Last updated: September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how PJ Bird Limited (“PJ Bird”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It explains what cookies are, why we may use them, the different types of cookies that may be used and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides further information about how we collect, use and protect personal information.
1. About Us
This website is operated by PJ Bird Limited.
PJ Bird provides mechanical building services, including the design, installation and commissioning of mechanical systems and associated services.
You can contact us using the following details:
PJ Bird Limited
Telephone: 01543 483321
Email: info@pjbirdltd.com
Website: pjbirdltd.com
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us using the details above.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow websites to recognise a user’s device and store certain information about their preferences or previous actions.
Cookies are commonly used to:
- make websites work correctly;
- improve website security;
- remember user preferences;
- understand how visitors use a website;
- measure website performance; and
- improve the overall user experience.
Some cookies may collect information that constitutes personal data, such as an IP address or other online identifier.
Where this occurs, that information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.
3. How We Use Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies on our website to:
- ensure the website operates correctly;
- provide essential website functionality;
- maintain website security;
- enable website forms and other functionality;
- remember your cookie preferences;
- understand how visitors use our website;
- measure website traffic and performance;
- identify technical problems;
- improve our website and its content; and
- support marketing activities where applicable and where you have provided any consent required by law.
Not all of these purposes will necessarily apply to every visitor.
4. Types of Cookies
Cookies used on our website may fall into the following categories.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to function correctly.
They may be used for purposes such as:
- website security;
- network management;
- maintaining essential website functionality;
- remembering your cookie preferences;
- enabling forms;
- preventing fraudulent or malicious activity; and
- maintaining website sessions where required.
These cookies are necessary to provide the website and generally do not require your consent.
You may be able to block strictly necessary cookies through your browser settings, but doing so could cause parts of our website to stop working correctly.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.
They may allow us to understand information such as:
- how many people visit our website;
- which pages are viewed;
- which pages are most popular;
- how visitors navigate through the website;
- how long visitors spend on particular pages;
- how visitors arrived at our website;
- whether users encounter website errors; and
- how the website performs on different devices.
This information can help us identify improvements to our website and understand which content is most useful to visitors.
Where required by law, analytics cookies will only be placed on your device after you have provided consent.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow a website to provide enhanced functionality or remember choices you have made.
They may be used to remember preferences or provide functionality from third-party services.
If you choose not to allow functional cookies, some features of our website may not operate as intended.
Marketing Cookies
Where applicable, marketing cookies may be used to understand the effectiveness of marketing activities or provide content that is more relevant to visitors.
These cookies may also be placed by third-party services incorporated into our website.
Where consent is required by law, marketing cookies will not be activated until you have chosen to accept them.
If PJ Bird does not use marketing or advertising cookies, this category will not apply.
5. First-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are cookies placed directly by the PJ Bird website.
They may be used to:
- provide essential website functionality;
- maintain security;
- remember cookie preferences;
- support website forms; and
- understand how the website is being used.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some functionality on our website may be provided by third-party organisations.
Where third-party functionality is used, those providers may place their own cookies or similar technologies on your device.
These could include services relating to:
- website analytics;
- embedded videos;
- maps;
- social media;
- website security;
- externally hosted content; or
- other website functionality.
We do not directly control cookies placed by third-party providers.
Where applicable, we recommend reviewing the privacy and cookie information provided by the relevant third-party organisation.
Non-essential third-party cookies will only be activated after consent has been obtained where required by law.
7. Session and Persistent Cookies
Cookies can also be classified according to how long they remain on your device.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that generally remain on your device only while your web browser is open.
They are normally deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser.
They remain for a specified period or until you manually delete them.
Persistent cookies may be used, for example, to remember your preferences when you return to our website.
8. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or cookie preference tool.
Where required by applicable law, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
Depending on the cookies used by the website, you may be provided with options to:
- accept all cookies;
- reject non-essential cookies; or
- manage individual categories of cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies may operate without your consent because they are required for the website to function correctly.
Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the core functionality of our website, although certain optional features may not operate as intended.
