Cookies policy

The Gerco-Fas Website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best possible user experience.

Without some of these cookies, the website simply would not work. Other cookies perform functions like recognising you each time you visit the site or helping our team to understand which parts of the site you find most interesting and useful.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone or tablet by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work and to function more effectively. For example, they may be required to keep you logged in to a service, or to remember your user preferences or shopping cart contents. A cookie will typically contain a record of the web site which issued it, its own name, and a value which is often a randomly generated unique number. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information.

A cookie will have a ‘lifetime’, which tells your browser when to delete it. Cookies can be set by the website domain itself, or by another domain, for example by Google Maps.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time

COOKIE TYPES

There are several different types of cookie. These are the most common ones:

COOKIE USES

Cookies perform many different functions. These are the most common:

THE LAW

The principal law which governs how websites use cookies and similar technologies when storing information on a user’s equipment, such as their computer or mobile device, is the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations. The regulations were amended on 9 January 2019.

Regulation 6 covers the use of electronic communications networks to store information (e.g. cookies) or to gain access to information stored in the terminal equipment of a subscriber or user. The change in the law was prompted by concerns about online tracking of individuals and is intended to protect the privacy of users by requiring their knowledge and agreement to the use of cookies, even where the information collected is not directly personally identifiable.

CAN I TURN OFF COOKIES

You can manually disable cookies on your device, or delete existing cookies. You may also be able to view the cookies already in your system. This will depend on your browser. See the links below which tell you how to delete or disable cookies in each of the major browsers.

Further information and advice about cookies can be found on the All About Cookies website (allaboutcookies.org)

The best method for managing cookies is dependent upon which web browser you use. Links for many of the popular browsers can be located in the all about cookies website here: ( How to stop cookies being installed on my browser - All about Cookies )

Please note that the necessary cookies are required for the effective functioning of some of the services we offer online. If you disable these cookies, a number of important functions and services will be unavailable to you and our websites may not operate correctly in your browser..

Gerco-Fas COOKIES AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

Gerco-Fas does not use cookies to store personal information about you, and will make no attempt to identify you through use of cookies.

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES

The information below sets out what cookies we use on our website and how they are used. When reading the information below it is useful to know the following: Cookies have a lifetime. Some only last until you close your browser or a short time. These are called 'session cookies'. Some last longer though, for example, to enable a website to recognise you when you return to them. These are called 'persistent cookies'. Cookies placed directly by a website owner (like us) are known as 'first party cookies' and most modern websites also use technology provided by other people/businesses, for example to provide online advertising. Cookies placed by other parties are known as 'third party cookies'.