Site Tracking and Analytics
I use website tracking software to monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help me develop the design and layout of the site to better meet the needs of visitors to claireshaw.uk. This software does not enable us to capture any personally identifying information about visitors.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on my site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
My website may gather information about your general Internet use by using cookies in order to help you personalise your online experience.
Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer or other device automatically. A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a web page server.
Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access my website or take certain actions on my website. ‘Non-essential’ cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to me doing so.
You consent to the placing of non-essential cookies on your computer or device by continuing to use this website with your browser settings set to accept cookies.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that my website stores about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
My website uses cookies for the following purposes:
- authentication – my website uses cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website
- personalisation – my website uses cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you
- security – my website uses cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally
- analysis – my website uses cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services
- cookie consent – my website uses cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
EXTERNAL THIRD PARTIES
Some of our service providers also use cookies which may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. These are the third-party service providers we use:
- Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data that helps us understand how people are using the site. I use this information to identify how and where we can improve the customer experience. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, does not collect specific customer data and is never shared with other third parties. Google’s privacy policy is available here.
- Facebook uses tracking identifiers for paid advertising activity. We use the information collected by these cookies to help us determine where our ads will be most effective online. The data taken is not confidential data. Facebook’s privacy policy is available here.
- I use the Akismet anti-spam service. Information collected typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers:
For further information on how we handle personal information please refer to our Privacy Policy.
SHARING WITH SOCIAL NETWORKS
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content via social networks like Twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy statement of the company providing it.
Here is a list of all active Cookies on our website
Cookie Consent
Purpose: Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry.
Google Analytics
Purpose: To understand how people are using the site and to identify how and where we can improve the customer experience.
Facebook
Purpose: To help us determine where our ads will be most effective online and to measure results.