Introduction
Smart Comms’s website uses cookies, which are strings of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Some of these cookies are used to enhance your viewing experience and to provide information concerning the type of content accessed.
A cookie can identify both the user and the browser and can be left on the user’s device indefinitely. When the user’s browser returns to the same website, the cookie connects with the domain and shares with it the data it has collected or stored about that user.
Smart Numbers website visitors can reject different cookies through the cookie popup at the start of the session and/or by changing the settings on their computer browsers to refuse cookies.
The website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, provide personalised content & analyse website traffic.
Cookies used on the website comprise: “first-party” set by our website, or ”third-party” set by a third-party supplier like Google to analyse things like visitor numbers.
Types of Cookie
- Necessary Cookies: also known as Essential Cookies, these are critical for the operation of our website, allowing you to navigate and use our services. Without these cookies, our website would not function properly.
- Preferences Cookies: These cookies remember your preferences and settings to improve your experience on our website.
- Statistics Cookies: We use these cookies to collect information about how you interact with our website, helping us improve and optimize our site.
- Marketing Cookies: These cookies track your online activity to help deliver more accurate advertising.
In compliance with the UK GDPR and PECR, we require your consent to use non-essential cookies. When you visit our website for the first time, a cookie consent banner will appear, allowing you to choose which categories of cookies you accept or reject.
How to manage cookies
All web browsers allow you to control cookies by accepting and rejecting all cookies or certain types of cookies. Instructions for the most popular browsers are below:
Google Chrome
- Tools (three dots) > Settings > Advanced
- Select 'Content Settings' In the 'Privacy and security' section.
- In the 'Cookies' section you can choose your preferred settings.
Internet Explorer
- Tools (cog icon) > Internet Options.
- Click the 'Privacy' tab.
- Click 'Advanced'.
- Select your preferred settings.
Firefox
- Open the menu (three lines) > Options
- Click the 'Privacy and security' tab.
- Select 'Use custom settings' from the 'history' section.
- You can now select your preferred settings for cookies.
Safari
- Settings > Preferences.
- Click the 'Security' tab.
- You can now select your preferred settings for cookies.
Are cookies dangerous?
They are not dangerous to your computer in any way, they are not executable programmes, viruses or code and cannot read information that exists on your computer. Cookies are also not a threat to privacy as they only store information that you volunteered to that particular website anyway.
Why are people concerned?
The major concern with cookies is that of third party cookies (a cookie is issued by a site other than the one you are currently surfing, maybe by an advertisement on that website) or tracking cookies which can be used to record peoples browsing histories. This is causing concerns over privacy as people do not want it recorded what they have been looking at. Cookies can only be accessed by a website with the specified domain and path.
If you have any questions concerning cookies please contact:
Smart Numbers Limited, attention of the Operations Director, 26-27 Shamrock Way, Hythe Marina Village, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6DY.
Telephone +44 (0) 345 0178 179 or email: privacy@smart-numbers.net