Our site uses cookies to distinguish how people use our Website. This helps us to provide you with the best possible experience when you browse our site and allows us to improve our site.
All websites which operate across certain parts of the European Union are required to obtain consent using or storing cookies (or similar technologies) on computers or mobile devices. Our cookie policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we use and the purposes for using them. To review the privacy policies that apply to users of anthesisgroup.com, or our associated sub-domains and micro-sites, please read our Privacy Policy.
What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.
Key Concepts
First and third-party cookies
Whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the domain placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g. cookies placed by this website).
Third-party cookies
Are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the site being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that site this would be a third-party cookie.
Persistent cookies
These cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies
These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
How To Delete And Block Our Cookies
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.
Can I Withdraw My Consent?
If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you will need to delete your cookies using your internet browser settings.
For further information about deleting or blocking cookies can be found here.
What Cookies Do We Use And Why?
To find out about specific cookies we use on this site, please see below for details.
The cookies used on our site are categorised as follows:
- Strictly necessary
- Performance
- Third party cookies
Strictly necessary cookies
‘Strictly necessary’ cookies let you move around the site and use essential features like accessing your profile and posting feedback. Without these cookies, these services cannot be provided. Please note that these cookies do not gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet.
We use these strictly necessary cookies to:
- Identify you as being logged in to our site; and
- Enable you to submit information via online forms such as registration and feedback forms.
Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the site, so if you prevent these cookies we can’t guarantee your use of our site or how the security on our site will perform during your visit.
Performance cookies
‘Performance’ cookies collect information about how you use our site e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and is only used to help us improve how our site works, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our content is.
We use Web Analytics performance cookies to provide anonymous statistics on how our site is used.
Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties. However, we don’t allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.
By using our site, you accept the use of ‘Performance’ cookies. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the site, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.
Third party cookies
Google Analytics
Google Analytics sets cookies on our website. A description of this can be viewed here.
Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the US. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You can find out more about how to reject or delete their cookies here.
WordPress
WordPress has sets cookies on our website. An overview of WordPress cookies and their policy can be viewed here.
WordPress use cookies for a number of different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons, some enable a personalised experience for both visitors and registered users, and some allow the display of advertising from selected third-party networks. Some of these cookies may be set when a page is loaded, or when a visitor takes a particular action (clicking the ‘like’ or ‘follow’ button on a post, for example).
You can find out more about how to reject or delete their cookies under ‘How can I control cookies?’ on this page.
More Information About Cookies
Information about cookies: useful information about cookies can be found here.