Cookie Policy for Cad-Capture
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers stored on to your browser when you access certain websites, including Cad-Capture. Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s preferences as previously chosen by the user when they return to a site. A cookie itself does not contain or collect information. However, when it is read by a server in conjunction with a web browser it can help a website deliver a more user-friendly service for example, remembering previous purchases or account details. 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.
Cookies are filed in the memory of your browser and each one typically contains:
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The name of the server the cookie was sent from
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The lifetime of the cookie
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A value – usually a randomly generated unique number
The website server which sends the cookie uses this number to recognise you when you return to a site or browse from page to page. Only the server that sent a cookie can read, and therefore use, that cookie. Cookies are central to the customisation of the internet and online behavioural advertising usually works using cookies.
There are two types of cookies: session and persistent. Session cookies exist only during a user’s online session and they disappear from the user’s browser when the user closes his/her browser. Persistent cookies stay on your browser after the browser has been closed. The cookies used on the Cad-Capture do not identify you personally. They merely recognise your browser, unless you choose to identify yourself voluntarily. You may choose to identify yourself for any one of the following reasons: by asking the browser to remember your information (for example, when you fill out a call back form), or by personalising a webpage.
Web beacons are small pieces of code placed on Web pages that can be used, among other things, to count the users who visit that Web page, or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a user viewing that page. Many websites, including Cad-Capture, may also use Flash cookies that operate similarly to browser cookies.
Cad-Capture uses browser cookies to help recognize you as an Cad-Capture user.
We may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies in combination with your Cad-Capture information to enhance and personalise your experience on Cad-Capture, including:
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To help authenticate you when you use Cad-Capture
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To remember your preferences and registration information
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To present and help measure and research the effectiveness of Cad-Capture offerings, and e-mail communications (by determining which Cad-Capture e-mails you open and act upon)
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To customize the content provided to you through Cad-Capture.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed above. Unfortunately in 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 but are free to do so if you wish.
The Cookies We Set
Cad-Capture 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.
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or call-back 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
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.
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.
As we offer a service it’s imperative for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually convert and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our external advertising and services provided to ensure the best possible experience.
More Information
Hopefully that has clarified and given a brief insight on the cookie policy for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods;
In writing to:
Data Protection Officer
Cad-Capture
Barnfield House
Accrington Road
Blackburn
BB1 3NY
Or via email to:
info@cadcap.com