Last updated 22 August 2026
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. They let a site remember things between pages and visits, such as whether you have already dismissed a banner, and they let site owners understand how their site is being used.
Some cookies are set by us. Others are set by third parties whose services appear on our pages, such as an embedded Google map.
These make the website work. They cannot be switched off, and they do not require your consent because the site cannot function without them.
These help us understand which pages people find useful and where the site is not working well. They are only set if you accept them.
Our contact and area pages include a Google map showing the Hebburn showroom. Google may set cookies when that map loads. We do not control those cookies.
When you first visit, you can accept or reject non-essential cookies. Rejecting them will not stop you using any part of this website. The only difference is that we will not be able to see how the site is being used, which makes it harder for us to improve it.
You can change your mind at any time by clearing this site's cookies in your browser, which will make the banner appear again on your next visit.
Every browser lets you block or delete cookies. Doing so affects all websites, not just this one, and may stop some sites working properly. The settings are usually found under privacy or security:
Cookies are only one part of how we handle information. Our privacy policy explains everything else, including what we collect when you request a quote and how long we keep it.
This website is operated by Simply Builds and Stoves NE Ltd, trading as Simply Stoves NE, registered in England and Wales under company number 16761700, at Unit 8J, Victoria Road Industrial Estate, Hebburn NE31 1UB.
If you have any questions about this cookie policy, or you want to exercise any of the rights described in it, get in touch and we will help.
Email info@simplystovesne.co.uk
Phone 0191 691 1333
Post Simply Builds and Stoves NE Ltd, Unit 8J, Victoria Road Industrial Estate, Hebburn NE31 1UB
See also our privacy policy and terms of use, or get in touch.
A short summary of this cookie policy. The full cookie policy above is the binding version.
This section summarises our cookie policy in everyday language. It does not replace the cookie policy above, which is the full version. If the two ever seem to differ, the cookie policy above applies.
The law requires websites to tell you what cookies they use and to ask for your consent before setting any that are not strictly necessary. This cookie policy is how we do the first part. The banner you see on your first visit is how we do the second.
Between them, you should always know what is being stored on your device by our site, why, and how to stop it. If anything about the banner or this cookie policy is not working as described, please tell us so we can fix it.
Cookies are only one part of how we handle information. Our privacy policy explains everything else, including what we collect when you contact us or have a stove installed.
The different kinds of cookie you will see mentioned in any cookie policy.
First party cookies are set by the website you are visiting. Third party cookies are set by another organisation whose content appears on the page, such as a map or a video. This cookie policy covers both kinds as they apply to our site.
Session cookies last only while your browser is open and are deleted when you close it. Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period, or until you delete them, so a site can remember something between visits, such as your cookie choice.
These are needed for a site to work, for example to keep a form secure. The law allows them without consent, because the site cannot function properly without them.
These measure how visitors use a site, such as which pages are viewed most. They need your consent, which is why our cookie policy describes them as only set if you allow them.
Many sites use cookies to track visitors for advertising. This cookie policy does not describe any advertising cookies on our site.
Some sites use similar technologies such as local storage or tracking pixels, which work in much the same way as cookies. The same consent rules generally apply to them.
Why every website has a cookie policy and a banner.
In the UK, cookies are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, alongside UK GDPR where cookies involve personal information. In short, a website must tell you what cookies it uses and get your consent before setting any that are not strictly necessary.
Consent should be a clear choice, not assumed, and it should be as easy to refuse non-essential cookies as to accept them. You should also be able to change your mind later, which is why our cookie policy explains how to bring the banner back.
The Information Commissioner's Office is the UK regulator for cookies and data protection, and its guidance for the public explains your rights in more detail.
Adding to the browser settings in this cookie policy.
Our cookie policy above covers the main desktop browsers. These are the usual routes on phones and tablets. Menu names can change between versions, so if something does not match, search your device's help pages for "clear cookies".
Open Settings, then Safari. You can clear history and website data for every site, or use the advanced settings to see and remove data for individual websites.
