Cookie policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

• Who we are

  This website, www.doherty.co.uk, is operated by Doherty IT Solutions Ltd trading as Doherty Associates. We are an IT Managed Services business and for more information see our About us page.

• Our website

  This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website, www.doherty.co.uk.

  Throughout our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to give you a richer website experience. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.

• Cookies

  A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website.

  We use cookies to store your cookie settings (i.e. which cookies you choose to accept) and also for reporting purposes on website usage. The latter is aggregated data which means we cannot identify users individually. Some third party services may also use cookies. You can choose, via our Cookiebot tool, which cookies to accept and change your preferences during your visit.

  For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see the ‘Our use of cookies’ section below.

  For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or All About Computer Cookies.

• Consent to use cookies and changing settings

  We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested or to be compliant e.g. our Cookiebot tool needs to store a necessary cookie to remember the preferences you have selected.

  You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by using our Cookiebot preference tool. This will have been shown to you on your first visit to the site and you can change your preferences by clicking the icon in the bottom left corner. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.

• Our use of cookies

  The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why. The following statement and table are generated by our Cookiebot tool which scans the website frequently and updates accordingly based on the information found.

• How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so

  If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.

  For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or All About Computer Cookies.

• How to contact us

  Please contact us at data.protection@doherty.co.uk if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.

• Do you need extra help?

  If you would like this notice in another format (for example: audio, large print, braille), please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ above).

• Changes to this policy

  This policy was published on 23 August 2022 and last updated on 25 October 2022.

  We may change this policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via updating this policy on our website. As the website is scanned monthly by Cookiebot, details of cookies in use are available in the ‘Our use of cookies’ section above.