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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 22 July 2025

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us improve our website and deliver a better, more personalised service by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns
  • Store information about your preferences
  • Customise our website according to your interests
  • Speed up your searches
  • Recognise you when you return to our website

Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Purpose: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.

Legal Basis: These cookies are necessary for the legitimate interests of operating our website.

Can be disabled: No - these cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the website to work.

Examples:

  • Session cookies: Remember your preferences during your visit
  • Security cookies: Authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use
  • Load balancing cookies: Distribute website traffic across servers

Analytics Cookies

Purpose: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages.

Legal Basis: Your consent (which you can withdraw at any time).

Can be disabled: Yes - you can control these through our cookie preferences.

Information collected:

  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • How you arrived at our website
  • What device and browser you're using
  • General location (country/city level)
  • Website errors encountered

How we use this data:

  • Improve website performance and user experience
  • Understand which content is most valuable to visitors
  • Identify and fix technical issues
  • Analyse trends in website usage

Marketing Cookies

Purpose: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They also limit the number of times you see an advertisement.

Legal Basis: Your consent (which you can withdraw at any time).

Can be disabled: Yes - you can control these through our cookie preferences.

What they do:

  • Remember websites you've visited
  • Share information with advertisers
  • Track effectiveness of advertising campaigns
  • Personalise advertisements based on interests

Third-party services:

  • Google Ads
  • Facebook Pixel
  • LinkedIn Insight Tag
  • Twitter conversion tracking

How We Use Cookies

Website Functionality

  • Remember your preferences: Language settings, cookie preferences, form data
  • Improve security: Protect against fraud and unauthorised access
  • Enable features: Contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, downloads
  • Session management: Keep you logged in during your visit

Performance and Analytics

  • Monitor performance: Page load times, error rates, server response
  • User behaviour: Most popular pages, navigation patterns, search terms
  • Conversion tracking: Contact form submissions, newsletter sign-ups
  • A/B testing: Test different versions of pages to improve user experience

Marketing and Communications

  • Targeted advertising: Show relevant ads based on your interests
  • Retargeting: Show ads to visitors who didn't initially convert
  • Campaign measurement: Track effectiveness of marketing campaigns
  • Social media integration: Enable sharing and social media features

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services. We use these services to enhance your experience and measure the effectiveness of our website.

Google Analytics

Purpose: Website analytics and performance monitoring

Data collected: Anonymous usage statistics, page views, session duration

Privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy

Google Ads

Purpose: Advertising and conversion tracking

Data collected: Ad interactions, conversion data, audience insights

Privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy

Facebook Pixel

Purpose: Social media advertising and tracking

Data collected: Website visits, button clicks, form submissions

Privacy policy: Facebook Privacy Policy

LinkedIn Insight Tag

Purpose: Professional network advertising and analytics

Data collected: Professional interests, company information, conversions

Privacy policy: LinkedIn Privacy Policy

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Cookie Consent Manager

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner that allows you to:

  • Accept All: Accept all types of cookies
  • Necessary Only: Accept only essential cookies
  • Customise: Choose which types of cookies to accept

You can change your preferences at any time by:

  • Clicking the cookie preferences link in our footer
  • Clearing your browser cookies (this will reset all preferences)
  • Contacting us directly

Browser Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View and delete individual cookies
  • Block cookies from specific websites
  • Block all cookies
  • Delete all cookies when you close the browser

Browser-specific instructions:

  • Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
  • Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Edge: Settings → Site permissions → Cookies and site data

Additional tools:

  • Google Ads Settings: Manage Google Ad personalisation
  • Facebook Ad Preferences: Control Facebook advertising
  • Your Online Choices: Opt out of behavioural advertising

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Necessary Cookies

If you disable necessary cookies, you may experience:

  • Website functionality issues
  • Security vulnerabilities
  • Inability to submit forms
  • Loss of preferences between pages

Analytics Cookies

Disabling analytics cookies will:

  • Not affect website functionality
  • Reduce our ability to improve the website
  • Limit our understanding of user preferences
  • Make it harder to identify and fix issues

Marketing Cookies

Disabling marketing cookies will:

  • Not affect website functionality
  • Result in less relevant advertisements
  • Increase the frequency of irrelevant ads
  • Reduce our ability to measure campaign effectiveness

Cookie Retention Periods

Cookie Lifespan

  • Session Cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent Cookies: Remain until expiry date or manual deletion
  • Necessary Cookies: Typically expire after 1-12 months
  • Analytics Cookies: Usually expire after 2 years
  • Marketing Cookies: Generally expire after 30 days to 2 years

You can view the specific expiry dates of cookies in your browser's developer tools or cookie management settings.

Data Protection and Security

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of cookie data:

  • Data minimisation: We only collect necessary data
  • Secure transmission: All data is encrypted during transmission
  • Access controls: Limited access to authorised personnel only
  • Regular audits: Periodic review of cookie usage and data handling
  • Vendor management: Third-party services are vetted for security standards
  • Data retention: Cookies are deleted when no longer needed

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

  • Changes in technology
  • Legal and regulatory requirements
  • Business practices and services
  • User feedback and preferences

When we make changes:

  • We will update the "Last updated" date
  • Significant changes will be communicated via our website
  • We may request renewed consent for new cookie types
  • You can review the latest version at any time

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Quiet Invest
142 Great Hampton Row
Birmingham B19 3JL
United Kingdom
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
+44 121 249 1768

Quiet Invest

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