Cookies

Charles Cameron & Associates uses cookies to make our website easier to use, to deliver a more personalised web experience, and to help us to tailor our products and services to better suit your interests and needs.

Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies if you so wish.  When you visit our website, a pop-up window will allow you to disable cookies when using our site.

To help you decide, this policy will explain to you what cookies are, what types of cookies we may use, and what are they used for.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to any internet-enabled device – such as your computer, mobile or tablet – when you visit a website.

We use cookies to keep track of services you have used, record registration information and your user preferences, keep you logged into the website and track the pages you visit.  Cookies help us understand how the site is being used and improve your user experience.

Some cookies are essential for making the website work properly so that you can move around our website and use its features.  Other cookies are used so that we can optimise the look and feel of the website and fix any errors.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

The following types of cookies may be used when you visit the Site:

• Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies monitor how users reached our website, and how they interact with and move around once on the site. These cookies let us know what features on the website are working the best and what features could be improved. Cookies used on this site are: _ga, _gat, _gid, _collect _gtag_UA_

You can opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, simply visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

• Performance cookies

Our performance cookies are ‘first-party’ cookies, which means that these are set by Charles Cameron & Associates and only our website can read them.

These cookies can be either permanent or temporary, and are necessary to ensure that the website can work properly and be able to provide certain features and functionalities.  Some of these cookies may be manually disabled in your browser, but doing this may affect the functionality of the website.

• Personalisation cookies

Personalisation cookies are used to recognize repeat visitors to our website.  We use these cookies to record your browsing history, the pages you have visited, and your settings and preferences each time you visit the site.

• Security cookies

Security cookies help identify and prevent security risks.  We use these cookies to authenticate users and protect user data from unauthorised parties.

• Site management cookies

Site management cookies are used to maintain your identity or session on our website so that you are not logged off unexpectedly, and any information you enter is retained from page to page.

• Behavioural tracking cookies

These cookies will collect search terms you have used to either find our website or used on our website, a record of all browsing behaviour including links clicked.  This is done via a cookie that is set on your first arrival to our website and the contents of any form you submit to us.

These cookies contain information that will help us contact you if we need to in the future, such as name, company name, address, phone and email. They also include your browser build information, your device type and your computer’s operating system. Cookies used on this site are:  f24_autold, f24_personid

For further information on how we use and protect your personal information, please see our Privacy Notice on our website.

CONTROLLING YOUR COOKIES

When you first visit our website, a pop-up window allows you to opt-in or out of analytics or performance cookies.

You can also turn off cookies in your browser settings, however, please be aware that doing this may affect the availability and functionality of our website.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can also check your browser or device’s settings for how you can control or reject cookies, or visit the following links:

Apple Safari

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Opera

Android (Chrome)

Blackberry

Iphone or Ipad (Chrome)

Iphone or Ipad (Safari)

OTHER TECHNOLOGY WE USE

In addition to cookies, we may use other tracking technologies to help customise our website and improve your user experience:

• Web beacons (also known as pixel tags), which are tiny, invisible images or text which track how many users have visited particular parts of the website. They collect a limited amount of information, such as a cookie number and the time and date of the page view.

Microsoft Clarity, which is a user behaviour analytics tool, which captures how the users have used the website, such as mouse movements clicks, scrolls etc.  All user data is masked so we are not able to view anything you have input except the ‘Contact Us’ form.

IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT US

If you have questions or comments about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Charles Cameron & Associates

Blackfriars Foundry

154-156 Blackfriars Road

London SE1 8EN