Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as your preferences.

2. How We Use Cookies

D&M Labs uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential functionality: To ensure the website operates correctly, including remembering your cookie consent preferences.
• Analytics: With your explicit consent, to understand how visitors interact with our website so we can improve our content and user experience.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

4. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They enable core features such as remembering your cookie consent choice. These cookies do not collect personal information and cannot be disabled without affecting site functionality. Under GDPR, essential cookies do not require consent as they are necessary for the service you have requested.

5. Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies are only placed on your device if you give explicit consent via our cookie banner. We use privacy-friendly analytics that:

• Do not track you across other websites
• Do not create advertising profiles
• Anonymise your IP address
• Do not share data with third-party advertisers

You can withdraw your consent for analytics cookies at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our site, where the cookie banner will appear again.

6. Third-Party Cookies

We do not use third-party advertising cookies. The only third-party services that may set cookies are:

• Formspree: Our contact form processor. Formspree may set essential cookies to prevent spam submissions.
• WhatsApp: The floating WhatsApp widget links to an external WhatsApp page and does not set cookies on our site.

7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage cookies in the following ways:

• Cookie banner: When you first visit our site, a cookie banner allows you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences.
• Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect site functionality.
• Reset preferences: Clear your browser cookies for our site and the consent banner will reappear on your next visit.

8. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

• Know what cookies are being used and why
• Consent to or refuse non-essential cookies
• Withdraw your consent at any time
• Request deletion of data collected through cookies

For more information about your data protection rights, see our Privacy Policy.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised date.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].