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Last Updated: September 2024

About This Policy

This cookie policy explains what cookies are, how glen-beacon uses them on glen-beacon.com, and how you can control cookie preferences. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and GDPR Compliance Statement.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device and store information about your preferences or actions.

Cookies serve various functions, including enabling essential website features, remembering user preferences and providing information to website operators about how visitors interact with their sites.

How We Use Cookies

glen-beacon.com uses minimal cookies strictly necessary for basic website functionality. We do not employ cookies for advertising, tracking across websites, or building profiles of visitor behaviour.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core capabilities without which the site cannot operate as intended.

  • Cookie Consent Preference: Stores your choice regarding cookie acceptance or rejection so the consent banner does not reappear on every visit

Essential cookies do not require consent under UK data protection regulations because they are strictly necessary for providing services you have requested.

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, our website uses browser local storage to maintain certain functionality:

  • Form Submission Data: Temporarily stores form submission details to display confirmation information on the thank you page
  • Cookie Consent Record: Stores your cookie preference selection

Local storage data remains on your device and is not transmitted to our servers except when you explicitly submit information through forms.

What We Do Not Use

To clarify our minimal approach to cookies and tracking:

  • No Analytics Cookies: We do not use Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics or similar services that track visitor behaviour
  • No Advertising Cookies: We do not serve advertisements or use cookies for marketing purposes
  • No Social Media Cookies: We do not embed social media widgets that place third-party cookies
  • No Cross-Site Tracking: We do not track your activity across other websites
  • No Profiling: We do not build profiles of individual visitors or their interests

Third-Party Cookies

Our website does not integrate third-party services that would place cookies on your device. All cookies and local storage items originate from glen-beacon.com.

Should we introduce third-party integrations in future, we will update this policy accordingly and obtain consent where required by law.

Cookie Duration

The cookies we use persist as follows:

  • Cookie Consent Preference: Stored indefinitely until you clear browser data or change your consent choice

Local storage items are cleared when you clear browser data or when explicitly removed by our website scripts after they are no longer needed.

Managing Cookie Preferences

When you first visit glen-beacon.com, a cookie consent banner appears offering options to accept or decline cookies. Your selection is remembered to prevent the banner appearing on subsequent visits.

To change your cookie preferences after making an initial selection:

  • Clear your browser cookies and local storage, then revisit the site to see the consent banner again
  • Use browser settings to block or delete cookies from glen-beacon.com

Browser Cookie Controls

All modern browsers allow you to control cookies through settings menus. You can typically:

  • View cookies stored by websites you have visited
  • Delete cookies individually or all at once
  • Block cookies from specific websites or all websites
  • Configure browser to notify you when cookies are being set

Instructions for managing cookies vary by browser. Consult your browser's help documentation for specific guidance:

  • Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  • Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies

Impact of Blocking Cookies

Because glen-beacon.com uses only essential cookies, blocking them may affect basic website functionality:

  • The cookie consent banner will reappear on every visit because your preference cannot be stored
  • Form submission confirmations may not display correctly

Core website content remains accessible even with cookies completely disabled.

Cookies and Personal Data

The cookies we use do not contain personally identifiable information. They store only functional preferences such as consent choices.

Information collected through cookies is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and UK GDPR requirements.

Updates to This Policy

We review this cookie policy periodically and update it when we change how cookies are used on our website. The "Last Updated" date indicates when the current version took effect.

If we introduce new cookie types requiring consent, we will update this policy and implement appropriate consent mechanisms before deploying those cookies.

Questions About Cookies

If you have questions about how glen-beacon.com uses cookies or need assistance managing cookie preferences, contact us at [email protected] or write to:

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