HOW WE USE COOKIES
Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your equipment when you visit some websites’ browser, which can be used to identify that you have previously visited a site, or to store small bits of information locally with you. If you want to know more about what cookies are and how to control them, http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ is a great resource, or read on to see what we use cookies for.
We use cookies to make our website www.opendesk.cc (“Website”) easier for you to use. By continuing to browse the Website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can remove any cookies already stored on your computer or your mobile device, but this may prevent you from using parts of our Website.
THE COOKIES WE USE
Session Cookie
We use session cookies to enable core website functionality, including identifying you once you have logged in and identifying choices you have made across requests to our Website. Session cookies expire at the end of a browser session, when you exit the browser. For example, session cookies enable us to remember that you have placed items in an online shopping basket.
Analytic Cookies measuring web traffic
We will use Google Analytics (Universal), a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to help analyse the use of our Website. For this purpose, Google Analytics (Universal) uses cookies to generate information about your use of this Website - standard internet log information (including your IP address) and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form – which will then be transmitted to and stored by Google including on servers in the United States. Google will anonymise the information sent by removing the last octet of your IP address prior to its transfer and storage. According to Google Analytics (Universal) terms of service, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website and compiling reports on Website activity for us. We will not use, and will not allow any third party to use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to this Website. Google may transfer the information collected by Google Analytics to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. According to Google Analytics terms of service, however, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
For more information access: http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/terms/regional.html
We use the Google Tag Manager to run Google Analytics (Universal). The Google Tag Manager will not collect any information beyond that already stated for analytics.
For more information access: http://www.google.co.uk/tagmanager/faq.html
Third Party Cookies
We use a number of external web services, including Stripe, Google and Filepicker, to provide secure payments, analytics, file uploads and other functionality on our Website. These companies may also download cookies on to your equipment and will have their own privacy policies which will govern the way they use their cookies. We accept no responsibility or liability for these websites to the maximum extent permitted by law.
HOW CAN I MANAGE MY COOKIES?
You can control how your web browser deals with cookies by changing your browser settings. AboutCookies.org has a great guide on how to do this for all the major browsers, and a lot of other information about cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.