Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 4 April 2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://valleymist.co.uk (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

Our store is hosted by Shopify Inc. As part of providing our e-commerce platform, Shopify may also place cookies on your device. For more information, please see Shopify's Privacy Policy.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimise the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights into the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.

5.3 Advertising cookies

On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your behaviour on https://valleymist.co.uk. With these cookies you, as a website visitor, are linked to a unique ID, but these cookies will not profile your behaviour and interests to serve personalised ads without your consent.

Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.

5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.5 Social media

On our website, we have included content from Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest to promote web pages (e.g. "like", "pin") or share on social networks. This content is embedded with code derived from those platforms and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalised advertising.

Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest are located in the United States. Data transfers are subject to appropriate safeguards in accordance with UK GDPR.

6. Cookies placed on our website

The following cookies may be placed when you visit our website:

Note: This list reflects cookies relevant to our Shopify store. WooCommerce, WordPress, Elementor, TinyMCE and other platform-specific cookies from our previous website are no longer in use.

7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a cookie consent banner. As soon as you click "Accept" or save your preferences, you consent to us using the categories of cookies you have selected, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

• Functional — Always active
• Statistics — Requires consent
• Marketing — Requires consent

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time via our cookie consent banner or by adjusting your browser settings.

8. Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with respect to personal data

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• The right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained.
• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification: You have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to request all your personal data from us and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: You may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
• Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.

You may also exercise your rights in relation to Shopify's processing of your data directly via the Shopify privacy portal.

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Valley Mist
Unit 5, Charnock Farm, Charnock Walk,
Wigan Road, Leyland,
England, PR25 5DA
United Kingdom
Website: https://valleymist.co.uk
Email: info@valleymist.co.uk