Cookie Policy
Our Privacy Notice explains our principles relating to the collection, processing, and storage of your information. This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) explains how and why we use cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons and pixels, (collectively “Cookies”) when you use or visit our digital resources, such as any of our websites or apps, or when you open any of our HTML marketing emails (we refer to our websites, apps, and HTML emails collectively as “the Site”). This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use.
By continuing to use our Site, you acknowledge that you have seen our notification requesting your consent to use Cookies and that you have indicated your Cookie preferences through our notification tool or by contacting us at compliance@goulstonstorrs.com.
1. What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that can be stored on and accessed from your device when you visit our Site and enables us to collect information about how you use our Site. In addition, we may use other tracking technologies such as “web beacons” or “pixels.” These are typically small transparent images that provide us with statistics for similar purposes. They are often used in conjunction with cookies, though they are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load, but their functionality will be restricted.
You can find more information about cookies here:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
www.youronlinechoices.eu
2. Types of Cookies
First-party cookies: First-party Cookies are set by the Site you are visiting at the time (for instance, cookies placed by www.goulstonstorrs.com).
Third-party cookies: Third-party Cookies are set by third parties other than Goulston & Storrs, such as third parties who provide us with analytics services or content (for instance, Google Analytics 4, LinkedIn, Vimeo, and X). Third-party cookies may be set if you access any of our articles, announcements, or other content through third party sites, such as LinkedIn or Vimeo.
3. Why We Use Cookies
Cookies are widely used to “remember” you and your preferences, either for a single visit through a Session Cookie or for multiple repeat visits using a Persistent Cookie. Cookies primarily serve to maintain proper performance of our Sites and to enable us to improve our services. The functions of Cookies on our Sites can generally be categorized as either performance related or targeting related.
Necessary
Necessary Cookies collect information about how you use our Site, including which of our pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These Cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are only used to help us improve how our Site works, understand our users’ interests, and measure the effectiveness of our content. We generally use independent analytics companies to perform these services for us and, when this is the case, these cookies may be Third Party Cookies.
Some examples of how we use Necessary Cookies are:
Web analytics: Provide anonymous statistics on how our Site is used.
Error management: Help us improve the Site by measuring any errors that occur.
Research: For comparison with other websites using data collected by industry-accepted measurement and research companies.
Some of our Necessary Cookies are strictly necessary for the proper functioning our Site. Strictly necessary cookies are essential to navigate around a website and use its features. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet. If you prevent or block Necessary Cookies, which includes strictly necessary cookies, we cannot guarantee how our Sites will perform for you.
Analytical
Generally, Analytical Cookies are Third Party Cookies that we use to provide security in your interactions with us and to chart the effectiveness of our marketing materials by analyzing users’ clicks. Analytical Cookies do not determine who you are but may identify the device that you are using to access our Site or content.
Targeting Cookies
When you access our social media pages or interact with our social media content (such as through LinkedIn, X, or Vimeo) or when you click on any of our digital advertising, cookies may be placed by those third parties. Information collected through third party social media or digital sources (such as LinkedIn, X, Vimeo, or banner advertising) is subject to the privacy and use policies of those sources, which differ from our Privacy Notice. We do not control how third parties use your information.
4. Specific Cookies Used by Goulston & Storrs
Goulston & Storrs does not use cookies to profile visitors to its Site or to track the sites from which our visitors arrive or to which they travel.
The following is a list of Analytical and Targeting Cookies on our Site. Because the nature and functionality of Cookies changes rapidly, we cannot guarantee that this is a complete and accurate list.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 | Web analytics service to assist us in analyzing how users access and use our Site. We use this information for our internal purposes | See information below. |
| LinkedIn | deliver our content through LinkedIn and enable connecting to our Site from LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy |
| Vimeo | This allows us to deliver video content through our Site | https://vimeo.com/privacy |
| YouTube | This enable you and us to share our video content on YouTube and allows us to collect analytical information on visits to our content that is posted on YouTube | https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
Google Analytics 4
We do not control Google’s use of your Personal Information. We encourage you to visit Google’s Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites to exercise your options as to Google’s collection and use of your information. You can see how Google collects and uses your information through this site: https://myactivity.google.com/.
You can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout)
Third party employment application forms
When accessing our website from an online job application form, the online job application forms are operated by third party service providers who may use cookies to enable you to complete the registration process, to submit your application successfully, and to log into and access your account. We do not control how the third party service providers use your information.
5. Controlling Cookies
To some extent, you have the ability to block some Cookies and to delete Cookies from your devices. Please review the section above for information regarding Google Analytics 4.
You can block Cookies generally by activating specific settings on your browser, in the relevant app, or as provided through your device’s operating system. However, if you use your settings to block all Cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our system will issue Cookies as soon as you visit our Site.
You may also use the opt-out tools provided by the following industry groups to block Cookies and to delete Cookies that have already been placed on your device:
Digital Advertising Alliance (‘DAA’):http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
Network Advertising Initiative (‘NAI’):http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
European Interactive Digital Adverting Alliance (‘EDAA’):http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
If you block Cookies, the source of the blocked Cookies will place an “opt-out” Cookie on your device during your session. The opt-out Cookie tells the source of the Cookie not to include information from that device in its data for the duration of your session. If you delete all Cookies, change your browser settings, switch browsers or computers, or use another operating system, you may need to reset your device to block future Cookies from being placed.
We use reasonable efforts to honor “Do Not Track” browser settings, meaning we will not track your browser for marketing purposes while you have “Do Not Track” turned on in your browser settings, but we cannot promise that this functionality is always available.
6. Updates
We may make changes to our Cookie Policy to keep it current with industry standards and applicable law. The date of the most recent revisions will be provided on this page.
Version December 2024