COOKIE POLICY

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website www.ckdconsulting.co.uk (Website).This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which set out who we are, how to contact us, what data is collected, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

1. COOKIES

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. your smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Website. When we use cookies on our Website, you will always be informed by a pop-up within the Website. 

Cookies help us to recognise you and your device and allow us to store some information about your preferences or past actions, including your location data (for more information, please see our Privacy Policy).

For example, we may monitor how many times you use our Website, which parts of the Website you go to, location data. This information helps us to understand use of the Website by our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

2. CONSENT TO USE COOKIES AND CHANGING SETTINGS 

We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (e.g. to allow you to remain logged-in to the Website as you navigate within the Website and use the Website functionalities).

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by using the tool made available to you within the Website itself. You can then adjust sliders or untick boxes as appropriate to reflect your choice. It may be necessary to refresh or restart the Website for the updated settings to take effect.

3. OUR USE OF COOKIES

The list below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

Cookie: First party cookies

Name: HTTP cookies

Purpose: rack a user’s session, including page’s visited, user’s personal and login details where entered on the website, searches and stored preferences

Essential or consent required: Yes essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie)

Cookie: Website Analytics

Name: Ionos

Purpose: Stores a user’s demographics, how they use the website and how many pages they visited

Essential or consent required: Not essential, we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie

Cookie: Third party cookies

Name: Social media (facebook, linkedin, twitter, Instagram, youtube)

Purpose: Collects data used for tracking and targeting the user with relevant advertising etc

Essential or consent required: Not essential, we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie

Cookie: Whatsapp

Name: whatsapp

Purpose: Collects personal information from the user such as telephone number, name etc

Essential or consent required: Not essential, we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie

Cookie: Session 

Name: swpm_session

Purpose: This cookie is set by the Simple WordPress Membership Plugin. This cookie is used for membership login session and to provide access to the protected content on the website. This cookie keeps the login records so user do not need to authorise each time, while moving to next page.

Essential or consent required: Yes essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie)

Cookie: Session

Name: cookieyes-consent

Purpose: CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors.

Essential or consent required: Yes essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie)

Cookie: Session

Name: wpEmojiSettingsSupports

Purpose: WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly.

Essential or consent required: Yes essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie)

4. HOW TO TURN OFF ALL COOKIES AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOING SO

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your device settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our Website and of other Website you use on your device. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

5. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This policy was published on 1 July 2024 and last updated on 13 June 2024.

We may change this cookies policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via the Website or by sending an email to the email address you provided when you signed up to the Website.