Cookie Policy
Throughout this document “we” and “our” refers to Silver Birch Care Ltd.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies on this website. This cookie policy is part of our website privacy policy. It covers the use of cookies and other tracking technologies between your devices and our website.
This policy also provides information about third-party services we use that may use cookies and other tracking technologies as part of their service. Our policies do not cover their use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
The laws governing the use of cookies in some cases also cover other tracking technologies that can access or store information on your devices, such as “flash cookies” and “device fingerprinting”. For brevity throughout this policy, from this point on we will refer to “cookies and other tracking technologies” solely as “cookies”.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file made up of letters and numbers that can be downloaded onto your device while you visit a website or app. Cookies are used across the web to do a number of things, popular uses include remembering your preferences, counting the number of people visiting a website and keeping you logged in to an account as you move across the website or app.
Types of cookie
Cookies set by the website you are visiting are usually referred to as first-party cookies. They typically only track your activity on that particular site. However first-party cookies can be used to facilitate the transfer of data about your device or use of a website/app to a third party.
Cookies set by other sites and companies (i.e. third parties) are called third-party cookies They can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies help us make the features on this website work. They are essential to provide this website to you. You can restrict or disable these cookies if you wish via your browser settings but this may cause some features on our website to fail.
We use essential cookies on our site.
Analytics cookies
These cookies allow us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it and discover it. Typically, the information collected is anonymous and aggregated however these cookies can be combined with other sources of data or other inputs you have engaged with on the website, such as web forms to match user profiles to browsing behaviour on the website later. These cookies can help companies understand how visitors are engaging with the content on their websites, they can help companies identify and fix errors on their websites, they can help companies understand what websites and apps are sending visitors to their websites and they can help companies make strategic decisions to improve the user experience of their website. These cookies may be first-party cookies set by the website you’re visiting or they may be set by third-party services.
We use analytics cookies on our site.
Cookies used on this website
Essential cookies
| Name | Service | Purpose | Cookie type | Duration |
| privacyembeds | Cookie Consent Mechanism | This cookie remembers your preferences on our cookie banner notice. And prevents the banner from showing again after you have made your first selection. | 1st party | 90 days |
Analytics cookies
| Name | Service | Purpose | Cookie type | Duration |
| _gid | Google Analytics | This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. The data collected includes the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. | 1st party | 2 days |
| _ga | Google Analytics | This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. The data collected includes the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. | 1st party | 400 days |
| _gat_gTag | Google Analytics | This cookie is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. The data collected includes the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. | 1st party | 1 day |
Third-party services
Some of our pages display content from external providers such as YouTube.
To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.
But if you do not access pages with this content, no third-party cookies are set on your device.
Third-party services on this website
These third-party services are outside our control. Please be aware that providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
Do Not Track Signals
Our website does not currently respond to ‘do not track’ signals.
Managing cookies
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences on our website using our consent mechanism.
On your first visit you can make a selection using the bar displayed at the bottom of the screen.
After your first selection is made on subsequent visits you can change your settings using the controls below:
Update your settings to enable or disable cookies.
You may need to refresh the page after saving for your settings to take effect.
Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, you’ll need to visit the browser developer’s website or try accessing the help menu in your browser.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
