Cookie Policy

1. Overview

This sample Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies may be used when you search for vehicles, sign in or manage a QDrive booking. It describes example categories and the choices a visitor could be offered.

The names, lifetimes and controls below are demonstration values. They do not represent an audit of the live QDrive website or a verified inventory of its suppliers.

A cookie preference should describe a clear choice that the visitor can revisit later.

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small pieces of information stored by a browser. A website can use them to remember a session, retain a setting or recognise that a preference has already been selected.

Some information lasts only for the current session, while other information can remain until an expiry date or until it is removed. Similar storage methods should be explained alongside cookies when they perform a comparable purpose.

First-party and third-party examples

A first-party cookie belongs to the website being visited. A third-party technology may be supplied by a separate service, such as a measurement provider or embedded media service.

3. Cookie categories

The sample preference centre groups cookies by purpose so visitors can understand what each switch controls. Optional categories start disabled in this demonstration.

Descriptions should name the actual processing purpose rather than relying on a broad label such as improving your experience.

• Essential: supports login, security and the current booking session.
• Preferences: remembers optional display choices such as language.
• Analytics: helps measure how visitors use pages and search tools.
• Marketing: supports optional campaign measurement or advertising.

4. Example cookie inventory

This inventory is deliberately fictional. Replace each row with an observed cookie name, provider, purpose and duration before using the page operationally.

5. Choosing your preferences

The example banner offers a way to accept optional categories, reject optional categories or customise the selection. Essential session functions are explained separately.

A saved choice should remain visible in the preference centre. Closing a banner without choosing an option should not be represented as an affirmative acceptance in this demonstration.

1. Open Cookie Settings from the website footer.
2. Read the purpose of each category.
3. Enable or disable the optional categories you prefer.
4. Select Save Preferences and check the confirmation.

6. Changing a saved choice

You can revisit the example controls and change an optional category at any time. The updated choice applies to subsequent optional activity controlled by those settings.

Turning off a category may not remove every item that was stored earlier. The interface should explain any browser steps needed to remove existing data.

7. Browser controls

Browsers commonly provide settings to inspect stored website data and remove it. Exact menu names and effects vary, so this dummy page does not prescribe a browser-specific procedure.

Blocking all storage can affect login continuity or cause preference prompts to appear again. Visitors should be told which functions depend on essential storage.

8. External services

A map, video or payment service may introduce additional technologies when its feature loads. The final inventory should identify each actual provider and the relevant loading behaviour.

Do not describe a technology as disabled by a preference switch unless the implementation actually prevents the corresponding optional storage or requests.

Review external services during implementation and after provider changes.

9. Related information

Cookie identifiers may be associated with account activity or other information depending on the implementation. The Privacy Policy should explain the corresponding information flows.

The cookie notice and the preference centre should use the same category names, descriptions and defaults so a visitor is not given conflicting information.

10. Updates and support

Changes to this demonstration should update the version and last-updated fields. Significant changes to optional purposes should also be reflected in the preference controls.

For a question about an example preference, use the support link below and describe the page and category involved. Avoid including passwords or payment details.