Cookie Policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our [insert link to Website Privacy Policy] which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by [insert name and description of website operator] [trading as [insert trading name, if different]]. We are [insert a description of the organisation] [and for more information see [insert link to about us page]].

2. Our Website
   This cookie policy [only] relates to your use of our website, [insert details].

[Throughout our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to [insert details (eg make additional products and services available to you)]. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.]

3. Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us [insert summary, eg recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions].

For example, we may monitor [insert details, eg how many times you visit the website, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider]. This information helps us to [insert details, eg build a profile of our users]. [Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually].

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

4. Consent to Use Cookies and Changing Settings

We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (e.g. [insert appropriate example of essential cookies in the context, eg to enable you to put items in your shopping basket and use our check-out process]).

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by [insert details, eg using our privacy dashboard at [insert link] OR clicking on the [insert details] icon at the bottom of any page on our site.]. You can then [insert details, eg explain how to adjust sliders or untick boxes as appropriate to the mechanism]. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.

5. Our Use of Cookies
   The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

The cookies we use Name Purpose Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie
[Describe the type of cookie, including its owner eg ‘Universal Analytics (Google)’] [Insert cookie name(s) eg _ga, _gali, _gat, _gid] [Insert a general description, eg: This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had.]
This cookie collects [information in an anonymous form including: [insert] OR personal information including: [insert].]
[Insert details of how long the cookie will remain—see drafting notes for alternative text.]
Read [insert link to third party guidance on how the third party (eg Google or Youtube) uses the cookies and the data generated by them where relevant]. [Insert, eg [Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie) OR No, will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie]]
[Insert details of other cookies] [Insert details of other cookies] [Insert details of other cookies] [Insert details of other cookies]

6. Third Party Access to the Cookies

[Insert details of any third party access to the cookies and the names of the relevant third parties or confirm there is no such third party access as appropriate. Eg ‘The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and those third parties named in the table above for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party.’]

7. How to Turn Off All Cookies and Consequences of Doing So

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

8. How to Contact Us

Please contact [us OR [insert details], our Data Protection Officer,] if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you. If you wish to contact [us OR [insert details], our Data Protection Officer,], please send an email to [insert email address], write to [insert address] or call [insert telephone number].

9. [Do you need extra help?
   If you would like this notice in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille) please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ above).]

10. Changes to this policy
    This policy was published on [insert date] and last updated on [insert date]. We may change this policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via [insert mechanism for informing the data subject of changes to the notice].