Cookie Policy
Lawrence & Barnes is committed to provide the highest standards of customer service – which means consistently working hard to earn and maintain our customers’ trust and confidence.
A key part of this is to ensure that we treat the personal information customers share with us with the utmost seriousness. We recognise the importance of data privacy and are committed to safeguarding the personal information of our customers.
This website is subject to and fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
To ensure compliance with the GDPR, we have implemented robust privacy practices and policies that align with the principles and requirements outlined in the regulation. This Privacy Policy provides information about what personal information we collect, when, how and why we collect it and how we keep that personal information safe and secure.
For more information about our privacy policy and practices or if you have questions, please contact us by e-mail at info@lawrenceandbarnes.com
Compliance Updates
We are constantly reviewing our data policies to ensure that they are up to date and fully compliant.
Cookies
Please Note: cookies are used to collect anonymous website usage data – they do not collect personal information / customer data.
Cookies are small text files placed on a device (computer, laptop or phone etc) when a user visits a website and are essential for the effective technical operation of a website.
Cookies help websites remember when a visitor’s device has accessed the website and something about visitor behaviour, to enable the website to do a number of things:
Session Management: to ensure a consistent and uninterrupted user experience when using a website.
User Preferences: to remember user preferences – allowing websites to tailor and enhance user experience based on individual preferences.
Security: to authenticate users – protecting user accounts from unauthorized access.
Online Shopping: to play a crucial role in enabling safe and efficient online shopping.
Website Performance Analysis: to collect anonymous data about website usage - to help website owners improve website performance and user experience.
Social Media Integration: to enable social media platforms to integrate with websites.
Advertising Tracking: to facilitate targeted customer promotions and measure their effectiveness.
For more information about cookies visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Lawrence & Barnes Cookies
This website uses cookies that facilitate all the above functions.
Please Note: we do not use cookies to collect any personal information.
We do use cookies to collect anonymised website usage information like the pages and products viewed, visitor site navigation, products purchased, the performance of promotional offers and social media interaction.
This information enables us to understand how customers use our website, to learn from this insight and improve the service, products and promotions we offer – and so consistently provide customers with the best customer service experience
Google Analytics Cookies
Like many websites, we use Google Analytics - a popular and very important web analytics service provided by Google.
Google Analytics helps websites track and analyse aspects of website performance and user behaviour.
The data collected is anonymous and allows websites to gain insights into audience engagement, traffic sources, conversion rates and other valuable information. This insight enables websites to make data-driven decisions on how to improve and optimise their website, improve marketing strategies and enhance user experience.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
3rd Party Cookies
Some content on this website may be what’s called ‘embedded content’. These are things like images or articles which originate form 3rd party websites - like our charity partners.
This type of embedded content works on this site in the same way as if visitors to this site have visited the 3rd party website. This means that these 3rd party websites may monitor and collect information about how you interact with their content on this site, deploy their own cookies on your device or potentially embed their own 3rd party tracking.
We strictly limit 3rd party content on our site and only partner with reputable organisations who themselves have in place a robust and transparent privacy policy.
Disabling Cookies
If you want to disable cookies you need to change the browser settings on your device to reject cookies.
For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser.
Cookie Expiration
Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire after a defined period depending on the type of cookie.
For more information about cookies visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Changes / Amends to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy to reflect changes to our operational practices or in response to any future legal changes.
Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
.If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
Further Information
For all the information you need to understand your rights relating to your personal data visit the Information Commissioner’s Office website at ico.org.uk.
If you have any questions please contact us at info@lawrenceandbarnes.com