Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies
A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer's hard drive to help store your user preferences, login and session states, analyse web traffic or let you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
To remember your cookie consent preferences, to analyse how visitors use our website so we can improve our content and user experience, and to ensure the website functions correctly.
Cookies Used on This Site
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Stores your cookie consent preferences | Persistent (localStorage) |
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
These cookies are only set if you consent to analytics cookies.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics - Used to persist session state | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics - Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie consent banner where you can choose to accept or reject analytics cookies. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to function.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of any page on our website.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can also control and/or delete cookies through your browser settings. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Here are links to instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers:
Google Chrome · Mozilla Firefox · Safari · Microsoft Edge
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our cookie practices.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@amityweb.co.uk.
Last updated: December 2024