Cookie Policy

What are cookies:

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive, tablet or smartphone.  Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic and or lets you know whey you visit a particular site.  Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual.  The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

How cookies are used on this Website:

All Events Marquees use cookies on our website to collect information about how you browse the site.  Cookies are used to:

  • Measure how you use the website so we can update and improve it based on visitor needs.
  • We use cookies to allow you to share content directly on the social network sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use AllEventsMarquees.co.uk.  We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • The pages you visit on alleventsmarquees.co.uk
  • How long you spend on each page of the website
  • How you got to the website
  • What you click on while you’re visiting the site.

We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.

We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Universal Analytics

Name Purpose Expires
_ga This helps us count how many people visit All Events Marquees website and tracks if you have visited before

 

2 years
_gat This is used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made

 

Session
_gid This registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website Session

 

We also have a marketing cookie in use on the website to track visitors across websites.  The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user.

Social Sharing –  We use cookies to allow you to share content directly on the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.   This allows you to “like” or “comment” about a project advertised on our website.

 

How to opt out of receiving Cookies

 

When you first visit All Events Marquees website you will have been shown a message bar drawing your attention to the fact that the website use cookies and inviting you to review this cookie policy to help manage your cookie preference.  If you do not manage your preferences despite this prompt a cookie preference cookie will be dropped confirming that you consent to us using the cookies detailed in this policy.

 

If you want to reject cookies we use from this website you will need to delete the cookies from your browser.  Most browsers also allow you to prevent all or some cookies from being stored on your machine in the future.  For more information on how to delete or disable cookies from your browser please use the help function within your browser or visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

 

What happens if I say ‘no’ to allowing non-essential cookies in my browser?

The website will still work and you will be able to get the information you need from the site but some functions may not work or work as well as they would with cookies.

 

What is the impact for All Events Marquees?

We use Analytical Cookies to count the number of people who use the site and to analyse how they use it. We do this to make sure that our website is as good as it can be and this is the primary evidence we use when trying to improve what we offer to users.

 

If you decline cookies then your site usage won’t be counted and measured in this way so we won’t be able to take your actions into account when analysing data and seeking to improve our service based on that analysis.

 

Third Parties

 

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

 

Third party What the cookie is used for
Google Google Analytics provides anonymised data about the visits to alleventsmarquees.co.uk.  This information allows us to monitor the effectiveness of our website

 

Facebook Facebook store cookies on computers, if you click on the Facebook button on our website.  This cookie allows the social sharing functionality to work including the “like” function.

 

Twitter Twitter store cookies which allow their social sharing functionality to work including the “tweet” function.  The cookie is only activated if you click on the twitter button on our website