Cookie policy

This website www.davidcoghlan.co.uk (“My Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies including HTML5 Local Storage in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, I am able to provide you with a better experience and improve My Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of My Cookie Policy is deemed to occur if you continue using My Site. If you do not agree to My Cookie Policy, please stop using My Site immediately.

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Definitions and Interpretation

1. In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

   1. “Cookie” means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site

   2. “Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);

   3. “Personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and

   4. “I” or "Me" or “My” or “Mine” means David Coghlan a sole trader operating as a freelance marketing director.
       

2. Information About Me

   1. My Site is owned and operated by David Coghlan, a sole trader operating as a freelance marketing director.
       

3. How Does My Site Use Cookies?

   1. My Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Me and are used only by Me. I use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of My Site and to provide and improve My services. I have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

   2. By using My Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Me. Third-party Cookies are used on My Site for website analytics and advertising services. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

   3. All Cookies used by and on My Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. I may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

      1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
         A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of My Site, supporting functions such as logging in and payment transactions.

      2. Analytics Cookies
         It is important for Me to understand how you use My Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable Me to gather this information, helping Me to improve My Site and your experience of it.

      3. Functionality Cookies
         Functionality Cookies enable Me to provide additional functions to you on My Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

      4. Targeting Cookies
         It is important for Me to know when and how often you visit My Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps Me to better understand you and, in turn, to make My Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

      5. Third-Party Cookies
         Third-party Cookies are not placed by Me; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Me and/or to you. Third-party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve tailored advertising to you on My Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Me (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

      6. Persistent Cookies
         Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

      7. Session Cookies
         Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit My Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

   4. Cookies on My Site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.

   5. For more details of the personal data that I collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to My Privacy Policy (https://www.davidcoghlan.co.uk/privacy-policy/).

   6. For more specific details of the Cookies that I use, please refer to the table below.
       

4. What Cookies Does My Site Use?

   1. The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device: