1. Introduction

This website www.grenke.co.uk (‘Our Site’) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur if you continue using Our Site.

This Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with the Terms and Conditions and Website Privacy Policy.

2. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

• ‘Cookie’ - Cookies are small pieces of text that are stored in your browser and that can be read by our services and third parties that we use and you consent to us using. This will occur, when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site

• ‘Cookie Law’ - means the relevant parts of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

• ‘Personal Data’ - means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’)

‘We/Us/Our’ - GRENKE Leasing Limited (UK)

3. Information About Us

Our Data Protection Officer is Robin Spurr and we are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

All personal information that We may use will be collected, processed, and held in accordance with the provisions of UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), which sits alongside the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). We are also subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) in relation to services we offer to individuals and our wider operations in the European Economic Area (EEA). Together, the UK GDPR and EU GDPR and referred to as GDPR.

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy you can email us at [email protected].

4. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device.

First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site for provide details, usually for advertising or analysing data. Further information is provided in the Website Privacy Policy.

5. Cookies on Our Site

All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

5.1. Essential cookies

Essential cookies are required to make our website serviceable by enabling basic functions such as site navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website may not work properly without these cookies.

5.2. Statistical Cookies

Statistical cookies collect information about how a website is used, e.g. the frequency of site visits and whether a user receives error messages from a page. These cookies do not store any information that would allow the user to be identified. The information collected is aggregated and therefore evaluated anonymously. These cookies are used exclusively to improve the performance of a website and thus the user experience.

5.3. Cookies for Marketing Purposes

Cookies for marketing purposes are used to display ads that are relevant to the user and tailored to their interests. They are also used to limit the number of times an ad is shown and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They register whether or not you have visited a website. This information can be shared with third parties, such as advertisers. Cookies to improve targeting and advertising are often linked to third party website functions.

5.4. Functionality Cookies

Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

5.5. Targeting Cookies

It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

5.6. Social Media Cookies

These Cookies are set when you visit us from different social media platforms, so we can see how successful they were. This helps us promote the right kind of content to our audiences.

5.7. Third Party Cookies

Third-party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third-party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

5.8. Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

5.9. Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

6. Privacy and Data Protection

For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Website Privacy Policy.

7. Analytics

Our Site uses analytics services provided by Microsoft Dynamics, Google Analytics and Bloomreach.

Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however, whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) analytics Cookies to gather the required information.

8. Consent and Control

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.

In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

9. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time.  Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made.  You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

Any printed version of this policy should be considered obsolete.