What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are collected by websites from your web browser and stored on your device. When a website uses them, it allows users to perform certain functions on the site more easily and efficiently. We hope that this cookie policy allows our users to understand what information is being received and how it is being used. Please use our contact page if you have any further queries.
How do we use cookies?
We utilise cookies in a number of ways to help create a well-functioning user experience on our site.
This includes:
- Showing you pages that are relevant to your geography and investor type.
- Provide us with analytics on user profiles which let us understand how our visitors are using the website.
Permissions
We are required to ensure that users give their consent when visiting our website for us to use cookies. Certain cookies are required for this site to function properly and these are classed as ‘necessary cookies’.
You can disable these permissions in your browser settings if you do not wish to grant consent, however the site might not function correctly as a result.
What types of cookies do we use?
Our cookies are categorised into the following groups, further details are given below:
- Necessary
- Statistics
- Marketing
- Advertising
Category: Necessary
We use ‘necessary cookies’ to help us make our website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to certain areas of the website. The website will not function as intended without these cookies. You also may be restricted from viewing certain pages without these cookies enabled.
| Cookie Name: | cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessarysmdam.co.uk |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Expiry: | 1 Day |
| Cookie purpose description: | Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. |
| Initiator: | Webserver |
| Source: | smd -am.co.uk |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
Category: Statistics
Our ‘statistic cookies’ help us to understand how our visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Cookie Name: | _ga |
| Provider: | Smd-am.co.uk |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Expiry: | 2 Years |
| Cookie purpose description: | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Initiator: | Page Source line number 84-90 |
| Source: | Inline Script |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
| Cookie Name: | _gat |
| Provider: | Smd-am.co.uk |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Expiry: | 1 Day |
| Cookie purpose description: | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| Initiator: | Page Source line number 84-90 |
| Source: | Inline Script |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
| Cookie Name: | _gid |
| Provider: | Smd-am.co.uk |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Expiry: | 1 Day |
| Cookie purpose description: | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Initiator: | Page Source line number 84-90 |
| Source: | Inline Script |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
| Cookie Name: | Collect |
| Provider: | Google-analytics.com |
| Type: | PIXEL |
| Expiry: | Session |
| Cookie purpose description: | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| Initiator: | Page Source line number 84-90 |
| Source: | https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: United States (adequate) |
| Cookie Name: | e.gif |
| Provider: | Collect.albacross.com |
| Type: | PIXEL |
| Expiry: | Session |
| Cookie purpose description: | Used to distinguish between different users coming from the same IP-address. |
| Initiator: | Script tag, page source line number 330 |
| Source: | https://serve.albacross.com/track.js |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
| Cookie Name: | nQ_visitld |
| Provider: | Smd-am.co.uk |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Expiry: | 1 Year |
| Cookie purpose description: | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
| Initiator: | Script tag, page source line number 330 |
| Source: | https://serve.albacross.com/track.js |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
Category: Marketing
Our website uses ‘marketing cookies’ in order to track visitors across the website. The intention is to display information that is relevant and engaging for the individual.
| Cookie Name | nQ_cookieId |
| Provider: | Smd-am.co.uk |
| Type | HTTP |
| Expiry | 1 Year |
| Cookie purpose description: | Sets a unique ID for a specific visitor. This ID can be used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry and implement any preference choices made. The cookie also allows the website to track the visitor on multiple websites for marketing purposes. |
| Initiator: | Script tag, page source line number 330 |
| Source: | https://serve.albacross.com/track.js |
| Notes: | Data is sent to: Ireland (adequate) |
Category: Advertising
We do not use any third party cookies for advertising purposes. There are no adverts present on our website and we do not use cookies to collect data for advertising purposes.
Source: Cookiebot scan report, data as at 30/10/2019.
How long do cookies last for?
Cookies can last for different lengths of time depending on what they are used for. Details on expiration times have been given in the previous tables.
Session cookies are temporary cookies and are only stored until you leave the website or when you close your browser session.
Persistent cookies last for a fixed period of time, defined within each cookie, and allow the website to identify the device again when the user returns to that website on that device.
How can I change my cookie settings?
You can use your device’s web browser to control your personal cookie settings. Whether our cookies are used will depend on your browser settings. To learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies are active and how to manage and delete them, please use the following external links:
Internet Explorer cookies information
Please note that if you choose to disable these permissions in your browser settings then the site might not function correctly as a result.
You can change your personal browser cookie setting at any time.