Use of Cookies
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are
tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page
describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store
these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored
however, this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies...
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, for most cases there are
no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the
functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all
cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a
service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your
browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality
of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also
disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that
you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup
process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out
however, in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when
logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you
from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically
removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features
and areas when logged in.
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to
remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might
only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure
that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment
forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set
your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your
preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you
interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following
section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics
solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can
improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the
site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page. This data is held anonymously and cannot be traced back to you.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is
delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that
you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which
optimisations our users appreciate the most.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with
your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites
including; Twitter, Linkedin, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance
your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined
in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
if you are still looking for more information on cookies, and the management of them; you can contact us. Please address any requests to the Data Protection Officer people@mincgroup.co.uk.