Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 28th April 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Ashbourne Quality Care Ltd (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, ashbournequalitycare.co.uk (the “Website”).
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies:
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period of time or until you manually delete them.
Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for various purposes, including:
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our Website. They enable you to navigate the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
Performance/Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages they visit most often and if they get error messages from web pages. This helps us to improve the way our Website works. We may use third-party analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us with this.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The following is a list of the main types of cookies we may use on our Website and their purposes:
4. Third-Party Cookies
We may also use third-party cookies on our Website. These cookies are placed by someone other than us and may collect information about your browsing habits across different websites. We have listed some potential third-party providers in the table above, but this list may change. Please refer to the privacy policies of these third parties for more information about their cookies and how they use your information.
5. How to Control Cookies
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the “Options,” “Preferences,” or “Tools” menu of your browser. You can typically block or delete cookies, and set preferences for how cookies are handled on different websites. For more information on how to manage cookies using your browser, please refer to your browser’s help documentation.
Website Cookie Banner/Preferences: When you first visit our Website, you should have been presented with a cookie banner or a mechanism to manage your cookie preferences. This allows you to consent to or reject certain categories of cookies (except for strictly necessary cookies). You can usually revisit and change your preferences at any time through a link on our Website (e.g., “Cookie Settings”).
Third-Party Tools: There are also third-party tools and browser extensions available that can help you manage your cookies.
Please Note: If you disable cookies, some features and functionality of our Website may not work correctly.
6. Changes to Our Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of the policy. Please review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: Ashbourne Quality Care Ltd, 46 The Firs, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1HE