Cookie Policy

Firebird Data Protection Consultancy Limited uses cookies and similar technologies on this website.

This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them and the choices available to you.

Cookies are small files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website. They can be used for purposes such as making a website work correctly, remembering information about a visit, understanding how people use a website and measuring the effectiveness of advertising.

The rules also apply to similar technologies that store information on, or access information from your device, including certain tags, scripts and browser storage technologies. The Information Commissioner refers to these collectively as storage and access technologies. 

 We use two broad types of cookies and similar technologies: 

Essential cookies

Some cookies are needed for our website to work properly. They help with basic functions such as loading pages, keeping the site secure, routing visitors to the right part of the website and maintaining a website session. Because these cookies are necessary for the website to function, we can use them without asking for your consent. We keep their use to a minimum and do not use essential cookies for advertising or optional tracking.

Optional tracking cookies

If you select Accept on our cookie banner, optional tracking technologies may be enabled to help us:

• understand how many people visit our website; 
• understand how visitors use the website; 
• measure website performance; 
• improve the operation of the website; 
• obtain metrics relating to website integrations; and 
• measure the effectiveness of our advertising, including Google Ads. 

These optional technologies are not enabled through our website cookie banner unless you select Accept. If you select Decline, optional cookie tracking through this mechanism will remain disabled.

When you first visit our website, you will be given the choice to:

• Accept – this gives permission for optional cookie tracking to be enabled; or
• Decline – this closes the cookie banner without enabling optional cookie tracking.

We do not treat continued use of our website as consent to optional cookies.

Where consent is required, it must be given through a clear positive action. You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please be aware that blocking some essential cookies may affect how the website operates.

We use Google Ads to promote our services.

Where the appropriate tracking functionality is enabled and you have given the necessary consent, Google technologies may be used to help us understand whether somebody visited our website after interacting with one of our advertisements and to measure the performance of our advertising campaigns. Depending on the technology and configuration used, Google may receive information such as:

• browser or device information; 
• online identifiers; 
• pages or actions associated with a website visit; 
• information about how somebody reached our website; and 
• advertising interaction or conversion information. 

For information about how Google uses personal data please view their Privacy Policy.

Our website is hosted and operated using GoDaddy.

GoDaddy may use cookies or similar technologies to provide website functionality, routing, session management, traffic measurement and website analytics, depending on our configuration and the choices you make on our cookie banner.

We may also use third-party services that place or access cookies in connection with their functionality.

These may include services such as:

• GoDaddy; 
• Google; 
• TrustedSite and 
• other website service providers or integrations that we may introduce from time to time. 

We review these technologies and update this policy where our website use changes.

For information about how GoDaddy uses personal data please view their Global Privacy Notice

 Cookie Provider: GoDaddy

• dps_site_id-Supports website routing and delivery (Duration: Session)
• _scc_session -  Supports website session functionality (Duration: Approx 20 minutes)
• _tccl_visit - Used in connection with website visit or performance measurement (Duration: Approx 30 minutes)
• _tccl_visitor -  Used in connection with visitor or performance measurement (Duration: Approx 12 months)

Cookie Provider: TrustedSite

• trustedsite_tm_float_seen -  Supports TrustedSite trustmark functionality (Duration: Approx 5 minutes)
• trustedsite_visit -  Supports TrustedSite visit functionality (Duration: 24 hours) 

Different cookies remain on your device for different periods. Some are session cookies, which expire when your browser session ends. Others are persistent cookies, which may remain on your device for a set period unless you remove them earlier through your browser settings. The duration of a cookie is not necessarily the same as the period for which related information is retained by the relevant service provider.

Some cookies and similar technologies generate or use online identifiers. Although these identifiers may not tell us your name, they may still constitute personal data where they can be linked to a device or individual in context. Where personal data is processed through the use of cookies or similar technologies, our Privacy Notice also applies.