Last updated: 2024/06/21
Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage them. By continuing to use our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy. For further information on how we use, store, and protect your personal information, please see our Privacy Statement.
What Are Cookies?
A “cookie” is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by a website. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, which can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
– Track your use of our website to understand how you interact with our content.
– Improve our website’s functionality and services.
– Provide tailored options based on your previous visits.
– Analyse traffic for advertising and marketing purposes.
Types of Cookies We Use
– Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that remain on your device until you close your web browser. These cookies help you navigate our website efficiently.
– Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain on your device after you close your web browser. We use these cookies to remember your preferences and for Google Analytics.
Categories of Cookies
– Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for you to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
– Performance Cookies: Collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you.
– Functionality Cookies: Remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalized features. These cookies can remember your login details, language preferences, and other customizable elements of the site.
Web Beacons and Heat Maps
We also use web beacons and heat maps to further understand user behaviour and improve our services:
– Web Beacons: Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, are small, invisible images embedded in our web pages or emails. They allow us to track whether you have opened a particular email or visited a specific page on our website. This information helps us measure the effectiveness of our communications and website content.
– Heat Maps: Heat maps are visual tools that show how users interact with our website by tracking mouse movements, clicks, and scroll behaviour. This data is used to identify areas of the website that are most engaging to users and to improve overall website design and functionality.
Third-Party Cookies
We may use third-party service providers to help us analyse the use of our site and provide advertisements. These third parties may use cookies over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
Managing Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences through your web browser settings. Here are some resources for managing cookies on popular browsers:
– Google Chrome: (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050)
– Microsoft Internet Explorer: (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835)
– Mozilla Firefox: (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored)
– Apple Safari: (https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac)
If you choose to block all cookies, you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
More Information About Cookies
For more information about cookies, you can visit All About Cookies by TermsFeed: (https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/cookies/).
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Email: carmen@bridgeandbend.com
Mail: PO Box 573, Lonehill, 2062, South Africa
This policy was adapted from a policy generated using TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator