Effective Date: 19/08/2025
Last Updated: 19/08/2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your choices in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1) Who We Are
EPOS Depot is a UK-based provider of electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) hardware and solutions (“we”, “us”, “our”).
Questions about this policy? Contact us:
📧 support@eposdepot.com
2) What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can be “session” cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or “persistent” cookies (stored until they expire or you delete them). Similar technologies like pixels and local storage are treated as cookies in this policy.
3) How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to operate our website securely, remember your preferences, measure performance, and support marketing (only with your consent for non-essential cookies).
Categories of Cookies
- Strictly Necessary – Required for core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. These do not require consent.
- Preferences (Functionality) – Remember choices like language, currency, and region.
- Analytics (Performance) – Help us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it (e.g., pages visited, time on page). Set only with your consent.
- Advertising/Marketing – Used to deliver and measure relevant advertising. Set only with your consent.
4) Cookies We Set
The exact cookies may vary over time as we improve our services. Expiry periods are indicative.
| Name | Provider | Purpose / Category | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _consent | EPOS Depot (first-party) | Stores your cookie preferences (Strictly Necessary) | 6–12 months |
| preferred_currency / preferred_language | EPOS Depot (first-party) | Saves preference settings (Preferences) | 6 months |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics | Website usage statistics (Analytics) | Up to 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Page view statistics (Analytics) | 24 hours |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Ad conversion tracking (Advertising) | 3 months |
| _fbp | Meta (Facebook) | Ad delivery and reporting (Advertising) | 3 months |
| _uetsid / _uetvid | Microsoft Ads | Ad conversion tracking (Advertising) | 1 day / 16 months |
| __cf_bm / __cfruid | Cloudflare | Bot management & security (Strictly Necessary) | Up to 30 minutes |
5) Third-Party Services We Use
Some cookies are set by third parties to provide analytics, advertising, tag management, content delivery, or embedded media. Please review their policies for details:
- Google Analytics (with IP anonymisation) – Privacy Policy · Opt-out
- Google Ads / Conversion Tracking – Privacy Policy · Ads Settings
- Meta (Facebook) Pixel – Privacy Policy
- Twitter/X Ads Conversion – Privacy Policy
- Google Tag Manager – Privacy Policy
- Cloudflare – Privacy Policy
- Akamai – Privacy Policy
- YouTube embeds – Privacy Policy
- Vimeo embeds – Privacy Policy
Where possible, we use privacy-enhanced settings (e.g., IP anonymisation for Google Analytics).
6) Legal Basis & Consent
Strictly Necessary cookies are processed on the basis of our legitimate interests in delivering a secure and functional website. All other cookies (Preferences, Analytics, Advertising) are used only with your consent, which you can provide, refuse, or withdraw at any time.
Change your cookie preferences
If your browser blocks third-party cookies by default, some features may not work as expected.
7) How to Manage Cookies
You can manage your preferences through our cookie banner or by clicking “Change your cookie preferences” above. You can also control cookies via your browser settings:
- Chrome: Manage cookies
- Edge: Manage cookies
- Firefox: Manage cookies
- Safari: Manage cookies
Blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience and some features may not function properly.
8) Retention
Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device until their expiry (see table above) or until you delete them. We periodically review and update our cookie inventory.
9) Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page. Material changes will be highlighted for transparency.