• Cookie Policy

    What exactly are cookies?

    Cookies are files sent by a web server to your browser and is then stored by your browser. Each time you request a page from the Heatforce Wales website the cookie interacts with our web server. Each cookie contains anonymous information about the site you’re visiting and is unique to your browser. Only our web server will be able to see what’s on the cookie.

    There are two types of cookies, persistent and session. Persistent cookies are stored by your web browser and can remain valid until a defined expiry date. A session cookie expires at the end of a particular user session, so when you close your web browser, the cookie stops working.

    Cookies don’t typically contain any information that will personally identify you as a user but some personal information that we may store can be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies.

    What type of cookies do we use?

    Heatforce Wales use a combination of analytics cookies and advertising cookies to improve your user experience.

    Our analytics cookies are related to services provided by Google and generate performance and visitor reports. They collect information regarding the use of our website. They typically keep track of activity like the pages you visit on our website, the browser and operating system you have or even the mobile device you are using to view our website. These cookies don’t collect information that could identify you, all information collected remains anonymous.

    We use this information to help improve our website’s page content, site structure and ensure our online advertising remains relevant to our customers. By using the Heatforce website you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

    Our advertising cookies are linked to Google AdSense. Google tracks your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using their double click advertising cookie. This allows Google to tailor the advertisements you see on other websites, reflecting your interests. We do not publish interest based advertisements on the Heatforce Wales website.

    We use our advertising cookies to link to social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. In turn they may use this information about you to target advertising for your interests. By using the Heatforce website you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

    Can I manage the advertising cookies associated with my browser?

    Yes you can. You can view, edit or delete interest categories associated with your browser by visiting:https://www.google.com/settings/ads/. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the NAI’s (Network Advertising Initiative’s) multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

    Please be aware that these opt-out mechanisms use cookies, if you clear these cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure an opt-out is maintained for your browser you can use a Google browser plug-in available at:https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin.

    Can I turn off cookies?

    Yes you can. Most web browsers will allow you to block cookies using their cookie handling override settings (please refer to your browser’s user guide for more details). However, blocking all cookies can have a negative impact upon the usability of websites, some features may become unavailable for you.

    If you change your mind you can access your browser’s settings and allow all cookies to access website content properly.