Cookie Policy
Personal data collected on this website is processed in accordance with the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017.
Like many companies, Babbé LLP (we, us and our) use technology on our website to collect information that helps us enhance your online experience, discover how you use our website and measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file containing information which is downloaded to your desktop or laptop computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit our website. Cookies are then sent back to our website each time you visit, enabling the website to “remember” you or your device. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive or read cookie files created by other sites.
When we refer to cookies throughout this Policy, we intend to cover all similar devices including web beacons and log files. You can find more information about cookies at All About Cookies or Your Online Choices
The information we collect and why
Part of creating an enjoyable and lasting experience for our website visitors is to use cookies to process information in order to better understand what you want from our site. For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on your device.
Examples of the types of information we collect via cookies are:
- How often you visit our website, the pages you visited on our website, your click-through on our website and the total time you spent on our website;
- The website you visited before our website;
- Whether you have visited our website before or if you are a new visitor;
Your viewing preferences (e.g. layout, sizing preferences, language, etc.); and - Your IP address, browser type and operating system.
Please note: we do not collect your name or email address via cookies.
Cookies help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage pattern;
- Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests;
- Speed up your searches;
- Recognise you when you return to our site and improve your next visit; and
- Look at customer trends: we compile information from thousands of visits and analyse it as a whole. This kind of study focuses on identifying trends among the many visitors to our site rather than analysing information about any individual visitor.
We also use cookies for system administration.
Social media plug-ins
We have integrated components of LinkedIn on this website. Each individual page that you visit, where the social media plug-in is integrated, your information will be collected by, transmitted to and stored by the provider of that social media plug-in.
The information collected and transmitted includes your IP address, the address of the website the social media plug-in is located, your browser information and operating system used, and the data and time the website was accessed or activated.
How to manage cookies
We will only set cookies on your device that are not strictly necessary to allow you to use the website if you have provided consent.
As cookies are stored in the web browser used to access the website, users need to change the settings pertaining that browser in particular. Below are some of most popular browsers and corresponding links to the vendors’ guidance on disabling cookies:
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-turn-do-not-track-feature
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en_GB
In addition, Google Analytics gives you the option to install an opt-out browser add-on for Internet Explorer 11, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari
If you use Firefox or Internet Explorer 11 there is an option to turn on the Do Not Track functionality, which allows you to tell websites not to track you. Google has also published a browser add-on to allow you to choose what information about your websites you visit is sent to Google Analytics, this can be downloaded here. Full details on the cookies set by Google Analytics are published on the Google website.
Please note: disabling or rejecting the use of cookies on our website may result in some pages becoming inaccessible or not functioning properly.
Changes to the policy
We may change this Cookie Policy at any time and from time to time without notice to you, including by publishing a new version on our website.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies, or if you want to exercise your right to access your data and/or have any information we hold about you rectified, you can contact us. You will also find more information about how we process your information in our Privacy Policy.
If you wish to complain about how your data is being processed please contact:
The Office of the Data Protection Authority
Block A
Lefebvre Court
Lefebvre Street
St Peter Port
GY1 2JP
t: +44 (0)1481 742074
e: info@odpa.gg