Last updated: January 2024
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide information to the owners of the site, and improve the user experience.
Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferences and settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
How We Use Cookies
Branch-cypress uses cookies for several purposes:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Cookie Consent: Remembers your cookie preference settings
- Session Management: Maintains your session while browsing the site
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.
- Preference Storage: Remembers choices you make to improve your experience
- Form Data: Temporarily stores form information to prevent data loss
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the way our website works.
- Page Views: Records which pages you visit and how long you spend on each
- Navigation Patterns: Tracks how you move through the website
- Traffic Sources: Identifies how you arrived at our website
Cookies We Use
The following table provides details of the cookies used on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Stores your cookie consent preference | 1 year | Essential |
| sessionId | Maintains session state | Session | Essential |
| selectedService | Remembers service selection for form | Session | Functional |
Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate buttons in the cookie banner that appears when you first visit our website.
You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit your browser's help section or the website of your browser provider.
Here are links to cookie management instructions for common browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy and Security > Cookies
- Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website and deliver advertisements on and through the website. These third-party cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of those external services.
Local Storage
In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to store your cookie consent preferences. Local storage is similar to cookies but allows for larger amounts of data to be stored. The same controls that apply to cookies also apply to local storage in most browsers.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers include the ability to transmit "Do Not Track" signals. We honour Do Not Track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser mechanism is in place.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Address: Heritage House, 14 Church Lane, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1AB