1. Introduction
1.1 Laybrook Group Ltd (“we”, “us”, or “our”) are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we will collect, store and use any personal data you provide via our website, email or networking with our people and when you otherwise communicate with us.
1.2 This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies, why and how this improves our service to you, and how you can manage your cookies.
1.3 By visiting our website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Cookie Policy.
1.4 We reserve the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time. If it does change, the up-to-date version will always be available on our website and becomes effective immediately. Your continued use of our website is taken as agreement to any such changes.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file which is downloaded to your device when you visit a website.
3. Why do we use cookies?
Cookies help us to distinguish you from other users and to see how you interact with our website. This information can help us to improve our website and surface content based on your previous browsing behaviour.
4. What type of cookies do we use?
We use the following types of cookies:
Analytical and performance cookies. We may use analytics service providers for website traffic analysis and reporting. These providers use cookies to generate statistical and other information about how you use our website. The analytics generated include the number of visitors to the site, how long they stay and how they navigate the site. This helps us to improve the way our website works. The analytics generated may be used to create reports about the use of our site, and the analytics service provider will also store this information.
Advertising and targeting cookies. We may use cookies such as the Google AdWords tracking cookie to advertise online. This cookie uses information about you and your browsing behaviour on our site to serve relevant adverts across the Google Display Network. You can opt out of Google’s AdWords cookies at any time by changing your preferences in Google’s Ad settings.
Functionality cookies. We may use functional cookies that remember choices you have made when browsing our site. We are then able to provide a more personalised and enhanced user experience by delivering content related to your interests.
Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are required for the administration and operation of our website. Some cookies we use are necessary for our site to function properly and to enable you to navigate and use its features.
Third-party cookies. Third-party cookies are cookies that exist on our website but originate from different domains. For example, we include buttons to allow visitors to share our content on social networks. When we include these social ‘plugins’, it gives those sites the flexibility to use cookies. They cannot read any cookies we set from our website, and we cannot read any cookies they set. Other websites and services (e.g. advertising networks, web traffic analysis services, and content recommendation engines) may also use cookies. We have no control over these cookies; you can find out more about them by visiting the third-party providers’ websites. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
See below for a list of our main cookies:
| Provider | Cookie names | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga, _ga_<measurement-id>, _gid, CONSENT, NID, _gcl_au, _gcl_aw | Used by Google Analytics 4 to distinguish users, persist session state, and count pageviews and events. Used by Google Ads to link ad clicks to conversions and to measure the performance of advertising campaigns. | |
| Meta (Facebook) | _fbp, _fbc | Used by Meta Ads (Facebook Pixel) to identify browsers across visits, attribute conversions to ad campaigns, and build audiences for retargeting. |
| Microsoft Ads | _uetsid, _uetvid, MUID | Used by Microsoft Ads (Universal Event Tracking) to track conversions, attribute ad clicks to orders, and build audiences for retargeting on the Microsoft Advertising network. |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clck, _clsk, CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID, SM | Used by Microsoft Clarity to record anonymised session recordings and heatmaps, helping us understand how visitors interact with our website. Data is aggregated and does not identify individual users. |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, PREF, CONSENT, SOCS | Set when you view an embedded YouTube video on our website. Used to estimate bandwidth, record video view statistics, store playback preferences, and record your cookie consent choices. |
5. Cookie consent
If you continue to browse our website we will assume that you are happy to receive all cookies from the site. To opt out of cookies, you can change the settings on your internet browser. For more information please consult the “Help” section of your browser or visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org. Please note that if you set your browser to reject cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features of our website.