9. Changing Your Cookie Preferences
You can change or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time.
Where a cookie preference tool is available on our website, you can use it to review and update your choices.
Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that occurred before your consent was withdrawn.
Changing your preferences should prevent relevant cookies from being placed in the future where technically possible. You may need to delete existing cookies from your device separately through your browser settings.
10. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their privacy or security settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- see which cookies are stored on your device;
- delete individual cookies;
- delete all cookies;
- block cookies from specific websites;
- block third-party cookies;
- block all cookies; or
- configure your browser to notify you when a website attempts to place a cookie.
Please refer to your browser’s help or privacy settings for specific instructions.
Blocking all cookies may affect the operation of this and other websites.
11. Similar Technologies
Our website or services integrated with it may use technologies that operate in a similar way to cookies.
These may include:
- pixels;
- tags;
- scripts;
- local storage; and
- other browser or device storage technologies.
For simplicity, we generally refer to these technologies collectively as “cookies” within this policy.
Where these technologies store information on or access information from your device, they will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy and electronic communications legislation.
12. Website Analytics
We may use website analytics technologies to help us understand how visitors interact with the PJ Bird website.
Depending on the analytics services used, information collected may include:
- IP address;
- browser information;
- device information;
- pages visited;
- referring pages or websites;
- approximate geographic information;
- date and time of visits;
- interactions with website content; and
- general website usage information.
Where an analytics service uses non-essential cookies or similar technologies, those technologies will only be activated after you have provided consent where required by law.
13. Contact and Enquiry Forms
Our website contains functionality that allows visitors to contact us regarding potential projects and our services.
Cookies or similar technologies may be used where technically necessary to:
- operate forms;
- provide security;
- prevent spam or automated submissions; or
- maintain essential website functionality.
Information you voluntarily provide through a contact or project enquiry form is not itself a cookie.
Personal information submitted through forms will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
14. Embedded and Third-Party Content
Some pages on our website may contain content or functionality provided by third parties.
This could include, for example:
- videos;
- maps;
- social media content; or
- other externally hosted functionality.
When third-party content is loaded or you interact with it, the relevant third-party provider may collect information or place cookies on your device.
Where required by law, third-party functionality capable of placing non-essential cookies should not be activated until the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Third-party providers are responsible for their own privacy and cookie practices.
15. How Long Cookies Are Stored
Different cookies remain on your device for different periods.
Some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while others remain on your device for a specified period.
The appropriate duration depends on the purpose of the cookie.
We aim to ensure that cookies are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which they are used.
Where available, specific expiry periods should be shown within our cookie preference tool or detailed cookie list.
16. Personal Data and Cookies
Information collected through some cookies may constitute personal data under UK data protection legislation.
Where cookie information constitutes personal data, we will process it in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Our Privacy Policy provides further information about:
- what personal information we collect;
- how we use personal information;
- our lawful bases for processing;
- who information may be shared with;
- international transfers;
- data retention;
- data security; and
- your data protection rights.
17. Your Data Protection Rights
Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, you may have rights under applicable data protection law.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include the right to:
- request access to your personal information;
- request correction of inaccurate information;
- request deletion of your information;
- request restriction of certain processing;
- object to certain processing;
- withdraw consent; and
- make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Please refer to our Privacy Policy for further information about your rights.
18. Information Commissioner’s Office
If you have concerns about our use of cookies or the way we process your personal information, we encourage you to contact us first so that we have an opportunity to investigate your concerns.
You also have the right to raise concerns with the UK’s data protection supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
The ICO provides further information and guidance about cookies, electronic communications and data protection rights.
19. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically.
Changes may be made to reflect:
- changes to the cookies used on our website;
- changes to website functionality;
- changes to third-party services;
- changes to our business practices; or
- changes to applicable laws and regulatory guidance.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the beginning of this policy.
We recommend reviewing this Cookie Policy periodically.
20. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or the way PJ Bird uses cookies and similar technologies, please contact:
PJ Bird Limited
Telephone: 01543 483321
Email: info@pjbirdltd.com
Website: pjbirdltd.com