Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Willowbrook Retreats ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at [website address] ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Willowbrook Retreats) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our Website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to browse the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a Website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a Website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a Website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the Website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To operate and improve our Website, ensuring it functions properly and efficiently.
- To personalize your experience, remembering your preferences and settings.
- To understand how visitors use our Website, allowing us to analyze and improve its performance and content.
- To deliver targeted advertising and marketing communications, tailoring them to your interests and preferences (where applicable).
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
- Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
- Specific Opt-Out Tools: For certain third-party cookies, you may be able to opt-out directly by visiting their respective websites and following the instructions provided. For example, you can usually opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
- Cookie Consent Tool: We may provide a cookie consent tool on our Website that allows you to manage your cookie preferences in a more granular way.
Third-Party Cookies
As mentioned earlier, we may also use third-party cookies. These cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of the third parties providing them. We encourage you to review these policies to understand how they use your information. Some of the third-party services we may use include:
- Google Analytics: For website analytics and performance monitoring.
- Social Media Platforms: For social sharing and integration features (e.g., Facebook, Instagram).
- Advertising Networks: For delivering targeted advertising (e.g., Google Ads).
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last revised.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:
Willowbrook Retreats
The Old Rectory, Willowbrook Estate
Nether Wallop, Hampshire, SO20 8ES, UK
Email: privacy@willowbrookretreats.co.uk
Phone: +44 57 5098 0558