This Cookies Policy sets out how we, Herd Consulting, use cookies and similar technologies on our website.

A cookie is a small file of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your device, which might be a laptop, mobile or tablet. Cookies collect information about how you browse the website and can recognise the device you use to access the website. Cookies are used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for your use, helping you navigate a website, improving your experience of the website, and storing your preferences and login information (so that you don’t have to give the same login information several times during one task).

Some cookies last only for as long as you keep your browser open, and then expire when you close your browser (known as “session cookies”). Others expire at a fixed point in time, or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever happens first (known as “persistent cookies”).

Some cookies are set by the website you visit (“first party cookies”) and others are set by the website domain or other third-party domains (“third party cookies”).

These are the cookies that we use:

Cookie Name	Purpose	Category	First party or third-party cookie?	Session or persistent?
_ga_6MZHKMSL5G	Used to distinguish users (Google Analytics)	Functional	First Party	Persistent
_ga	Used to distinguish users (Google Analytics)	Functional	First Party	Persistent

Cookies are usually based on anonymous information and do not contain personal information, but it may occasionally be possible to identify you from where the cookie is used in combination with other information.

We use first party, persistent cookies on our website.

By continuing to use our website you give your consent to us using cookies as described above. The cookies that we place on your browser are essential for the operation of the site. If you do not wish any cookies to be placed on your browser, then you can set your browser to refuse or block them. Please be aware that this may however have a negative impact on the functionality of the website for you. If you require further information about cookies in general, and how to set your browser to accept or block some or all our cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.