Cookie Policy

This Cookie policy explains how Herbert Scott uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website, at www.herbertscott.co.uk. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or device when you visit a website.  Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

We use four different types of cookies,

Why do we use cookies?

We use the different types of cookies, for different reasons, as described below:

Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are required for the operation of our website.

Analytical/performance cookies: These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website.  They can also identify how the sites visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website.

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

What third party cookies do we use?

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing data about you by Google in the manner and for purposes set out above.

Can you control our use of cookies?

By browsing the Herbert Scott site, you are agreeing to the use of cookies.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. By blocking cookies on our website, it is unlikely to change your website experience.

Cookies can expire at the end of a browser session or they can be stored for longer. Your browser settings can enable you to clear cookies on exit.