Cookie Policy
This policy explains how SimplySwitch uses cookies on our website and how
you can control them.
By accessing the Website, you agree that this Cookie Policy will apply whenever
you access the Website on any device. We reserve the right to vary this Cookie Policy
from time to time and such changes shall become effective as soon as they are posted.
Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such changes.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer (or other device such as mobile
or tablet) by your browser from websites that you visit. They're used for many things,
such as allowing us to remember you and distinguish you from other users. This helps
us to provide you with a good user experience and improve our website by monitoring
how people use it.
A cookie will typically store information about your visit to a website. Our cookie will
never include any of your personal information, for example they don't store your
name or email address. They do however enable us to recognise your visit, remember
your preferences and understand how you interact with our website.
All cookies have an owner. The owner is the domain or website that places the cookies
on your device. When you visit our website, cookies may be placed on your device
by SimplySwitch and also by other domains or websites, which are known as third
party cookies.
Cookie settings
You can delete cookies from your device by using your browser. However, please be aware that if you delete any
cookies, settings previously made for our website will be lost and it may negatively
effect your browsing experience.
How to delete cookies
Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change the settings
of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer.
If you wish to choose not to allow cookies then please follow the link below that
corresponds to the browser you are using. You will then find detailed information
on how to control cookies for your browser - remember that if you turn off cookies
in your browser then these settings apply to all websites not just this one:
Our cookies
We store general information about your visit but we do not stored your personal information.
The types of cookie that may be used during your visit to the Website are:
Essential cookies
Some cookies are essential for the operation of our website. Without these
cookies, the services that you are here for cannot be provided. These cookies don't
gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or advertising
purposes or remember where you've been on the internet.
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What will happen if you reject or delete these cookies? |
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Session management
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These cookies enable us to manage our website response time effectively and provide
a better service to you.
These cookies typically expire at the end of your session (i.e. when you leave our
website).
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We would be unable to manage our website effectively, web pages will be slower to
load and website performance would be impaired
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Performance cookies
We utilise these cookies to analyse how our visitors use our websites and to monitor
website performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customising
our pages and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example,
we might use performance cookies to keep track of which pages are most popular or
which page designs users find easiest to use.
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Example Cookies |
Nature and Purpose of Cookies |
What will happen if you reject or delete these cookies? |
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Analytics (SimplySwitch and third party cookies)
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These cookies track user behaviour on our website (e.g. by counting the number of
visitors to our website and seeing how visitors move around our website) to help
us to improve the website content and the user experience on our website.
These cookies typically expire at the end of your session (i.e. when you leave our
website).
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We will not be able to learn how users utilise SimplySwitch and our ability to
improve our website will be impaired.
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Advertising tracking (Third party cookies)
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These cookies enable our advertising affiliates to track visitors to our website.
These cookies typically expire after 30 days.
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We will be unable to accurately track how effective our advertising is.
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About Third party cookies
SimplySwitch partners may set a cookie on SimplySwitch website to enable them to track and analyse their advertisements.
We sometimes embed video and other content from websites such as YouTube or Google.
As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded content you may be presented
with cookies from these websites. SimplySwitch does not control the dissemination
of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information
about these.
On some pages we have embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily
share articles with their friends through a number of popular social networks. These
sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to their service. SimplySwitch
does not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant
third party website for more information about these.
More information
The International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom Cookie guide can be found on
the ICC website at http://www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy