Cookies Policy

Last updated: 9 September 2026

This policy explains how HMS Developments Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on this website. It sits alongside our Privacy notice.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They let a site remember things between pages and visits. Similar technologies such as local storage and tracking pixels work in a comparable way.

Strictly necessary

Our hosting platform, Squarespace, sets a small number of cookies that the site cannot work without. They keep your session consistent as you move between pages, hold the contents of a form while you are filling it in, and protect forms against cross-site request forgery. These do not require your consent under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.

Security on our forms

Our contact forms use Google reCAPTCHA to tell real enquiries apart from automated spam. reCAPTCHA is provided by Google and may set cookies and collect information about your device and behaviour on the page for that purpose. Google's use of that data is governed by its own privacy policy and terms.

Typefaces

The typefaces on this site are served by Adobe Fonts. Requesting a font shares your IP address with Adobe so the font file can be delivered to your browser.

Analytics

Squarespace provides built-in visitor statistics, which rely on cookies that are not strictly necessary. Where those statistics are enabled, we ask for your consent before those cookies are set, and you can decline without losing access to any part of the site.

What we do not use

We do not load Google Analytics, advertising cookies, or social media tracking pixels on this site. If that changes, we will update this page and ask for your consent before any non-essential cookies are set.

Your choices

When you first visit this site, a banner asks whether you are willing to accept cookies that are not strictly necessary. You can choose "Accept all", "Decline all", or "Manage cookies" to decide category by category. Nothing beyond the strictly necessary cookies is set until you have chosen, and declining costs you no part of the site.

Your answer is remembered on your device. You can change it whenever you like using the Cookie Preferences control on the site, or by clearing this site's cookies in your browser, which brings the banner back.

Managing cookies

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge each publish their own guidance. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of this site working, including our contact forms.

Contact

Any questions about this policy can be sent to rachael@hms-developments.com.