Cookie Policy
Cookies on hsil.uk and hsil.co.uk · Hull Storage & Interiors Ltd
Cookies are small files that a website stores on your computer, tablet or phone. This policy explains how the Hull Storage & Interiors Ltd websites, hsil.uk and hsil.co.uk, use cookies and similar technologies, and the choices you have.
- Document
- HSIL-POL-006
- Version
- 5.1 (Issue 21)
- Issued
- 01/10/2026
- Next review
- 01/10/2027
- Policy owner
- James Smith
- Approved by
- James Smith
- Applies to
- Website visitors
- Status
- Current
1. How we use cookies
| Type | What they do | Your choice |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Keep you signed in, remember your basket and quotation, protect our forms from misuse and help our payment provider prevent card fraud | Always on. The shop cannot work without them. |
| Functional | Remember the products you have viewed or compared, and show messages such as “added to basket” | On. You can block them in your browser. |
| Statistics | We count visits with a service that does not use cookies and does not follow you from site to site | Nothing is stored on your device. |
| Other companies | Set by a company whose feature appears on a page, such as the map on our Contact page | Covered by that company’s own policy. |
We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not sell or share cookie information for marketing.
2. Your choices
You can control cookies in these ways:
- our shop shows a cookie notice on your first visit
- your browser settings let you block or delete cookies, for every site or for ours alone
- if you block strictly necessary cookies, the basket, sign-in and checkout will not work
3. Other companies
Some features on our websites are provided by other companies. Stripe and Braintree, a PayPal service, take card payments and check for fraud. The map on our Contact page comes from Google, which may set its own cookies. Our typefaces come from Adobe Fonts. Cloudflare protects our websites and counts visits without using cookies. Each company’s own policy explains what it collects.
4. Cookie list
These are the cookies set on hsil.co.uk, as checked on 5 October 2026. Other cookies are set only when you sign in or pay. Our company website, hsil.uk, does not set cookies.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Us | Keeps your visit together, including sign-in and basket | 1 hour |
| form_key | Us | Protects forms from misuse | Up to 1 day |
| mage-cache-sessid, mage-cache-storage, mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation, section_data_ids | Us | Keep your basket and account details up to date as you browse | 1 hour |
| mage-messages | Us | Shows messages such as “added to basket” | 1 hour |
| product_data_storage, recently_viewed_product, recently_compared_product, and their _previous copies | Us | Remember the products you have viewed or compared | 1 hour |
| user_allowed_save_cookie | Us | Remembers that you accepted the cookie notice | 1 year |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe | Helps to prevent card fraud | 1 year |
| __stripe_sid | Stripe | Helps to prevent card fraud | 30 minutes |
5. More information
Where a cookie involves personal information, our Privacy Notice explains how we use it and what your rights are. For questions about this policy, call 01482 218060 or email sales@hsil.co.uk. We review it every year, and whenever our cookies change.