Acardia and Cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer by the websites you visit. They typically consist of letters and numbers, and are widely used for a better browsing experience and to provide information to the website owners.
Cookies are therefore useful because they allow a website to recognise and distinguish between different users. But it’s important to note that cookies do not identify people, but rather they are defined themselves by a combination of a computer, a user account, and a browser.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
Cookies and the law
The use of cookies and similar technologies is commonplace and important for the provision of many online services. Their use is not prohibited by The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations (the “Cookie Law”) introduced in May 2011. However, the new regulations do require that users are told about cookies when they visit websites which use them, and are given a choice as to which of their online activities are monitored.
For more information about the new EU cookie law (e-Privacy Directive), please visit the website for theInformation Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.gov.uk. This website includes a 31-page downloadable ICO cookies guidance PDF document.
Cookies and Acardia Limited
The Acardia website (www.acardia.co.uk) uses Google Analytics tracking to provide meaningful data about our site visitors. Whilst Google Analytics uses cookies for tracking, it does not collect personal data about website visitors.
If you would like more information about Google Analytics and its use of cookies, please use the following links:
- How Google Analytics Uses Cookies
- Cookies Set by Google Analytics
- Significance of Cookie Identification & Expiration
- Cookie Implementation Limits
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout