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Cookie regulations May 12
Cookies are designed to help websites remember what users did in previous visits. This can include things like clicking particular buttons, visiting different pages, remembering your preferences or your login details to the site.
Effectively, a cookie is a small text file from a website which asks permission to be placed on your computer whilst you're on that website. Once you agree, the file is added to your hard drive. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you should be able to modify your browser setting to decline them.
The cookies on this site help us to identify which pages you're visiting, how long you spend here, how often you visit us, and where you came from (e.g. Google search for 'marketing agency Watford'). We only use this information for statistical purposes, and to improve the website for our visitors. This cookie doesn't give us access to your computer.
The new regulations (read more about them) mean that you now need to tell visitors to your site which cookies you use, and what your plans are for that information. You'll notice on some websites now that they have a pop-up asking you to accept cookies from their site. As website owners, we're expected to not just explain what we're doing with cookies in the privacy policies on our sites, but to be upfront about their use.
Here's an example of cookie use;
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Google Analytics |
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
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