Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, improve user experience, and provide information to site owners. Cookies may be set by the website you visit ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services operating on that site ("third-party cookies").

2. How We Use Cookies

The Clarendon Advisory website uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential operation: ensuring core website functionality, including page navigation, form submissions, and security
• Performance and analytics: understanding how visitors use our website so we can improve content, structure, and user experience
• Functionality: remembering your preferences to deliver a more personalised browsing experience

3. Cookies We Use

The following table details the cookies used on our website:

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Analytics	Google Analytics: distinguishes unique visitors and tracks overall site usage	2 years
_ga_*	Analytics	Google Analytics 4: maintains session state and records page views throughout your visit	2 years
_gid	Analytics	Google Analytics: identifies unique visitors within a 24-hour window	24 hours
_gat	Performance	Google Analytics: throttles the request rate to manage data collection	1 minute
cookie_consent	Essential	Records your cookie consent preferences to avoid repeated prompts	1 year
session_id	Essential	Maintains your browsing session while navigating the site and using forms	Session

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services we use to enhance functionality and gather analytics:

• Google Analytics: provides aggregated, anonymised data about website traffic and visitor behaviour. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
• jQuery CDN: delivers the jQuery library from an external content delivery network, which may set performance-related cookies.

We do not use cookies for advertising, behavioural profiling, or retargeting purposes.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser settings: most browsers allow you to manage cookies through their privacy settings. You can block all cookies, accept all cookies, or receive notification when cookies are set. Consult your browser's help documentation for instructions.
• Google Analytics opt-out: prevent Google Analytics data collection by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Device settings: on mobile devices, cookie preferences can be managed through the device's privacy settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality and your ability to use some features.

6. Legal Basis for Cookies

Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR:

• Strictly necessary cookies are placed without consent, as they are essential for the website to function.
• Analytics and functionality cookies are placed based on your consent, which you may provide or withdraw at any time through your browser settings.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for regulatory reasons. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

8. Further Information

For more information about how we handle personal data, please read our Privacy Policy. For any questions about cookies, please contact:

Clarendon Advisory Ltd
12 Aldgate Square
London EC3N 1AA
Email: hello@ironforgefield.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7946 0391