Cookie Policy

1 Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how Ukamart Global Ltd (“Ukamart”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with ukamart.co.uk, our related websites, mobile-enabled pages, marketing pages, online services, and any platform features that link to this Cookie Policy.

We use cookies and similar technologies to help our website work, improve performance, remember user preferences, support security, understand how visitors use our services, measure marketing performance, and where permitted, support advertising, affiliate attribution, and content personalisation. The ICO explains that these rules apply not only to cookies but also to similar technologies such as pixels, tags, scripts, local storage and device fingerprinting.

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our:

• Privacy Policy
• Terms & Conditions
• any cookie banner or preference centre displayed on our website
• Where a cookie or similar technology processes personal data, our Privacy Policy also applies.

2 Who We Are

Ukamart Global Ltd

The Royal Exchange

Panmure Street

Dundee

DD1 1DU

United Kingdom

Email: support@ukamart.com

Website: ukamart.co.uk

Ukamart Global Ltd is a UK-registered ecommerce, digital marketplace, and social commerce company. We operate online retail, affiliate-led promotion, digital product discovery, and related fulfilment and logistics support services.

3 What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow a website or service to recognise your browser or device and remember information about your visit.

Similar technologies can perform related functions, including:

• pixels
• tags
• SDKs
• web beacons
• scripts
• local storage
• session storage
• device or browser identifiers
• other technologies that store information on, or access information from, your device

These technologies may be used to make websites function properly, keep users signed in, remember settings, measure traffic, improve features, detect fraud, and support analytics or advertising.

4 Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for several reasons, including to:

• make our website and platform features function properly
• enable secure log-in, authentication, and account management
• remember your preferences, settings, and shopping activity
• keep products in your basket or wishlist
• support checkout and payment-related flows
• recognise returning users
• improve website speed, reliability, and user experience
• measure traffic, engagement, and feature usage
• understand how customers discover and use our services
• prevent abuse, spam, fraud, unauthorised access, or suspicious activity
• support affiliate tracking and campaign attribution
• improve product discovery, recommendations, and service design
• measure the effectiveness of adverts, promotions, and content
• where permitted, personalise content and advertising

The ICO says that, unless an exemption applies, consent is required before storing information or accessing information stored on a user’s device. The ICO also explains that some limited exceptions exist under the updated PECR framework, including for certain statistical purposes where the legal conditions are met.

5 Types of Cookies We Use

5.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and online services. They are used to provide services that users actively request, or to support functions that are necessary for the website to operate properly.

These cookies may be used to:

• keep you logged in during a session
• remember items in your shopping basket
• enable checkout and payment flow continuity
• maintain security and session integrity
• detect fraudulent logins or malicious activity
• manage load balancing and core site functionality
• remember cookie preferences you have chosen

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the service or to support an applicable exception, they may not require consent in the same way as non-essential cookies, depending on the specific use. The ICO explains that PECR contains exceptions for certain uses where storage or access is strictly necessary or otherwise falls within a defined exception.

5.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use Ukamart.co.uk so we can improve the design, content, speed, functionality, and performance of the platform.

These cookies may help us understand:

• how users arrive at our website
• which pages are most visited
• how users move through the site
• where errors occur
• how users engage with products, categories, and tools
• which devices, browsers, and screen sizes are most common
• whether pages, features, or promotions are working as intended

Where applicable, we may use aggregated or pseudonymised analytics data to improve the service. Depending on the specific setup and the legal basis relied on, some analytics-related technologies may require consent, while others may fall within a limited exception if the statutory conditions are met.

5.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalised functionality.

They may be used to remember:

• your preferred language or region
• saved login state
• account-related preferences
• display settings
• recently viewed products
• seller or buyer interface preferences
• support chat or service preferences where available
• Without these cookies, some personalised features may not function correctly.
• 5.4 Advertising, Marketing and Attribution Cookies

These cookies and similar technologies may be used to support marketing, campaign measurement, and advertising-related functions.

They may be used to:

• measure the effectiveness of adverts
• understand whether a visit or purchase came from an advert, affiliate, creator, or referral link
• support remarketing or retargeting campaigns
• limit repeated display of the same advert
• help us understand which social commerce or affiliate campaigns perform best
• improve relevance of promotions and marketing content
• measure conversions from social media, search, partner sites, or creator content

Because Ukamart operates a digital commerce and affiliate-led model, we may use cookies and similar technologies to understand whether users arrive through creator content, promotional links, campaign pages, or affiliated traffic sources.

Under PECR, non-essential advertising and similar tracking technologies generally require consent. The ICO’s guidance is clear that organisations using cookies or similar technologies for marketing must comply with both PECR and the UK GDPR.

5.5 Social Media and Content Integration Cookies

Some parts of our website may include content, widgets, embedded media, or integrations from third-party platforms. These features may place cookies or use similar technologies to:

• play embedded video
• measure engagement with social content
• enable sharing tools
• connect content interactions with third-party platforms
• support campaign or affiliate attribution
• Where these technologies are not strictly necessary, we will seek consent where required by law.

