This Cookie Policy explains how Root & Yard and services used on rootandyard.com may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit the website.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how information may be collected, used and disclosed.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that websites and online services can store in or access through your browser or device. They can help a website function, remember preferences, understand how visitors use pages, maintain security and, where enabled, support advertising.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage, web beacons and other identifiers. In this policy, we use the term “cookies” broadly where appropriate to describe these technologies.
How Root & Yard may use cookies
Essential
Used where necessary for website operation, security, technical functionality or to remember privacy choices.
Preferences
May remember choices such as display or website preferences so they do not need to be selected repeatedly.
Analytics
May help us understand visits, page use, website performance and how readers find or interact with Root & Yard.
Advertising
May be used by advertising services to deliver, measure, limit or personalise advertising where those services are enabled.
Cookie categories at a glance
| Category | Typical purpose | Optional? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Security, core website functions and storing privacy choices. | Usually required for the requested website functionality. |
| Preferences | Remembering selected settings or interface preferences. | Depends on the feature and configuration. |
| Analytics | Measuring traffic, performance and website interactions. | May require or respect consent depending on applicable rules and configuration. |
| Advertising | Ad delivery, measurement, frequency control and, where permitted, personalisation. | Subject to applicable consent and privacy requirements. |
Google and analytics services
Root & Yard may use Google services for website measurement, search performance, analytics and, in the future, advertising. Depending on the service and configuration, Google may use cookies or other identifiers and process technical or usage information.
The precise cookies and retention periods can change when a provider changes its technology or when Root & Yard changes its configuration. For that reason, this policy describes the purposes of the technologies rather than promising a permanent list of cookie names.
Advertising cookies
Root & Yard may introduce Google AdSense or other advertising services as the publication grows. When advertising is enabled, Google and other authorised third-party vendors may place or read cookies or use similar technologies in connection with ad serving and measurement.
Advertising cookies may be used to help select ads, measure performance, prevent excessive repetition and, where permitted and enabled, personalise advertising based on activity on this or other websites.
Important: Describing a planned advertising or analytics service in this policy does not mean that every service is currently active. Root & Yard updates its privacy information as its actual technology and monetisation setup changes.
Affiliate links and third-party websites
Root & Yard may use affiliate links in the future. If you follow an affiliate or retailer link, the destination website or affiliate network may use its own cookies or identifiers to recognise a referral and determine whether a qualifying transaction occurred.
Third-party websites have their own privacy and cookie practices. Root & Yard does not control cookies placed after you leave rootandyard.com.
Managing cookies
You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- View or delete cookies already stored on your device.
- Block all cookies or cookies from particular websites.
- Restrict third-party cookies.
- Configure how your browser handles tracking or privacy signals.
Blocking or deleting cookies may affect some website functions or require you to set preferences again.
Consent and privacy controls
Where required by applicable law, platform policy or the technologies we use, Root & Yard may display a cookie or consent interface that allows visitors to make choices about optional technologies.
If such a control is available, changing your selection there will apply according to the capabilities of the consent system and services configured on the website. Browser controls remain available separately.
Do Not Track and similar signals
Browsers and devices may provide privacy signals or tracking-preference features. Because standards and provider support can vary, the effect of these signals depends on the website services and third-party technologies involved. We will aim to honour legally required consent and privacy mechanisms applicable to our setup.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this policy when Root & Yard adds or removes services, changes its cookie or consent configuration, introduces advertising or affiliate technology, or when relevant legal or platform requirements change.
Questions about cookies?
For questions about Root & Yard’s use of cookies or privacy practices, contact contact@rootandyard.com.
Cookie Policy last updated: 10 September 2026.