Cookie Policy
This is the cookie policy for Spolton Mortgages, a trading name of Spolton Ltd. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Cookie Policy forms part of our legal information and sets out how we use cookies on our website to help make your visits more effective.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites, and sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to organisations, which helps to make your visits to their websites more effective and efficient. We use cookies to ensure that we are able to understand how you use our website, and to ensure that we can make improvements to it. Cookies do not contain personal or confidential information about you.
How we use cookies
We use cookies to ensure that you get the best from our website. The first time you visit our website you will be asked whether you accept or reject non-essential cookies. No analytics cookies are placed on your device unless you accept them, and you can change or withdraw your choice at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of any page.
The types of cookies we use
We use three types of cookies on our website:
- Session cookies that are deleted after each visit
- Persistent or tracking cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to our website
- Third party cookies that are used by other parties, for example Google Analytics
Essential cookies are necessary in order for you to use our website and to remember your cookie choice. These can be deleted via your browser, but this will restrict the functions you are able to carry out on our website. For more information on how to disable cookies in your browser, please see the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
Session cookies expire when you leave the website. They are not stored on your computer and do not contain any personal data.
Persistent cookies last beyond your visit to our website. We use Google Analytics, provided through Google Tag Manager. This is a tracking cookie which enables us to track how popular the site is and to record visitor trends over time. The cookie does not contain any personal data, but it does use your computer’s IP address to determine the general area you are accessing the website from, and to track your page visits within the site.
The cookies we set on this website are:
| Cookie | Type | Purpose | Set when |
|---|---|---|---|
| spm_consent | Essential | Remembers your cookie choice so we do not ask again on every visit | When you accept or reject cookies |
| _ga, _ga_* | Analytics (Google Analytics) | Measures how the site is used so we can improve it | Only after you accept analytics cookies |
Optional cookies
Optional cookies are usually supplied by business partners and help to filter out information which is not relevant to you. We do not currently use any optional cookies of this kind on our website. If this changes, we will update this policy.
Accepting or blocking cookies
You can accept or block any cookies from any website through your browser settings. For more information on how to disable cookies in your browser, please see the Information Commissioner’s Office website.
Please note that if you share your computer, accepting or blocking the use of cookies will affect all users of that computer.
You can also change or withdraw your consent on this website at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of any page.
Cookies and demographics
Some websites use data from Google’s interest-based advertising, or third party audience data such as age, gender and interests, with Google Analytics. We do not currently use interest-based advertising or third party demographic data, and we do not use cookies for advertising. If this changes, we will update this policy.
More information
For more information about cookies, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website. You can also read our Privacy Policy to see how we handle your personal data.
This Cookie Policy was last updated in July 2026.
