What are cookies?

This website uses Google Analytics, who use cookies to collect certain information about our visitors. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other mobile or handheld device (such as smart ‘phones or ‘tablets’) as you browse this website. These allow us to use Google Analytics to track who is visiting our site, the pages that are viewed, how long a user spends on our website and other browser behaviours that can be invaluble to our Web Developer.

Information we collect

These cookies will collect information about browsing behaviour by people who access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed and the customer journey around a website. We do not, however, use cookies to collect or record information on users’ name, address or other contact details; all data is anonymous. The type of data Google Analytics collect are:

• How many visitors have visited our website
• Which country our site was access from
• Which town our site was access from
• Which Internet Service Provider (ISP) was used to route the user to our site (e.g., Virgin Media, Sky, EE etc)
• The device type used (i.e., Mobile / Desktop / Tablet)
• The browser type used to view our site on (e.g. Safari, Chrome etc)
• The operating sytems of the device used to visit us (i.e., iOS, Android, Windows)
• The screen resolution of the device used to visit us (e.g. 768 x 1024, 375 x 667)

Why this information is collected

The reason we use Google Analytics to collect this type of information is so that we can better understand our audience, whether we are followed locally or whether our visitors are from further afield and the specifications of the device used to help us ensure that our content is viewable on as many browsers as possible.

Your device, your choice

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