Our Cookie Policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on how we use cookies on www.lancashirehipscores.co.uk (our “Website”).

Cookie Settings

We use 3 different types of cookies on our website.

Functional cookies

These cookies do things like keep the website secure. They always need to be on.

Analytics cookies

These cookies store information about how you use our website, such as what you click on. You can accept or decline these cookies when you visit our website.

Marketing cookies

These cookies do things like tell us if you've seen our adverts on social media, such as Facebook or Twitter. You can accept or decline these cookies when you visit our website.

Who We Are

This website is operated by Lancashire Hip Scores. Our registered business address is The Beacon Veterinary Centre, 12 Bridge St, Garstang, PR3 1YB.

Our Website

This cookie policy relates to your use of our Website.

Throughout our Website we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third-parties to make additional services available to you. These other third-party websites may also use cookies or similar tracking technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and allows us to improve them.

What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Website. These help us to recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences, consents and or past actions.

For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the Website, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider. This information helps us to provide more tailored content and improve our Website. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

How are cookies managed?

The cookies stored on your device when you access our website are designed by:

Third parties who assist us with detecting and preventing fraud
Third parties who participate with us in marketing programmes, including social media platforms

What are cookies used for?

We use cookies for:

Technical purposes essential to the effective operation of our Website
To show you marketing messages online and on social media platforms where you have consented to marketing cookies
To enable us to detect and prevent fraud
Targeting suitable advertising messages to users of our Website
To allow us to collect information about your browsing and transactional patterns, including monitoring the success of our marketing campaigns and finding out if promotional information has been opened or interacted with.

Consent to Use Cookies and Pixels and Changing Settings

When you visit our website we will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar tracking technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested. For example, to enable you to put items in your shopping basket and use our check-out process. You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by completing the actions listed below on your device.

We also use another type of tracking technology called pixels. Unlike a cookie which is stored on your device, a pixel is a tiny snippet of code that collects multiple data points over different webpages and sites such as how you browse and what types of ads you click on. This tiny piece of code can be linked to users via a unique identifier. We use pixels as they help us to show you more relevant adverts based on your likes and behaviours. They also help us to measure how successful our marketing programme is, track conversions and build our audience base.

By consenting to marketing cookies, you are agreeing to the use of these pixels.

Can I Turn Cookies Off? What Are The Consequences?

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use. Further details on how to disable cookies for the most popular browsers are set out below:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer: