Cookies

Use of Cookies on The Swan Inn Website

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient.

The law states that we can store cookies on your machine if they are essential to the operation of this site but that for all others we need your permission to do so.

How does the The Swan Inn use cookies?

Cookies enable us to identify your device, or you when you have logged in. We use cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features. We use cookies to enhance the functionality of the website by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our website to provide you with a better user experience.

We don’t sell the information collected by cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties, except where required by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies).

We do not track individual users or to identify them, but to gain useful knowledge about how the site is used so that we can keep improving it for our users. Without the knowledge we gain from the systems that use these cookies we would not be able to provide the service we do.

We also use cookies to store information about your visit that we can access when you return to our site in future. These cookies help us to improve our site and deliver a better and more personalised service. We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system information. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual.

The Swan Inn uses different types of cookies.

Strictly Necessary

There are several cookies generated by theswanchaddesleycorbett.co.uk that are required for essential site functionality and in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website, without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided. These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website by using services from Google Analytics to record page views, navigation paths and other details of your visit so that we may improve the way our website operates.

We use the information to compile reports, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor, they are only used to help us improve the site and how our website works. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices that you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in), 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. While not strictly necessary for the proper function of the website, these cookies assist in tailoring the user experience to your requirements.

Some third party cookies are set by services that appear on our pages. They are set by the operators of that service and are not in our control. They are set by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and relate to the ability of users to share content on this site.

How can I control cookies?

Web browser cookies:

If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether.

If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how.

You can also delete cookies that have already been set. If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. You can access them through some types of browser. 

More information about cookies, including how to block them or delete them, can be found at www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the relevant setting in your browser. However, please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of theswanchaddesleycorbett.co.uk

Please notice that by using our website, you agree that we can place these type of cookies on your device.

For further information or assistance please contact us on: info@theswanchaddesleycorbett.co.uk