Cookie Policy
Last updated: July 2024
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users, provide a better experience when you browse our website, and improve our site’s performance and usefulness. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small data file that websites can place on your hard drive when you visit. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that tracks the pages you’ve visited within that site. The cookies on this website are primarily used to recognize that a user has visited the website previously and to track user traffic patterns. We do not generally correlate this website information with other data about individual users, nor do we sell it to any third party.
We may also use similar technologies to cookies known as “web beacons”, “pixels” or “tags”. These technologies do a similar job to cookies, allowing website operators to count page views and understand how visitors interact with and respond to certain content on a webpage or email.
For the purposes of the remaining sections of this Cookie Policy, we refer to all cookies and similar technologies using the above features as “cookies”.
We use “first party cookies” and “third party cookies” in connection with our services. First party cookies are cookies placed by us to collect information about you. Third party cookies are cookies placed by third party website operators. Information about you collected by those third party cookies will be shared with the relevant third party. Please refer to the relevant third party website operator’s privacy notice for more details about the information they collect and how they use it.
Please note that our website may link to third party websites which are not operated by us. Where you follow links from our website to the website of a third party, that website may place different cookies on your device. You should check the relevant privacy notice and/or cookie notice for more information about how that third party uses cookies.
You should be aware that applications you use to access our website, such as your website browser, may also place cookies on your device when visiting our website, or other websites. An example of this would be where you sign in to Google Chrome using a Google Account. We do not have control over these third party cookies, so you will need to manage these cookies in the settings of the relevant applications.
How long do cookies last?
All cookies have expiration dates that determine how long they stay in your browser:
Session cookies – these are temporary cookies that are placed on your device during your browsing session and then expire (and are automatically erased) whenever you close your browser.
Persistent cookies – these are designed to last for a pre-defined period of time, which varies depending on the nature of the cookie. Persistent cookies stay in your browser until they reach their individual expiry date, or until you manually delete them.
Types of cookies we use
The following is a list of cookies with brief descriptions, to better inform our users why we use cookies on our website. For your convenience, we have split them into the following categories:
- Essential cookies – Essential cookies are those cookies which a website could not operate without. Essential cookies include cookies such as login cookies and shopping cart cookies.
- Functionality cookies –These cookies recognise you when you return to a website, remember your preferences, and provide enhanced, more personalised features. These cookies also help to provide you with content relevant to your locale, for example allowing you to see the website in your preferred language.
- Analytics –Analytics cookies, along with other information, allow websites to calculate the aggregate number of people using a website and which features of a website are most popular. This information is generally used to improve the website and the way visitors are able to move around it.
- Advertising / Targeting cookies - These help us to deliver our adverts when you visit other websites, such as news websites. This is known as ‘retargeting’. This technique helps to ensure that the ads you receive are more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies help to measure the effectiveness of an ad (for example, by reporting whether you have clicked on it) and can also limit the number of times that you see an ad (for example, if you see it twice but don’t click on it, you may not see it again). These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks that we and other advertisers work with to deliver ads. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other ad networks to show you relevant ads.
Is consent needed to use cookies?
Non-essential cookies – We may only store and access non-essential cookies on your device with your permission. You are not obliged to give consent to our use of non-essential cookies. If you do give your consent and then change your mind, you can still update your preferences (see below)
Essential cookies – Please note that we do not need your consent to store and access essential cookies on your device, although you can still block or delete them (see below).
How do I give consent, or block and delete cookies?
There are various ways that you can manage your cookie preferences, but please be aware that in order to use some parts of our website you will need to allow certain essential or functional cookies. If you block or subsequently delete those cookies, some aspects of our website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our website.
Your options for managing your cookie preferences are set out below:
Through Cookie Settings link at the bottom of the page.
When you access our website, we will ask you to provide consent for our use of non-essential cookies. We may repeat this request on subsequent visits to our website, for example if you delete cookies from your browser or we need to request new consents from you.
When we seek your consent, you will either be able to provide consent for all non-essential cookies that we would like to use, or you can tailor your cookie preferences (provide consent for some but not all non-essential cookies) using the sliders.
You can also change your preferences and/or withdraw consent at any time by visiting our Cookie Settings link at the bottom of the page again.
Just as a reminder, where cookies are essential to the operation of our website, we can use these without your consent and they cannot be managed using our Cookie Settings.
Using your browser settings
You can also set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You also can refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use any pages within our website.
For more information about cookies, including how to set your browser to reject cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.
What technologies do we use in emails?
Please note that emails you receive from us may contain cookies or tracking pixels to help us to see if recipients have opened an email and understand how recipients have interacted with it. Once you click on an email that contains a cookie, your contact information may subsequently be cross-referenced to the source email and/or the relevant cookie. If you have enabled images, cookies may be set on your computer or mobile device. Cookies may also be set if you click on a link within the email.
If you do not wish to accept cookies from any one of our emails, simply close the email before downloading any images or clicking on any links. You can also set your browser to restrict cookies or to reject them entirely. These settings will apply to all cookies whether included on websites or in emails.
In some instances, depending on your email or browser settings, cookies in an email may be automatically accepted (for example, when you’ve added an email address to your address book or safe senders list). Please refer to your email browser or device instructions for more information on this.
Contact us
If you have any questions or feedback on our Cookie Policy please contact us at dataprivacy@cgsh.com.