domain.

Declining cookies does not affect your ability to browse the website or submit enquiries through our contact form.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as our use of cookies or applicable law changes. Any updates will be reflected in the "last updated" date at the top of this page.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us at hello@stjamesparlour.com.

9. Related Policies

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.