Open Chrome, tap the menu, then Settings. Site settings controls cookies generally, and the privacy section lets you clear browsing data, including cookies and site data.
Private browsing modes delete cookies when you close the window, so the site will ask for your cookie choice again each time you visit in a new private window. That is expected behaviour, not a fault, and it is a quick way to see how a site behaves for a first time visitor.
Most browsers let you remove cookies for a single website rather than all of them. That is the simplest way to change your choice on our site, as this cookie policy explains, without signing yourself out of everything else.
The terms used on this page, in plain English.
If any part of this cookie policy is unclear, contact us at info@simplystovesne.co.uk and we will explain it.
What happens with cookies when you contact us through the website.
When you use the contact form, strictly necessary session and security cookies help protect it from spam and abuse, as this cookie policy describes. They do not need your consent, because the form cannot work safely without them.
A consent preference cookie remembers whether you accepted or rejected non-essential cookies, so we do not ask you on every page. Without it, the banner would reappear every time you clicked a link, which would make the site frustrating to use on every single visit.
If you allow analytics cookies, they help us see which pages people find useful, such as our guides to choosing a stove or preparing a chimney, so we can improve them. If you do not, nothing about your enquiry changes. Your message reaches us in exactly the same way, and we reply in exactly the same way, whatever cookie choice you made.
What you type into the contact form, and any photos you send, are covered by our privacy policy rather than this cookie policy. The privacy policy explains what we collect, why we are allowed to use it, how we keep it secure and the rights you have over it under UK GDPR.
A little background to the cookie policy above.
A cookie stores a small amount of text. That lets a site remember things between pages and visits, such as your cookie choice, whether you are signed in, or what is in a basket. Analytics cookies let a site count visits and see which pages are used, and some third party cookies can recognise the same browser across different websites.
Cookies are not programs. They cannot run code on your device, install software, carry viruses or read other files on your computer. A cookie can only be read by the website, or the third party, that set it. That is a basic security rule built into every browser, and it is why a cookie set by one site cannot simply be read by another.
Because some cookies can build up a picture of what you do online, the law asks websites to explain them, as this cookie policy does, and to ask before setting any that are not strictly necessary.
You do not have to take any cookie policy on trust.
In most desktop browsers, clicking the padlock or site information icon next to the web address shows the cookies and site data for the page you are on, and lets you remove them.
The cookie and site data section of your browser's settings lists every site that has stored cookies on your device, with the option to remove them one site at a time or all at once.
For the technically curious, every major browser has developer tools showing exactly which cookies a page sets, their names, how long they last and which domain set them.
If you check our site and see something this cookie policy does not explain, tell us and we will look into it. Third party services occasionally change the cookies they set without notice, so a quick message genuinely helps us keep this page accurate.
A short piece of internet history behind every cookie policy.
The cookie was invented in 1994 by Lou Montulli, an engineer at Netscape, to let a website remember what was in a shopping basket from one page to the next. The name came from an existing computing term, the "magic cookie", for a small packet of data passed between programs.
Cookies quickly became part of how almost every website works. As their use for tracking grew, so did the rules around them, which is why sites in the UK now have a cookie policy and ask for consent before setting non-essential cookies.
Browsers have also changed, with many now limiting or blocking third party cookies by default, so the cookies a site can set depend partly on the browser you use.
Short answers to what people ask most.
Yes. As this cookie policy explains, rejecting them will not stop you using any part of the website. The only difference is that we cannot see how the site is being used.
Clear this site's cookies in your browser and the banner will appear again on your next visit, so you can choose again.
Some pages include an embedded Google map showing our showroom. As this cookie policy notes, third parties whose services appear on our pages may set their own cookies, and those are governed by the third party's own policies.
Yes, through your browser settings, as described in the cookie policy above. Doing so affects every website, not just ours, and may stop some sites working properly.
If the cookies on our site change, this cookie policy will be updated, and the date at the top will show when. It is worth checking back occasionally if you want to stay up to date with exactly how our site uses cookies, or which third party services currently appear on our pages, such as embedded Google maps or videos.
