Cookie Policy

Last updated: 17 June 2026.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small files stored on your device that help a website work and remember choices. UK rules (PECR, alongside UK GDPR) require us to tell you what we use and to get consent for anything beyond the essentials, which is what the cookie banner does.

2. Essential cookies

Keep you signed in, secure the platform and remember your session. These do not need consent and cannot be switched off, because Qome will not function without them.

3. Preference cookies

Remember choices like your region so guide prices stay adjusted to where you live. Used only with your consent.

4. Analytics cookies

Help us understand how Qome is used so we can improve it, for example which guides are read most. We use PostHog for this. They're set only if you accept them in the banner, and the data is aggregated, not used to profile you for advertising.

5. Affiliate & sponsored links

Some free tradesperson listings are funded by sponsored placements rather than a subscription. If you click one of these, our affiliate network, Awin, may set a cookie on your device to record that the click came via Qome, so that an advertiser can pay us a referral commission if you go on to buy something. This cookie is set only if you accept it in the banner, is used solely for that referral attribution, and is not used by Qome to build an advertising profile of you or to retarget you elsewhere. The network sets its own cookie duration and is itself a separate controller for that data, see Awin's own privacy and cookie information for what they do with it. Declining this category does not stop a free listing being shown to you; sponsored content may still appear, but no tracking cookie is set from it.

6. Managing cookies

Change your choices any time via the cookie settings link in the footer, or clear and block cookies in your browser. Blocking essential cookies will stop parts of Qome working.

7. Changes

If the cookies we use change, this page and the banner will be updated before the change takes effect.