01 — Introduction
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, tablet or phone when you visit a website. They can help a website operate, protect forms and remember choices you make.
Hotset UK uses essential and preference cookies to operate the website and remember choices such as language. With your permission, we also use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website. We do not use advertising or remarketing cookies.
02 — Current cookies
Cookies we use
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
hotset_language |
Remembers the language selected using the website language menu. | Preference | 1 year |
hotset_cookie_consent |
Remembers whether you accepted or rejected optional analytics cookies. | Preference | 6 months |
_ga |
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors and measure website usage. Set only after analytics consent. | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
_ga_* |
Used by Google Analytics to maintain session and measurement information. Set only after analytics consent. | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
The website may also use a short-lived essential session cookie if a feature requires secure session information. It is used only to provide that feature and is removed when the browsing session ends.
03 — Analytics and marketing
Optional cookies
Google Analytics is optional and remains disabled unless you actively choose to accept analytics cookies. We use it to understand which pages are visited, how visitors reach the website and how the site is used. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising or remarketing.
04 — Your choices
Controlling cookies
You can change your analytics choice at any time using Cookie settings in the website footer. You can also use your browser settings to view, remove or block cookies. Blocking the language cookie means the website may not remember your selected language.
05 — Updates
Changes to this policy
We will update this page if the cookies used by the website change. This policy was last reviewed on 7 October 2026.
Questions about this policy can be sent to sales-uk@hotset.com.