Cookie Policy
We use cookies and similar technologies on our website at www.focus-europe.org (“Website”) to improve its performance and enhance your user experience. In this policy, “similar tools” or “similar technologies” refers to technologies that function in a comparable manner to cookies, including but not limited to web beacons, pixel tags, local storage and session storage (collectively, together with cookies, referred to as “Cookies” in this policy). This Cookie Policy explains what Cookies are, how we use them, the choices available to you regarding their use, and how you can manage your preferences.
This Cookie Policy is intended to comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) in respect of users located in the United Kingdom, and with the ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC, as amended) and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR) in respect of users located in the European Union. Where Cookies involve the processing of personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation.
Your Consent
When you first visit the Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner which allows you to accept or decline the use of non-essential Cookies. No non-essential Cookies will be placed on your device unless and until you have provided your consent. Strictly necessary (essential) Cookies do not require your consent, as they are essential for the operation of the Website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognise your device the next time you visit. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
There are many functions cookies serve. For example, they can help us to remember your preferences, analyse how well the Website is performing, or even allow us to recommend content we believe will be most relevant to you.
Certain cookies contain personal information. Most cookies will not collect information that identifies you, but will instead collect more general information such as how users arrive at and use the Website.
What sort of cookies does the Website use?
Generally, the Cookies used on the Website fall into the following categories:
1. Essential (Necessary) Cookies
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
2. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
3. Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
4. Performance Cookies
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
5. Advertisement Cookies
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Does anyone else use cookies on the Website?
We do use, or allow third parties to serve, Cookies that fall into the categories described above. For example, like many organisations, we use Google Analytics to help us monitor our website traffic (see the “Google Analytics” section below for further details). We may also use third-party Cookies to assist us with market research, revenue tracking, improving site functionality and monitoring compliance with our terms and conditions and copyright policy. These third-party Cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of the third-party providers. We encourage you to review those policies for further information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), to help us understand how visitors interact with the Website. We have enabled IP anonymisation within Google Analytics, which means that your full IP address is used only briefly for approximate location purposes, then discarded.
Privacy Policy
Certain Cookies may involve the processing of personal data. For further information on how we process personal data, including details of your data subject rights, the lawful bases upon which we rely, and our data retention practices, please refer to our Privacy Policy, available at https://focus-europe.org/privacy-policy/.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the Cookies we use, changes in applicable legislation, or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use Cookies. Where we make material changes to this Cookie Policy, we will notify registered users by email.
More Information
More detail on how businesses use cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org. If you have any queries regarding this Cookie Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to Cookies or the processing of your personal data, please contact us by e-mail at data.europe@focusha.org.