Cookie Policy

Who we are:

This website, www.stewartmilne.com (“site”) is operated by Stewart Milne Group Limited. We are registered in Scotland under company number SC057709 and have our registered office at Peregrine House, Mosscroft Avenue, Westhill Business Park, Westhill, Aberdeen, AB32 6TQ. Our VAT number is 296 8694 77. We can be contacted by telephone on 01224 747000.


Our Website:

This cookie policy only relates to your use of our site.

Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

 

Cookies:

We use the following cookies:

  • Essential cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.
  • Analytical or Performance cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
  • Functionality cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This speeds up your access to the website.
  • Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website content more relevant to your interests.

 

Consent to use Cookies and change settings:

We will ask for your permission (Consent) to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by clicking on the “More” icon on the cookie banner at the bottom of our site. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.

 

Our Use of Cookies:

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Title

 

Cookie Name

Purpose

 

Category

Google Tag Manager

_gat_gtag_UA_7010510_6, _gcl_au

Google Tag Manager organizes all third-party tags on our website (like Google Analytics and Pixels), and controls when these are triggered.

 

Lifespan: 48 hours.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies.

Google Analytics

 

_ga

Google Analytics cookies which help us understand how visitors are using our website, so we can make it more useful.

 

Lifespan: 180 days. 

Targeting or Advertising Cookies.

Facebook Pixel

-

Facebook pixel is used to help us understand how visitors are using our website, so we can make it more useful.

 

Lifespan: 180 days.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies.

Twitter Pixel

-

Twitter pixel is used to help understand how visitors are using our website, so we can make it more useful.

 

Lifespan: 90 days.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies.

LinkedIn Pixel

-

Google Analytics cookies which help us understand how visitors are using our website, so we can make it more useful.

 

Lifespan: 180 days.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies.

Cookie Pop-up

 

seen_cookie_message

Used to track if a user has seen our cookie message and saves the user's choice for the cookie.

 

Lifespan: persistent.

Essential Cookies.

YouTube

 

GPS,IDE, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC

Used by YouTube to measure a users bandwidth to determine whether they get the new player interface or the old.

 

Lifespan: 1 year.

Analytical / Performance Cookie.

Google Doubleclick

 

IDE

Doubleclick is used to report on response rates and effectiveness of online advertising campaigns. Any cookie data is anonymised statistical data.

 

Lifespan: 1 month.

Analytical / Performance Cookie.

 

Third Party Access to our Cookies:

The cookies above will only be accessed by us, those third parties named in the table above and our site developers for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy.

 

How to turn off all Cookies:

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some 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.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire at the end of their Lifespan as stipulated in the table above.