Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website or application. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

There are two types of cookie based on how long the cookies remain on your device:

• Session cookies are only temporary and will be deleted when the browser is closed.
• Persistent cookies remain on your device for a longer period of time, each will have an expiry date after which it will be deleted.

There are four categories of cookies, based on what the cookie is used for:

• Strictly necessary - cookies that are essential for the website to function, including the web forms.
  
• Performance - cookies that keep track of how you use the site, and feed into web analytics.
• Functional - cookies that remember choices you make, these cookies do not track your browsing activity.
• Advertising - cookies that are used to present you with more tailored advertising.

Can I opt out of receiving cookies?
Yes, there are a few different ways:

• Using your browser - you can set your browser to either reject all cookies, or to allow from only specified websites, how to do this will vary depending on the browser you use. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org
• Opt out of specific cookies - you can do this by using the cookie bar that appears at the bottom of the website, this will prevent all but strictly necessary cookies from being placed. The following website youronlinechoices.eu, provides site users in the EU with information about cookies, and the steps they can take to protect their privacy on the Internet. This site will include cookies NOT placed by use of our site, and how to opt out.
  

Strictly necessary cookies
Our website will generally function with only strictly necessary cookies allowed, however some features my not perform or operate as expected.

• If you visit the Acorn Stairlift page an additional cookie will be placed, we have been advised this is strictly necessary to the security and function of the web form Acorn Stairlifts provide.
• If you visit the Making a donation page BT MyDonate will place an additional cookie  - we currently have an enquiry as to why this cookie is set and its function.
  

If you wish to opt out of receiving these cookies you will need to do so via your browser settings. Warning: this may cause the site to operate incorrectly, to not appear as expected, or to fail completely in some cases.

Performance and functional cookies
We and our web host use analytic cookies to collect information about how visitors use the website. This information is collected in an anonymised form, it can include the number of visitors, pages viewed, where visitors came from, the device used to access the site.

• Shopmobility Watford use Google Analytics for this, Google supports an optional browser 'add-on' that once installed and enabled will disable Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Click here to see Google's privacy & security policy
• Our web host Weebly use a company called snowplow to provide a similar service. Click here to see weebly's privacy policy at this time they do not refer to this company in their policy.

To opt out of these analytical cookies you can use the cookie bar that appears at the bottom of the website, or your browser settings. A cookie is set that remembers your cookie bar preference.

• YouTube cookies, we have embed a video from Acorn Stairlift's YouTube channel using YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your device once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information.
  

To opt out of these cookies either do not play the video or use your browser settings.

Advertising cookies
We do not use advertising on our site.

This website uses marketing and tracking technologies. Opting out of this will opt you out of all cookies, except for those needed to run the website. Note that some products may not work as well without tracking cookies.

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Page updated 06/10/18