We use cookies on meadens.com to collect information about how visitors use our website. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your browser or the computer, tablet or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users to help us to improve your experience when you browse our website. For example, they allow you to navigate between pages efficiently and to log in to areas of the website for which you choose to register.
The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually allow us to identify you personally, although we may obtain information about your computer or other electronic device such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information. In certain circumstances we may be able to identify you personally—but only where you voluntarily provide it (e.g. by completing an online form) or where you purchase goods or services from us.
In most cases we will need your consent to use cookies. The exception is where the cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service you have requested.
What cookies do we use?
Our website uses three kinds of cookie (using categories suggested in the International Chamber of Commerce UK's Cookie guide: Strictly Necessary cookies, Performance cookies and Functionality cookies. For more information on these categories, please see the ICC's Cookie guide.
Strictly Necessary cookies
These are essential to enable you to move around our website and to allow the features of our website to work correctly. Without these, services you request – such as navigating between pages – cannot be provided. We use the following strictly necessary cookies on our website:
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Purpose |
phpsessid meadens_language_cookie cookiehub |
These cookies are required by website. |
Analytical cookies
These enable us to collect information about how you use our website or read our publications, for instance which pages are viewed by visitors most frequently. All information collected in this way is used to improve how our websites work or the effectiveness of the materials that we publish.
Cookie name |
Purpose |
_ga _gat _gid |
These cookies are 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 an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. |
YSC |
This cookie is set by YouTube video service on pages with YouTube embedded videos to track views. |
Preference cookies
These cookies record information about choices you have made and allow us to remember your preferences. If you are known to us and we hold your details, we may use this information to help us build up your profile based on your web journey, and choices. For example, if you access our website from a link in an email we sent to you, these cookies will allow us to track your web journey.
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Purpose |
NID |
A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. |
Marketing & Third party websites
Our website links through to third party websites (including, for example Facebook, Twitter and YouTube) which may also use cookies over which we have no control. We recommend that you check the relevant third party's privacy policies for information about any cookies which may be used.
Cookie Name |
Purpose |
_fbp |
These cookies will help deliver our advertising to people who have already visited our website when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook Advertising. |
fr |
Contains a unique browser and user ID, used for targeted advertising. |
GPS |
Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
IDE |
Used by Google's DoubleClick to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. These cookies measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. |
bc-visitor-id |
Stores a unique, anonymous identifier (VisitorID) to allow the BoldChat system to recognize the website user during current and subsequent visits to the website. |
bc.visitor_token |
Contains a unique visitor token for Live Chat services. |
Consent
There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and which also provides a link to this privacy policy. If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you, we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy and our website privacy policy.
How to turn off cookies
If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted by clicking below. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies.
Policy updates
This policy was last updated on 22nd October 2020