Cookie Policy

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There are two privacy types for cookies.

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Both first and third party cookies are set on thanetwriters.com

Cookies perform a different variety of functions, and these are categorised and defined within the guide published by the International Chamber of Commerce.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are used to make sure parts of a website work and that you can use the site effectively. For example, remembering information from a form when you go to another page before completing the form.

Thanet Writers CIC use Strictly Necessary cookies to remember information you have entered into forms when you navigate to different pages in a single web browser session.

The cookies defined as Strictly Necessary will not be used to gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you or remember any preferences you have set beyond your current visit.

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Performance Cookies

These are used to measure the performance of websites and see how they are used.

Thanet Writers CIC use Performance cookies to improve how the website works and measure marketing activity. Information that is collected using these cookies is both aggregated and anonymous, and Thanet Writers CIC will not be able to identify individual users with these cookies.

Thanet Writers CIC may use Performance cookies to provide aggregated statistics on how thanetwriters.com is used, help improve the website by measuring any errors that occur, test different designs of page, see how effective marketing activity is, and provide feedback to partners that visitors also visited their website. Thanet Writers CIC do not allow partners to reuse this information for further advertising and Thanet Writers CIC do not use this information to target adverts to you when you visit other websites.

Cookies defined as Performance will not be used to gather information that could be used to target you with advertising on other websites or remember any preferences you have set beyond the current visit.

Functionality Cookies

These allow websites to provide enhanced, more personal features, and remember choices you make, for example, your user name, language or the region you are in. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services on the site such as watching a video. These cookies do not track your browsing activity on other websites.

Thanet Writers CIC use Functionality cookies to remember settings you have applied such as layout and text size.

Cookies defined as Functionality will not be used to gather information that could be used to target you with advertising on other websites.

Advertising or Targeting Cookies

These are used to deliver adverts which are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert, and help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with permission from the website operator. They remember that you have visited a website, and this information is shared with other organisations, such as advertisers. Often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organisation.

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