Log files are maintained and analysed of all requests for files on this website’s web servers.

Log files do not capture personal information but do capture the user’s IP address, which is automatically recognised by our web servers.

Aggregated analysis of these log files is used to monitor website usage. These analyses may be made to available to Emma Bristow and partner agencies to allow them to measure, for example, overall popularity of the site and typical user paths through the site.

Except as stated already, Emma Bristow will make no attempt to identify individual users. You should be aware, however, that access to web pages will generally create log entries in the systems of your ISP or network service provider. These entities may be in a position to identify the client computer equipment used to access a page. Such monitoring would be done by the provider of network services and is beyond the responsibility or control of Emma Bristow.

Emma Bristow will make no attempt to track or identify individual users, except where there is a reasonable suspicion that unauthorised access to systems is being attempted. In the case of all users, Emma Bristow reserve the right to attempt to identify and track any individual who is reasonably suspected of trying to gain unauthorised access to computer systems or resources operating as part of Emma Bristow web services.

As a condition of use of this site, all users must give permission for Emma Bristow to use its access logs to attempt to track users who are reasonably suspected of gaining, or attempting to gain, unauthorised access.

All log file information collected by Emma Bristow is kept secure and no access to raw log files is given to any third party.

Data protection and confidentiality

Some services on this website require us to collect personal information from you. To comply with the Data Protection Act, we have a duty to tell you how we store the information we collect and how it is used.

Any information you do submit will be stored securely and will never be passed on or sold to any third party.

This website does not store any information that would, on its own, allow us to identify individual users of this service without their permission.

Cookies

Any cookies that may be used by this website are used either solely on a per session basis or to maintain user preferences. Cookies are not shared with any third parties. Some functions of this website will not work unless the user has given consent to us to use cookies.

WordPress cookies

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WordPress cookie for a logged in user
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WordPress cookie for a logged in user
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WordPress cookie for a logged in user
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WordPress test cookie
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Wordpress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
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Wordpress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
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To identify your unique session on the website
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To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered.
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Google analytics cookies

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This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase.
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__utmb is a Google Analytics cookie. It takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site.
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__utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site.
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Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. This cookie is how Google Analytics knows to whom and to what source / medium / keyword to assign the credit for a Goal Conversion or an Ecommerce Transaction.
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