This is the cookie policy for Andrew Harrod Financial Services Ltd. I am committed to protecting your privacy. This Cookie Policy forms part of my legal information and sets out how I use cookies on my website to help make your visits more effective.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by websites and sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to organisations, which helps to make your visits to their websites more effective and efficient. I use cookies to ensure that I am able to understand how you use my website and to ensure that I can make improvements to my websites. Cookies do not contain personal or confidential information about you.

HOW WE USE COOKIES

I use cookies to ensure that you get the best from my website. The first time that you visit my website you will be asked to consent to the use of cookies and I suggest that you agree to allow the cookies to be active on your device whilst you visit and browse to ensure that you experience my website fully.

THE TYPES OF COOKIES I USE

I use three types of cookies on our website:

• Session cookies that are deleted after each visit
• Persistent/tracking cookies that remain in place across multiple visits to my website
• Third party cookies that are used by other parties, for example Google Analytics

Session cookies and persistent cookies are necessary in order for you to use my website. These cookies can be deleted via your browser, but this will restrict the functions that you are able to carry out on my websites. For more information on how to disable cookies in your browser please see the Information Commissioner’s Office website. (http://www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/). Session cookies expire when you leave the website and are not stored on your computer and do not contain any personal data.

Persistent cookies last beyond your visit to our website. I use Google Analytics on my website. This is a tracking cookie which enables me to track how popular a site is and to record visitor trends over time. The cookie does not contain any personal data but it does contact your computer’s IP address to determine where in the world you are accessing the website from and to track your page visits within the site.

I also use third party cookies that are found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site. For example, Twitter and Facebook have their own cookies, which are controlled by them, as does AddThis, a service I use to enable users to share my content across social media.

ACCEPTING / BLOCKING COOKIES

You can accept or block any cookies from any website through your browser settings. For more information on how to disable cookies in your browser please see the Information Commissioner’s Office website. (http://www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/).

Please note that if you share your computer, accepting or blocking the use of cookies will affect all users of that computer.

COOKIES AND DEMOGRAPHICS

I may use data from Google’s interest-based advertising or third party audience data (such as age, gender and interests) with Google Analytics.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about cookies visit the Information Commissioners website www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies. This statement can be condensed by only displaying the questions and expanding the text to show the answer when the customer clicks on that question.