This is the Cookie Policy for Lairgate Financial Ltd, accessible from www.lairgatefinancial.co.uk

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, please read www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies. Information regarding cookies from this Cookies Policy are devised by Lairgate Financial Ltd.

Cookies can either be:

• Session – which are deleted every time you leave your website or close your browser
• Persistent – which stay on your computer until a specific expiry date or until you decide to remove them

HOW WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. 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. This Cookies Policy was created specifically for Lairgate Financial Ltd.

THE COOKIES WE SET (First Party Cookies)

The first party cookies we use don’t gather information about you for marketing purposes or to track where else you have visited on the internet. The cookies are used to safeguard the security of our site and any information you enter. The cookies that are used:

Forms related cookies – When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or contact forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Site preferences cookies – 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. These don’t collect your name or address. 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. The specific cookies that are used to understand the number of website visits, how users like you find our website and use our site are:

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.

• 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 Facebook, Linked In, and Twitter, 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.

Please note that by registering for the client portal, Intelligent Office may apply cookies to your device. Further information is detailed in their Terms and Conditions which is provided and accepted at registration.

MORE INFORMATION

Hopefully that has clarified things 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, you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:

• Email: info@lairgatefinancial.co.uk