Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Sarah Leeds (“I”, “my”, “me”) uses Cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit my website at sarahleeds.co.uk (“website”). It explains what these technologies are, why I use them, and your rights to control my use of them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Website owners widely use cookies to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Sarah Leeds) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.
Why do I use cookies?
I use first and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for my website's operation, and I refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable me to track and target the interests of my users to enhance the experience on my online properties. Third parties serve cookies through my website for analytics and other purposes.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in your browser. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use my website, though your access to some functionality may be restricted.
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.
What about other tracking technologies, like tracking pixels?
Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. I may use other similar technologies from time to time, like tracking pixels. These tiny graphics files contain a unique identifier that enables me to recognise when someone has visited my website. This allows me, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns or users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies or to improve site performance. These technologies often rely on cookies to function properly, so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to service advertising through my website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you might be interested in. They may also employ technology used to measure advertisements' effectiveness. They can accomplish this by using cookies or pixels to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods or services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process doesn’t enable them or me to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about my use of cookies or other technologies, please email me at hello@sarahleeds.co.uk or by post to:
Sarah Leeds
162 Rowney Avenue
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 2YE