Cookie Policy

Last Updated: March 2026

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly, improve user experience, and support secure transactions. Avendi uses cookies to ensure our website operates securely, provides essential functionality (such as the shopping basket), and helps us understand how visitors interact with our site.

2. How We Use Cookies

Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function. They enable core features such as secure checkout via Shopify, shopping basket persistence, account login, and fraud prevention. The website cannot operate correctly without these.
Performance &Analytics Cookies: These help us understand navigation behaviour and technical performance. We use Google Analytics to gather this data, which helps us improve site usability.
Functionality Cookies: These remember your preferences, such as region and language settings.
Targeting &Marketing Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertising and limit repetitive exposure across platforms like Google and social media.

3. Third-Party Cookies

• To provide a seamless e-commerce experience, we use trusted third-party services that may place cookies on your device:
  
• E-commerce Platform: Shopify (to manage your cart and session).
  
• Payment Providers: Shopify Payments and PayPal (to process secure transactions).
  
• Analytics: Google Analytics (to monitor site health).
  
• Marketing: Google Ads (to measure advertising effectiveness).

4. Consent and Control.

When you first visit our website, you can accept, reject, or customise non-essential cookies through our Cookie Consent Banner. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via your browser settings or our website's preference tools.

5. Data Protection

Any personal data collected through cookies is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws, including the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. Harper Martin Limited is the data controller for information collected via this site.

6. Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding our use of cookies, please contact us:

Harper Martin Limited (T/A Avendi)
Email: css@avendi.co.uk
Telephone: 01376 811007
Address: G2 The Plaza, 1 Rutherford Park, Great Notley, Braintree, Essex, CM77 7AU, United Kingdom.