Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website such as simplifying logging in for registered users and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small data file that we store on a user’s internet browser, phone or the hard drive of your web-based device only if you agree. Cookies contain the data that is transferred to your devices’ hard drive.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of Osbourne Pinner. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you use Osbourne Pinner.

For more information about cookies and how to stop cookies being installed or how to delete existing cookies from your hard drive visit the following website:

http://www.allaboutcookies.org

What cookies are used on Osbourne Pinner

The cookies we and our business partners use on Osbourne Pinner are broadly grouped into the following categories:

Essential – Some of the cookies on Osbourne Pinner are essential for us to be able to provide you with a service you have requested. An example of this could be a cookie used to enable you to log into your account on Osbourne Pinner or which allows communication between your browser and Osbourne Pinner. Our cookie preference cookie described in the section “How can I reject or opt out of receiving cookies?” is also an essential cookie. You may not be able to use Osbourne Pinner without these cookies.

Analytics – We use analytics cookies to helps us understand how users engage with Osbourne Pinner. An example is counting the number of different people coming to Osbourne Pinner or using a particular feature, rather than the total number of times the site or feature is used. Without this cookie, if you visited Osbourne Pinner once each week for three weeks we would count you as three separate users. We would find it difficult to analyse how well Osbourne Pinner was performing and improve it without these cookies.

User Cookies – We use cookies to improve your experience by remembering your preferences so we know how you like to use Osbourne Pinner. Examples of this would be remembering you so that you are served with the same content or to remember you when you come back to Osbourne Pinner.

Social Sharing – We use third party cookies to allow you to share content directly on the social networking/sharing sites like Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Examples would be if you wanted to “like” or “tweet” about us or our products or services. Please see our “Third Party Cookies” section below for more details.

Interest-Based Advertising – You will have noticed that when you visit websites you will be shown adverts for products and services you may wish to buy. The money made by website owners for showing third party adverts on their websites often pays for the cost of running the website and therefore usually allows you to use the website without having to pay a registration or usage fee. To try and ensure that the adverts you see are relevant to you third party cookies may be used to collect information about the types of things that interest you, for example websites you visit and the geography that you are based in. Having these cookies does not increase the number of adverts you will be shown, but simply makes the adverts you see more relevant. Please see our “Third Party Cookies” section below for more details.

Changes to this Privacy & Cookie Policy

We may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy from time to time so you may want to check it each time you give us personal information or look at or change your personal details on Osbourne Pinner.