Cookie Policy
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
Our website, www.woolfsimmonds.com, uses cookies for various purposes to enhance your browsing experience and understand how our site is used. We use cookies to:
- Ensure the proper functioning of the Website.
- Understand how visitors interact with our Website (e.g., which pages are most popular, how long users stay on a page).
- Improve the performance and design of our Website.
- [Add other specific uses, e.g., remember your preferences, provide personalised content - ONLY if applicable]
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We may use the following types of cookies on our Website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our Website. They enable you to navigate around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We typically use third-party services for this, such as Google Analytics.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: [Remove this section if you do not use these types of cookies. If you do, you must provide clear information.] These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
4. Specific Cookies Used on Our Website
Below is a list of common cookies and their purposes. **You must review this section and update it to accurately reflect the specific cookies your website actually uses.** If you are unsure, you may need to use a cookie scanning tool or consult with your web developer.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
- Cookie Name: [e.g., `PHPSESSID`, `__cf_bm`]
- Purpose: [e.g., To maintain user session, security features]
- Provider: [e.g., Your server, Cloudflare]
- Duration: [e.g., Session]
Analytical/Performance Cookies
- Cookie Name: [e.g., `_ga`, `_gid`, `_gat`]
- Purpose: [e.g., Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users, throttle request rate, store traffic source]
- Provider: [e.g., Google Analytics]
- Duration: [e.g., 2 years, 24 hours, 1 minute]
Functionality Cookies
- Cookie Name: [e.g., `cookieconsent_status`]
- Purpose: [e.g., To remember your cookie consent preferences]
- Provider: [e.g., Your Website]
- Duration: [e.g., 1 year]
Targeting/Advertising Cookies (Remove if not applicable)
- Cookie Name: [e.g., `_fbp`, `fr`]
- Purpose: [e.g., Used by Facebook to deliver advertising products]
- Provider: [e.g., Facebook]
- Duration: [e.g., 3 months]
5. Your Choices and How to Manage Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
- Cookie Consent Tool: If our Website implements a cookie consent banner or tool, you can manage your preferences directly through it. This tool typically allows you to accept or reject different categories of cookies (e.g., analytical, functionality, targeting).
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
Here are links to the cookie management pages for common browsers:
For more information about cookies and how to manage them, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
6. Changes to Our Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about our cookie usage.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us: