COOKIE POLICY

A cookie is a piece of text which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive or mobile device.  Once you agree, your browser adds that text in a small file.

The small data file then allows a website to collect and store a range of data on your computer.  As for our cookie policy and therefore our cookies do not allow us access to your computer and no personal information (other than data you choose to share with us) can be collected via cookies.

OUR COOKIE POLICY AND THE TYPE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

• Tracking technology which is useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating systems
• Tracking the number of visitors to the site and understanding how visitors use the site.
• The pages viewed, the clicks made on the site and the total duration of navigation on the site
• To analyse where people are visiting our site from
• The name of the website visited prior to the site
• Whether you are visiting the site for the first time or not

REASON FOR COLLECTING THE INFORMATION

We use cookies and similar technologies across our website to help us to better understand your use of our site, which allows us to do the following:-

• Provide important features and functionality on our website
• Make our website easier to use and monitoring which pages you find useful and which you do not
• Personalize your visit by customizing web pages for your use and remembering your preferences when you return to our site
• Enable functions that help you use our website and features to their full potential
• Improve the quality of our service, making it more effective
• Enhance security and help prevent fraud

Our cookie policy also allows from time to time the use of third party software which will collect data which is not personally identifiable. This data is used to analyse site visits and carry out other similar activities.  In the course of doing so, they may place their own cookies on your computer so that they can collect information about your visit.

DEACTIVATION OF COOKIES

You may choose to deactivate cookies and you may continue to use certain parts of our site.  Your experience of our website may be adversely affected as some useful features may not work anymore and you may not receive information which is relevant to your personal interests.

You may disable or delete such cookies through your internet browser.  Your browser settings include options to inform you when cookies are placed on your computer, to only allow cookies on an individual basis, to accept cookies in particular cases or generally reject cookies and to turn off automatic cookie deletion when you close your browser.

CHANGES TO THE COOKIES NOTICE

This Notice may be revised occasionally. Any changes made will be reflected on this site. Please revisit this cookie policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies. If you have any questions, please contact us as explained below.

CONTACT US

If you have questions about the use of cookies on our site, do not hesitate to contact us by email at admin@tonysparkes.com.  You will also find more general information about the types of information we collect about you and how you may exercise your data privacy rights in our Privacy Policy