Cookies Policy

Last updated: January 2024

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They serve various purposes, from enabling basic functionality to helping us understand how visitors use our site.

This policy explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can control your preferences.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Remember your preferences, such as cookie consent choices
  • Understand how visitors navigate our website
  • Improve our website based on usage patterns
  • Ensure our website works correctly

Types of Cookies We Use

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they cannot be disabled.

Examples:

  • Cookie consent preferences
  • Session management
  • Security tokens

Duration: Session or up to 1 year

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the website structure and content.

Information collected:

  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • How you arrived at our site (e.g., from a search engine)
  • General geographic location (city level)
  • Device and browser information

Duration: Up to 26 months

You can opt out of analytics cookies through our cookie preferences panel.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies track visitors across websites to enable the display of relevant advertisements. We use these only with your explicit consent.

Purpose:

  • Deliver advertisements relevant to your interests
  • Limit the number of times you see an advertisement
  • Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns

Duration: Varies by provider, typically up to 2 years

Marketing cookies are disabled by default and only activated if you provide consent.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these cookies. Third parties that may set cookies include:

  • Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics)
  • Advertising networks (if marketing cookies are enabled)

Please refer to these third parties' privacy policies for information about their cookies.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Our Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner allowing you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Preferences" link in the website footer.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

  • View cookies stored on your device
  • Delete all or specific cookies
  • Block all or third-party cookies
  • Set preferences for certain websites

Instructions for major browsers:

  • Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies
  • Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies
  • Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Note that blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Opting Out of Analytics

In addition to our cookie preferences tool, you can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available from Google.

Cookies We Use

Below is a list of the main cookies used on our website:

Necessary

  • cookieConsent - Stores your cookie preferences. Duration: 1 year.

Analytics (if enabled)

  • _ga - Google Analytics identifier. Duration: 2 years.
  • _gid - Google Analytics session identifier. Duration: 24 hours.
  • _gat - Google Analytics throttling. Duration: 1 minute.

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we may use local storage (a similar technology) to remember your preferences. Local storage data remains on your device until you clear your browser data.

Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not wish to be tracked. There is currently no industry standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Our website does not currently respond to DNT signals, but you can control tracking through our cookie preferences tool.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this page periodically. The date at the top indicates when the policy was last updated.

Questions

If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]
Address: sharp-pathways Ltd, Floor 3, Westgate House, 47-51 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3HP

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