Cookies Policy
Last updated: August 15, 2023
Growth Summit Events Limited (trading as Scottish Growth Summit) - (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies on the https://www.scottishgrowthsummit.co.uk/ website (the “Service”). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.
Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.
Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
How Growth Summit Events Limited uses cookies
When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
• To enable certain functions of the Service
• To provide analytics
We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service:
• Essential cookies: We may use essential cookies to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
• Analytics cookies: We may use analytics cookies including Google Analytics & Facebook pixel to track information for example how the Service is used, so that we can make improvements. We may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Service to see how our users react to them.
What is Google Analytics 4?
We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to gather information about how visitors use our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect data such as:
• Device Information: Including the type of device you're using, operating system, browser type, and screen resolution.
• Usage Information: Such as pages visited, time spent on each page, interactions with the Website's features, and click-through rates.
• Demographic Information: Including the general location of visitors (country/region), language preferences, and other anonymized demographic data.
• Referral Sources: Information about how you arrived at our Website, whether from a search engine, referral link, or another source.
• IP Address: Your IP address may be collected for general geographic information, but it is anonymized and not linked to any personally identifiable information.
This information is used to analyse user behaviour, improve our services, and optimise the user experience. It helps us understand which content is most popular, how visitors navigate through the site, and how we can enhance our offerings.
Please note that we have enabled IP anonymisation within Google Analytics, which means that your full IP address is not stored or processed by Google.
Additionally, we have configured Google Analytics to respect the "Do Not Track" setting in your browser.
You can learn more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data by reviewing Google's Privacy Policy here. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics data collection by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on, available here.
By continuing to use our Website, you acknowledge and consent to the collection and processing of your data as described above for the purposes of Google Analytics 4.
What is Facebook Pixel?
The Facebook pixel is an analytics tool that allows you to measure the effectiveness of your advertising by understanding the actions people take on your website. You can use pixel data to:
• Make sure your ads are being shown to the right people
• Build advertising audiences
• Unlock additional Facebook advertising tools
Third-party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.
What are your choices regarding cookies
If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
• For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
• For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
• For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
• For the Safari web browser, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?locale=en_US
• For the Opera web browser, please visit this page from Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
• For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.
Where you can find more information about cookies
You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:
• AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
• Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/
• Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
About Facebook Pixel: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/