Cookies Policy

Last Updated: January 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our skylight installation content and services, enabling us to improve your browsing experience.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

2. How We Use Cookies

At Utilitycorner, we use cookies for several important purposes related to our skylight installation services and natural lighting expertise:

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have requested (like accessing secure areas or submitting contact forms for skylight consultations) cannot be provided.

2.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website, including which pages about skylight installation techniques, natural light optimization, and heat management solutions are most popular. This information helps us improve our content and user experience. These cookies collect information anonymously and report website trends without identifying individual visitors.

2.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also be used to remember changes you've made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages.

2.4 Marketing and Targeting Cookies

We may use marketing cookies to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests in skylight installation and natural lighting solutions. These cookies track your browsing habits and are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests in home improvement and energy-efficient lighting solutions.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics, deliver advertisements, and enhance the functionality of our skylight installation website. These third parties include:

• Google Analytics: To analyze website traffic and user behavior patterns related to our natural lighting content
• Social Media Platforms: To enable social sharing of our skylight installation guides and articles
• Advertising Networks: To display relevant advertisements about skylight products and installation services
• Content Delivery Networks: To ensure fast and reliable delivery of our website content

Please note that we do not control these third-party cookies, and you should check the respective third-party websites for more information about how they use cookies.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in several ways:

5.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. Generally, you should be able to manage cookie settings through the "Options" or "Preferences" menu in your browser. However, please note that if you choose to block cookies, you may not be able to access all or parts of our skylight installation resources and tools.

5.2 Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or customize your cookie preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings link in our website footer.

5.3 Opt-Out Links

For specific third-party analytics and advertising cookies, you can opt out directly:

• Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Network Advertising Initiative: NAI Opt-Out Tool
• Digital Advertising Alliance: DAA WebChoices Tool

6. Cookies and Your Personal Data

Some cookies may collect personal data about you, such as your IP address, browsing behavior, or information you provide when requesting a skylight installation consultation. We treat all personal data collected through cookies in accordance with our Privacy Policy. The information collected through cookies helps us:

• Understand which skylight installation topics and natural lighting solutions interest our visitors most
• Improve the navigation and functionality of our website
• Provide personalized recommendations for skylight products and installation services
• Deliver targeted content about heat management and energy efficiency
• Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns

7. Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, our business operations, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we make significant changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our website or by sending you an email notification if you have subscribed to our skylight installation newsletter.

We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and protect your information. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.

8. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding cookies and the personal data they collect, including:

• Right to Access: You can request information about the cookies we use and the data they collect
• Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time
• Right to Object: You can object to the use of cookies for marketing purposes
• Right to Deletion: You can request deletion of data collected through cookies

To exercise any of these rights regarding our skylight installation website, please contact us using the information provided below.

9. Cookies and Children's Privacy

Our website and skylight installation services are not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through cookies or any other means. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information through our website, please contact us immediately so we can delete such information.