Blackdown Hearing - Our Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Blackdown Hearing Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you and to help improve your experience of our website when you visit us here. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them. 

If you have any comments or questions about this policy, feel free to contact us at contact@blackdownhearing.co.uk

In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information. For more details on our Privacy Policy, please visit here.

1. What are cookies? 

Cookies are small data files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. 

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Blackdown Hearing Ltd) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and certain other websites. 

2. Why do we use cookies? 

We use first and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our website’s operation; we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below. 

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our website, and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the particular website page you visit): 

3. How can I control cookies? 

You have the right to decide whether to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers will automatically accept cookies, but you can adjust your browser settings to delete cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer. Generally, you can view the cookies you have and delete them individually, block third-party cookies or cookies from specific sites, accept all cookies, receive notifications when a cookie is issued, or reject all cookies. You can visit the 'options' or 'preferences' menu on your browser to change settings, and you can refer to the following links for more browser-specific information.

• Google Chrome cookie settings

• Internet Explorer cookie settings

• Firefox cookie settings

• Apple Safari cookie settings

• Apple IOS cookie settings

In addition, most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com. 

4. The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described below:

• Essential website cookies: 

• These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to booking an appointment.

• Performance and functionality cookies:

• These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website but are non-essential to their use. However, certain functionality (like videos and Google Maps) may become unavailable without these cookies.

• Advertising cookies:

• These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are correctly displayed for advertisers, and, in some cases, selecting advertisements based on your interests.

• Analytical cookies:

• These cookies are used to generate statistical and other information about website usage by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information collected by Google Analytics about the usage of our website is not personally identifiable. The data is collected anonymously, stored by Google and used by us to create reports about website usage. Google's privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html, and to opt out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

5. What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons? 

Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These tiny graphics files contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognise when someone has visited our website. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, and to improve site performance.

7. Changes to this policy

We may modify this Cookie Policy from time to time and will publish the most current version on our website.

8. Contact us

For any questions or concerns regarding our cookie policy, you may contact us using the following details:

contact@blackdownhearing.co.uk

This policy is effective as of 30 August 2020.

Last updated: 15th August 2023.