6 First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Cookies and similar technologies on our website may be set by:

• First-party cookies

These are set directly by Ukamart or by systems operating on our behalf to support platform functionality, performance, security, analytics, account access, or service delivery.

Third-party cookies

These are set by carefully selected third parties that provide services to us or support platform features. Depending on how our services evolve, these may include providers involved in:

• analytics
• payment processing
• fraud prevention
• advertising measurement
• social media integrations
• video hosting
• affiliate attribution
• customer service tools
• performance monitoring

Third-party providers may process data in line with their own privacy and cookie notices. Where legally required, we will ask for your consent before enabling non-essential third-party cookies or similar technologies.

7 How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device

Some cookies operate only while you are browsing and are deleted when you close your browser. These are commonly called session cookies.

Other cookies remain on your device for a longer period and allow us or our service providers to recognise your browser or device when you return later. These are commonly called persistent cookies.

The lifespan of a cookie depends on its purpose, settings, and provider. Some cookies last only minutes or hours, while others may remain for months unless deleted earlier through your browser or device settings.

8 Cookie Consent and Your Choices

When you first visit Ukamart.co.uk, we may display a cookie banner or consent tool that allows you to:

• accept all cookies
• reject non-essential cookies
• manage preferences by category
• revisit your choices later, where the tool is available

The ICO says consent must meet the UK GDPR standard where consent is required under PECR. This means it must be valid, informed and freely given, and users should be able to refuse non-essential cookies as easily as they accept them.

You can also manage cookies through your browser or device settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• view stored cookies
• block some or all cookies
• delete cookies already set
• control settings for particular websites

Please note that blocking or disabling certain cookies may affect how the website works. For example, your basket, account login, preference saving, checkout, or site performance may be affected.

9 Browser and Device Controls

Most internet browsers provide controls that allow you to manage or delete cookies. You can usually find these controls in your browser’s settings, preferences, or help menu.

Depending on your browser and device, you may be able to:

• delete all cookies
• block third-party cookies only
• block cookies from selected websites
• set alerts before cookies are placed
• clear site storage and related data
• If you use multiple devices or browsers, you may need to manage preferences separately on each one.

10 Affiliate, Marketplace and Commerce Tracking

Because Ukamart operates a commerce model that may involve product promotion, affiliates, referrals, social traffic, sellers, and digital marketing campaigns, we may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• attribute visits, sign-ups, or purchases to a campaign or referral source
• understand whether traffic came from promotional content
• assess performance of creator or affiliate links
• reduce abuse of referral or commission systems
• improve campaign reporting and commercial performance analysis

This helps us run a more effective platform for products, sellers, and promotional partners. Where this tracking is non-essential, it will be handled in line with applicable consent requirements.

11 Security and Fraud Prevention

We may use cookies and similar technologies to protect the platform, our users, and our business. These technologies may help us:

• identify suspicious behaviour
• detect automated abuse or bot traffic
• protect account logins
• prevent payment fraud
• maintain session integrity
• support system reliability and abuse monitoring

Security-related storage or access technologies may, depending on the circumstances, fall within an exemption where they are necessary for the service or for a permitted purpose under the law.

12 Personal Data and Cookies

Some cookies and similar technologies may collect or relate to information that is considered personal data under UK data protection law, such as:

• IP address
• device identifiers
• browser data
• account identifiers
• behavioural data linked to an account or profile
• transaction or attribution data where linked to an identifiable user

Where this happens, we process that information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection law.

The ICO explains that if your use of cookies or similar technologies involves personal data, you must consider both PECR and UK GDPR requirements.

13 Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

• changes to our services
• changes to the technologies we use
• legal or regulatory updates
• guidance from regulators
• business or operational developments
• The latest version will always be posted on this page with the updated effective date.

14 Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or about how Ukamart uses cookies and similar technologies, you can contact us at:

• Ukamart Global Ltd
• The Royal Exchange
• Panmure Street
• Dundee
• DD1 1DU
• United Kingdom
• Email: support@ukamart.com
• Optional website note for your cookie banner

You can use this short version on the banner:

We use cookies and similar technologies to make Ukamart work, keep it secure, improve performance, measure traffic, and, with your consent where required, support marketing and personalised content. Manage your preferences anytime.

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You stopped at “Remember your preferences”. A stronger continuation is:

• We use cookies and similar technologies to:
• ensure the website functions properly
• enable secure login and account management
• remember your preferences and shopping activity
• keep items in your basket or wishlist
• improve website speed, performance, and usability
• measure traffic and understand how visitors use our services
• detect fraud, abuse, and unauthorised access
• support analytics, advertising, affiliate attribution, and campaign measurement
• personalise content and promotions where permitted