This page outlines the cookie policy which is in effect when viewing any page on this website.
By website, this is defined as any page located at the home directory: https://www.wierdcheesecakewebsitedesign.co.uk or child pages of this address. ‘You’ refers to the viewer/user of this website and ‘We’/’Our’/’Us’ refers to the owner’s and administrators of WierdCheesecake Website Design website.
We reserve the right to alter this cookie policy without prior notice and your continued use of this website indicates your acceptance of this cookie policy.
6. More Information and Contact
1. What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file which is saved on your computer, which holds information about the websites you visit and your preferences when visiting these websites. This allows the website/web browser to recognise you in a future visit for a variety of uses, such as remembering your username, accessibility preferences, form submissions and traffic monitoring and analytics.
2. Types of Cookies
There are three may types of cookies:
- session cookies (these are deleted when the browser window is closed – such as with online shopping sites remembering your basket items);
- permanent cookies (used for functions such as ‘remember my log-in details’); and,
- third-party cookies (these are created by third-party partners for use by the website to carry out visitor counting and analytics).
3. How We Use Cookies
Cookies enable our website to perform a number of vital functions, such as account login, site security, form submission, user preferences and visitor analytics, by gathering information about the visitor to the website.
When you log-in to our website, cookies enable the authenticated user to freely browse secured pages without being required to log-in to every page they visit thereafter. These cookies are usually deleted once you log-out or when the browser session is ended.
Cookies created when submitting data using the forms contained on this and other websites, provide the ability to ‘auto-fill’ frequently requested information, such as name, email, phone, etc., without manually inputting this information every time.
Cookies enable your preferences to be remembered when browsing the website, when viewing our photo galleries and when you interact with our website.
For more information about how we use ‘Third-party Cookies’ and what they are, please see the section below.
4. Third-party Cookies
Cookies are created by our third-party service, Google Analytics, to enable us to record and analyse the number of visitors to our website. Google Analytics is widely used as a visitor analytics solution and allows us to improve the service that is provided to you.
All data is completely anonymous and does not personally identify the user. Information that Google Analytics collects include: IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information.
We use this information to track the performance of the pages within our website, analysing patterns of user visits, identifying trends of visitors’ location/time/date and target these areas, and to review pages that may have performance issues with specific devices.
This information is solely used for statistical analysis and never disclosed to other parties without your knowledge and agreement.
You can learn more about Google Analytics and the function of these cookies here.
5. Your security with Cookies
A cookie in NO way, gives us access to your computer, or any information about you, except the information you share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies, but most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can alter your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer, but this may prevent the full advantages of this website plus others on the Internet.
WhatareCookies.Com provides further information on the uses and functions of cookies and how you can disable cookies in your browser
(N.B. WierdCheesecake Website Design is not affiliated with ‘whatarecookies.com’ and as such, by clicking on the link/visiting their website you are bound by their terms and conditions and browse the site at your own risk.)
6. More Information and Contact
If you require any further information or are still unsure about the use of cookies, please contact the website administrator at: info@wierdcheesecakewebsitedesign.co.uk, quoting ‘WierdCheesecake Website Design’ in the email subject.