This Website and use of Cookies

Visitors to our Website

When someone visits www.alanbrownmp.scot, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those who visit our website.

If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be transparent about this, by means of an information notice at the point of collection of the data. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Information collected by automated means

We collect certain information by automated means when you visit our sites, such as how many users visit our site and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor the site to visitors. We collect this information through various means such as “cookies”  and IP addresses, as explained below.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and preferences.

This website is powered by Squarespace and uses cookies which are pre-determined by Squarespace.  For further details on Squarespace cookies and what they do, visit Squarespace’s web site at https://www.squarespace.com/cookie-policy/.  By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

You can choose to refuse cookies or tell your browser to let you know each time that a website tries to set a cookie. Refusing cookies may mean some sections of the site will not work properly.

You can find more information about cookies and how to block or delete them at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.  You can get further information on the categorisation of cookies set out in the ICC UK Cookie guide available at the ICC’s website at http://www.international-chamber.co.uk.