Cookie Policy
Last updated: 21 April 2026
At Atlantic Shopping we respect your right to privacy. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on www.atlanticshopping.co.uk, the choices you have about them, and how you can manage your preferences at any time.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which sets out in more detail how we handle your personal data and your rights under UK data protection law.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device and store information about your visit — for example, the contents of your shopping basket, your display preferences, or whether you are signed into an account.
Cookies are not harmful and do not contain personal information such as your home address or payment card details, but some of them can be used to recognise you on return visits or to build a profile of your browsing activity.
Alongside cookies, similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage, and fingerprinting techniques may be used for the same purposes. Wherever this policy refers to “cookies”, it means all of these technologies.
2. The categories of cookies we use
We group the cookies on our website into four categories.
2.1 Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. Without them, services you have specifically asked for — such as adding an item to your basket, proceeding through checkout, or staying signed into your account — cannot be provided.
Strictly necessary cookies are set in response to actions you take, such as logging in, filling in forms, or setting privacy preferences. They also include cookies needed to keep our site secure and to prevent fraud.
Legal basis: These cookies do not require your consent under UK law (Regulation 6(4) of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003), because they are strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested.
2.2 Functional cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make — such as your region, language, or recently viewed products — so that we can provide a more personalised experience on return visits. They do not track you across other websites.
Legal basis: Your consent.
2.3 Analytics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website — which pages are most popular, how people move between pages, and whether anything is going wrong — so that we can improve the site over time. The information collected is aggregated and used for statistical purposes.
Analytics cookies may be set by us directly or by third-party analytics providers acting on our behalf. Where third parties are used, the data may be processed outside the United Kingdom (see Section 4 below).
Legal basis: Your consent.
2.4 Advertising and marketing cookies
These cookies are set by us and by our advertising partners. They are used to build a profile of your interests so that we can show you relevant advertising on our website and on other websites you visit, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help us understand how you found our site.
Advertising cookies are typically set by third parties. Blocking them will not stop you seeing advertising, but the advertising you see will be less relevant to you.
Legal basis: Your consent.
3. The specific cookies we use
A full, up-to-date list of the cookies on our website — including the cookie name, the provider, the purpose, and how long it is stored — is available through our Cookie Preference Centre. You can open it at any time using the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of every page.
We keep the list in our preference centre rather than in this policy because cookies change: new ones are added when we introduce new features, and old ones are removed when we stop using a tool. The preference centre is scanned and updated automatically so that it always reflects what is actually running on the site today.
4. Third parties and international transfers
Some of the cookies on our website are set by trusted third-party service providers, including:
- our e-commerce and hosting platform
- our analytics and website-performance partners
- our advertising and marketing partners
- our payment processors (for fraud prevention and secure checkout)
- our customer support and communications providers
Where a third party sets cookies on our site, they act as a separate controller or as our processor, depending on the purpose. Details of each third party — and a link to their own privacy or cookie policy — are available in the Cookie Preference Centre.
Some of these providers are based outside the United Kingdom, including in the United States and other countries. Where your personal data is transferred outside the UK, we rely on the appropriate safeguards required under UK GDPR — principally UK adequacy regulations (including the UK–US Data Bridge where applicable), the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, or Standard Contractual Clauses together with the UK Addendum.
5. Your choices and how to manage cookies
5.1 When you first visit
When you visit our website for the first time, a banner will appear asking you to choose which categories of cookies you agree to. You can:
- Accept all — we will set cookies in every category except those you later withdraw consent from.
- Reject all (except strictly necessary) — we will only set the cookies needed to run the site.
- Manage preferences — you can turn individual categories on or off.
Your choice is recorded and remembered on that device. Strictly necessary cookies are always set because they are needed for the site to work.
5.2 Changing your mind
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking Cookie Settings in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it, and will take effect for future visits. Any data already collected before you withdraw consent remains subject to our Privacy Policy.
5.3 Controlling cookies through your browser
You can also control and delete cookies directly through your browser settings. Guidance for the main browsers is available here:
Please note that blocking all cookies — including strictly necessary ones — will prevent parts of our website, including the basket and checkout, from working.
For general information about cookies and online privacy, the Information Commissioner’s Office provides a plain-English guide at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.
6. Your rights
You have a number of rights under UK GDPR in relation to any personal data we process through cookies, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of that data, and the right to object to certain processing. These rights and how to exercise them are explained in full in our Privacy Policy.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator, at https://ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, in the law, or in our business. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page, and — if the changes are significant — we will notify you through a banner on the website or by email where appropriate.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
8. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us:
V.N. & Britannic Warehouses Ltd (trading as Atlantic Shopping)
142 Sandpits
Birmingham B1 3RJ
United Kingdom
Email: sales@atlanticshopping.co.uk
Phone: 0121 230 1644