1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1. This Cookies Policy contains important information as to how we collect, process, store and use your personal data, records and information and about some of our key responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act) and the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) and in respect of other laws; including how we may use the data to comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities.

 

  • 1.2. We take our responsibilities under the Act and GDPR very seriously and your data and its security is very important to us. Please read this Cookies Policy carefully and if you have any questions or queries please contact our Data Protection Officer at +44 (0) 1909 537380 or at anpario.com/contact.

 

2. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

 

  • 2.1. Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that are downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website.

 

  • 2.2. Most websites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website to remember you, either for the duration of your visit using a session cookie or for repeat visits using a persistent cookie. Cookies do many different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website.

 

  • 2.3 . Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. Websites that don’t use cookies will treat you as a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site. Without a cookie when you enter your login details and move to another page it won’t recognise you and it won’t be able to keep you logged in. Some websites will also use cookies to enable them to target their advertising or marketing messages based for example, on your location and/or browsing habits.

 

 

3. ANPARIO PLC’S USE OF COOKIES

 

  • 3.1. Our website uses persistent and session cookies so that we can make your customer experience easy, useful and reliable. This will involve placing small amounts of information on your device using a persistent or session cookie. The cookie cannot be used to identify you personally but, is used to make your experience on our site safe and unique.The cookies used on our site range from lasting between 1 day and 2 years.

 

  • 3.2. The following are examples of what our persistent and session cookies do:
    • enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task;
    • recognising that you may already have given a username and password, so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested;
    • measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast.

 

  •  3.3. Some of our session cookies are strictly necessary to enable the basic features of our site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. However, these cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

 

  • 3.4. In addition to our persistent and session cookies (mentioned above) we also use third parties to monitor our website statistics and to play educational video content. We only use third parties where it is complimentary to the user website experience.

 

  • 3.5. Google Analytics sets session cookies and uses web beacons and similar technologies to help us monitor the usage of our website including to accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and volumes of usage, to monitor user experience and moderate and review the content which you upload or otherwise supply (e.g. enquiries, reviews and comments via our online forms). This is to ensure that the service is available when you want it, that the service is fast and to enhance your user experience. This enhances the user experience as Google Analytics will improve our search function and identify items that would be most relevant to you based on the information it has collected. For more information about Google Analytics visit Google Analytics website https://marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en_uk/about/analytics/.
    PLEASE NOTE the use of your personal data by Google is subject to the terms of their Privacy Policy https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. [The facts collected about you are statistical only. No identifying information will be shared about our visitors and how they made use of our site.]

 

  • 3.6. Our site also uses Vimeo to host the educational video content that is on our site. This is to ensure an enjoyable user experience and to provide more education on Anpario and its products. The use of the Vimeo cookie relates to the single session and expires upon exiting the session.

 

  • 3.7. WordPress also uses cookies on our site but this is only stored if the user already has WordPress open in a different window.

 

4. REMOVING AND DISABLING COOKIES
  • 4.1. If you do not wish to accept cookies on to your machine you can disable them by adjusting the settings on your browser. Please refer to your individual browser guides for how to do this, but this is usually done in the ‘Preferences’ or ‘Tools’ menu. Alternatively, you may reject or accept the use of cookies upon entering our site via the cookies pop-up banner.

 

  • 4.2. However, disabling cookies will affect the functionality of our website.

 

  • 4.3. You may also wish to clear your cookies history, which you may do at any time, by adjusting the settings on your browser.

 

5. AMENDMENT
  • We reserve the right to amend this Cookies Policy to ensure our compliance with new/replacement legislation, particularly following the enactment of the GDPR. When updates, changes or revisions are made, they will become effective upon posting to our site. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by means of a notice on our site prior to the change becoming effective.

 

Updated – 12th December 2024