Privacy & Cookie Policy
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Sequoia Bridge uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Personal information is only collected as volunteered by you in any registration forms and subscriptions. However, you can access the Sequoia Bridge web site without disclosing any of your personal data.
Non-identifying information is collected to help us to understand how visitors use the site, and to make improvements. This information consists of your IP address, your browser (eg Internet Explorer), when you visited and which pages you visited or downloaded during your visit. We can not use this information to find out anything at all about you, and will not share any individual information unless required to do so by law.
Links to other websites
The Sequoia Bridge website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave the site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website, its content or its security. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Please exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Changes to Privacy Statement
We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. Please check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 8th August 2016.
Cookie Policy
The Sequoia Bridge website uses a number of different cookies on the website. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
The list below describes the cookies used on this site and what we use them for. Currently we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)
First Party Cookies
These are cookies that are set by this website directly.
Google Analytics: Google Analytics is used to collect information about visitor behaviour on this website. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This Analytics data is collected via a JavaScript tag in the pages of the website and is not tied to personally identifiable information. We therefore do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service at http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/analytics/privacyoverview.html
WordPress: The Sequoia Bridge website runs the popular WordPress CMS and cookies are used to store basic data on your interactions with WordPress, and whether you have logged into WordPress. We use a session cookie to remember your log-in for you if you are a registered user and we deem these as being strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then various functionality on the site will be broken.
For more information on session cookies and what they are used for may be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/session-cookies-used-for.html
Third Party Cookies
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons used across the website that allow visitors to share content onto social networks. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website.
You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.