COOKIES POLICY

At Shillingford Bridge Hotel, we collect and use cookies across our website to enhance your experience and distinguish you from other users. This helps us improve our website and ensure it operates effectively for all visitors. By accepting our Cookies Policy and continuing to use our website, you consent to the use of cookies.

This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, how third parties may use them on our website, and your choices regarding cookies.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website sends to your web browser when you visit. These files are stored on your browser, allowing the website (or a third party) to recognize you on subsequent visits, making your experience smoother and the website more useful to you.

Cookies can be either “persistent” (stored for a set period) or “session” cookies (deleted once you close your browser).

How We Use Cookies

When you visit our website, we may place several cookie files in your browser. Cookies are used for various purposes:

• Enabling key functionalities of the website.
• Providing analytics to help us understand and improve site performance.
• Storing your preferences.
• Delivering personalized advertisements.

We use both session and persistent cookies, categorized into three types:

• Application Cookies: These are essential for the core functionality of the website and provide anonymized usage data. Disabling these may result in the website not functioning properly.

• Performance Cookies: These help us improve your browsing experience by collecting and reporting website usage information. They also enable tracking of key actions, such as transactions.

• Marketing Cookies: These cookies help us tailor messages and content during and after your visit. Without these, advertisements may be less relevant to your interests.

Your Choices Regarding Cookies

If you prefer to avoid cookies, most browsers provide options to automatically decline or be prompted to accept or reject cookies for specific sites. You can also delete cookies that have already been placed on your browser. Please refer to your browser’s help section for detailed guidance on how to manage cookies.

Managing cookies on our website is also possible through our cookies preferences, accessible via the link in the website footer.

Cookies from Third Parties

We may also use cookies provided by third parties, including Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Facebook.

• Google Analytics: This tool helps us understand how visitors engage with our website without identifying individuals. The primary cookie used is the ‘__ga’ cookie, which reports website usage statistics. For more information, visit Google Analytics Help.

• Google Ads: Cookies from Google Ads make advertising more relevant by tailoring ads to users’ interests. They also help improve reporting on campaign performance. For more information, visit Google Ads Help.

• Facebook Cookies: We use cookies to simplify content sharing and display targeted adverts based on your engagement with our website. For more information, visit Facebook Ad Preferences.

Please Note: If you delete cookies or choose not to accept them, certain features of our website, such as storing your preferences, may not function as intended.