Cookie Policy and Settings
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data sent from our webpage and stored in your web browser, mobile phone or other device while you are using our website. It helps the page recognise your device the next time you visit, provides you with access to certain functions and understands your website journey. Cookies are very common web technology and most websites use them.
The cookies set by us are called first-party cookies and we also use third-party cookies, which are set by another company. Third-party cookies are from a different domain to the website you are visiting and are used for advertising and marketing purposes.
First and third-party cookies are then classified into one of two types of cookie;
- Session cookies – which are deleted when you close your browser; and
- Persistent cookies – which stay in your browser’s sub folders until you delete them or they expire.
Cookies are then placed into one of four groups depending on what that cookie does:
- Strictly necessary cookies - These are essential and without them you would not be able to use our website as expected. For example, they allow a user to navigate back and forth between pages without losing their previous actions from the same session.
- Performance cookies – These cookies collect information about how visitors use sqw.co.uk, such as which pages are viewed most often or if they get error messages on web pages. These cookies do not collect your personal information but are used to help us improve and determine the most popular areas of our website.
- Functionality cookies – These cookies enable a website to save information which has already been entered (such as username, language choice and your location), so that it can offer you improved and more personalised functions. Functional cookies are also used to enable features you request, such as playing videos. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your movements on other websites.
- Targeting or advertising cookies - These cookies collect information from you on your device to show you advertisements based on your interests. This information can be shared with other advertisers to measure the performance of their advertisements.
Why do we collect cookies?
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users on our website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and also allows us to make improvements to our site.
How you can manage our cookies
If you decide to ‘allow all’ cookies from the banner displayed when first landing on our site, we will use all of those listed in the tables below. However, if you select ‘customise’ we will only use those that you have agreed to. If you decide to ‘deny’ cookies we will only use strictly necessary cookies which are required to make the website function properly.
You have control over these cookies and can change the ones used at any time via the links below.
You can also set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. You can find more information about cookies generally at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu
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Should you have any enquiries regarding our cookie and privacy policy, please contact us.