Cookies Policy

What we store on your device, and what we don't. Last updated April 2026.

Short Version

We only use a small number of essential cookies and local-storage items to make the site work and to remember your preferences. We do not use Google Analytics, advertising cookies or any third-party behavioural tracking.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Browsers also support similar technologies like localStorage. We use the word "cookies" below to cover both.

Cookies and Storage We Use

The following items may be stored by this site on your device:

  1. minster-cookies — remembers whether you have accepted or declined the cookie banner, so we don't show it on every page. Stored in your browser's localStorage. Persistent until you clear your browser data.
  2. minster-theme — remembers whether you chose the light or dark display mode on our legal pages. Stored in your browser's localStorage. Persistent until you clear your browser data.
  3. Booking system session cookies — our online booking platform, operated by ProHire at minsterselfdrive.securewebbookings.com, sets its own session cookies when you complete a booking there. Those cookies are controlled by ProHire, not by us.

All of these are "strictly necessary" in the sense that they either make the site work or remember a direct choice you made. We do not set any optional cookies.

What We Don't Use

For transparency, we want to be explicit about what is not on this site:

  1. No Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager or other website analytics scripts.
  2. No Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight or any other advertising or remarketing pixels.
  3. No behavioural tracking, session replay or heatmap tools.
  4. No cross-site tracking of any kind.

Our hosting provider Cloudflare does record basic server-side request metadata (IP, user agent, page requested) for short periods for security and reliability. That data is not stored on your device and is covered in our Privacy Statement.

Your Choices

The cookie banner on this site lets you decline. If you decline, we simply record that choice and do not change what we store — because we do not use any optional cookies anyway. You can clear the stored choice at any time by clearing your browser's site data for this domain.

Most browsers also let you refuse or delete cookies entirely. If you block cookies and localStorage the site will still work, but the banner will reappear on every visit and your theme preference will not be remembered.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will change when we do. If we ever add analytics or other optional cookies we will update this policy, update the banner, and ask for fresh consent before loading them.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, you can contact us at any of our branch locations:

York — 01904 644 333

Middlesbrough — 01642 468 554

Newcastle — 0191 488 8700

Sunderland — 0191 565 5544

Wakefield — 01924 366 366

Minster Self Drive Limited, Company No. 05538018