Cheshire Local Optical Committee (Cheshire LOC)

This Cookie Policy explains how Cheshire Local Optical Committee (“Cheshire LOC”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites function properly, improve user experience, and provide information to site owners about how their website is used.

Some cookies are essential for the website to operate, while others are used for analytics and preferences.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

• Ensure the website functions correctly

• Remember your cookie preferences

• Understand how visitors use our website

• Improve content, accessibility, and performance

We do not use cookies for advertising or commercial marketing.

Types of cookies we use

1. Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.

They include cookies that:

• Enable core site functionality

• Support security and page navigation

• Remember cookie consent preferences

These cookies do not require user consent.

2. Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use our website, such as:

• Pages visited

• Time spent on pages

• How users arrived at the site

This information helps us understand how the site is used and improve it.

Analytics cookies are only set if you give your consent.

3. Functionality cookies (where applicable)

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as:

• Form preferences

• Logged-in user status (if applicable)

They improve functionality but are not essential.

Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by:

• Using the cookie settings link on the website (where available), or

• Adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies

Please note that blocking some cookies may affect how the website functions.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our website, such as Google Analytics.

We do not control these cookies directly. Further information about how Google uses data can be found in Google’s privacy documentation.

Updates to this policy

We keep this Cookie Policy under regular review and update it as necessary to reflect changes in technology or legal requirements.

Last updated: 2025