- Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Brushandboot uses cookies and similar technologies when visitors access our website.
The website operated by Brushandboot offers footwear care accessories, including shoe trees, shoe brushes, shoehorns, and shoe bags. We use cookies, where appropriate, to support website functionality, remember visitor preferences, and—subject to consent—conduct other permitted activities.
Please read this policy in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.
- What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on a visitor’s device when they visit a website. They help the website remember specific information, maintain necessary functions, and recognize visitor preferences during subsequent visits.
Similar technologies may also be used to maintain sessions or support functions such as payment-related processes.
- Cookie Consent and Preferences
Our website displays a cookie banner that allows visitors to make choices regarding the use of non-essential cookies.
Non-essential cookies are used only after a visitor selects “Accept” on the cookie banner. Merely visiting or continuing to browse the website does not constitute consent to the use of non-essential cookies.
Where applicable, visitors can reject non-essential cookies or manage their preferences via the available cookie control options. If consent is refused, cookies requiring consent will not be enabled.
Cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the visitor, or that fall under other exemptions in applicable law, may be used without consent where permitted by law.
Visitors may change or withdraw their consent using the cookie preference controls available on our website. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of data processing carried out prior to the withdrawal.
- Types of Cookies We May Use
4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies support the website’s basic functions, such as maintaining sessions, remembering items during the shopping process, or enabling necessary checkout features. These cookies are used only when necessary to provide the relevant functionality and in compliance with applicable legal requirements.
4.2 Preference Cookies
Preference cookies are used to record choices such as language or other website preferences. Where consent is required, such cookies will only be enabled after the visitor has provided the relevant consent.
4.3 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website—for example, which pages they view and whether the pages are functioning as expected. These cookies are used only when the necessary consent has been obtained.
4.4 Payment-related and Third-party Cookies
Stripe handles payment transactions for Brushandboot. In providing payment-related services, Stripe may use cookies or similar technologies—where applicable—to support its services, assess transaction activity, and meet relevant operational or regulatory requirements.
Cookies set or managed by Stripe are subject to Stripe’s applicable privacy and cookie policies. Regarding cookies or similar technologies involving Stripe, if the law requires consent, they shall not be enabled until the necessary consent is obtained; however, if a specific cookie qualifies for a statutory exemption, it may be used within the scope of that exemption.
Brushandboot does not consider third-party cookies to be exempt from the consent requirement simply because they are related to payment processing.
- Cookie Retention Periods
The retention period for a cookie depends on its purpose and the party that set it. We align our retention periods with the relevant functionality and applicable legal requirements.
The following periods outline our general practices:
Session cookies | Until the end of the browser session
Essential preference or session cookies | For the duration required to provide the relevant functionality
Consent preference cookies | For the duration required to record and respect visitor choices (typically reviewed every six months)
Preference cookies requiring consent | Until the specified expiration date or until consent is withdrawn (whichever occurs first)
Analytics cookies requiring consent | Based on the expiration date specified for the cookie, and limited to the time necessary to achieve the stated purpose
Third-party payment-related cookies | Based on the applicable service, the cookie’s purpose, and the specified expiration date
The periods mentioned above do not imply that every cookie remains active for the entire duration indicated. Actual expiration times may be shorter, depending on the cookie’s function, browser settings, consent choices, and the practices of relevant service providers.
We regularly review our use of cookies and remove or adjust those that are no longer needed. If a cookie is subject to a specific retention period mandated by laws, regulations, or service providers, we take that applicable period into account.
- Managing and Withdrawing Consent
Visitors can manage their cookie preferences using the cookie control tools provided on our website.
Visitors can also adjust their browser settings to block or delete cookies. Blocking “strictly necessary” cookies may affect certain website functions, such as session management or checkout processes.
Deleting cookies via browser settings may clear saved consent preferences. Consequently, visitors may see the cookie banner again during subsequent visits, allowing them to make new selections.
Withdrawing consent prevents the continued use of cookies that rely on that consent. Withdrawing consent does not automatically delete information collected prior to the withdrawal; requests regarding personal information may be made in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.
7. Data Protection and Applicable Law
Brushandboot processes personal data related to the use of cookies in accordance with applicable UK data protection regulations (including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and relevant privacy and electronic communications regulations). For visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA), we comply with applicable data protection requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and relevant national regulations concerning cookies and similar technologies.
When personal data is processed via cookies, visitors may have certain rights under applicable law, including the right to access, correct, or delete personal data; the right to restrict or object to specific processing activities; and the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
For more information regarding personal data, the purposes of processing, data retention periods, and data subject rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
- Company and Contact Information
This Cookie Policy applies to the Brushandboot website operated by the following business entity:
Brand: Brushandboot
Address: Upper Floor Lynx House, Ferndown, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 1PQ
Telephone: +44 1764784524
Email: auditor@brushandboot.com
If you have any questions regarding cookie preferences or the use of cookies on this website, please contact us via email. We aim to respond to inquiries within 24 to 48 business hours.
- Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy in response to changes in website functionality, cookie usage practices, or applicable legal requirements. The latest version will be published on this page, with the date of the update noted where appropriate.
- Further Information
For more information on the processing of personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy. For details regarding payment processing, please refer to our Payment Security Policy.
Nothing in this policy is intended to exclude or limit any rights you may have under mandatory applicable law.