Cookie Policy

About this policy

This policy explains how Strata Digital uses cookies and similar technologies on stratadigitaladvisory.com, including its www address, and how you can manage your choices. Strata Digital is a trading name of Ashbourne & Vale Group Limited.

Cookies are small files stored on your device. They help websites remember preferences, provide requested features and understand how pages are used. Similar technologies include browser storage and tracking pixels. This policy covers those technologies too.

Some cookies expire when your browsing session ends. Others remain for a set period or until you delete them. They may be associated with our website or with a third-party service you choose to use.

How we use cookies

• Necessary cookies help keep the website secure, remember your cookie choices and provide services you request. They are not used for optional advertising or website analytics.
• Analytics cookies help us understand visits, page use and interactions so we can improve the website. Where permitted, browsing activity may be associated with an enquiry you make. These cookies are enabled only after you accept analytics.
• Functional cookies support features you choose to use, such as appointment booking and chat. Optional storage is subject to the relevant consent controls; storage essential to a requested feature may still be needed.
• Advertising technologies may be used by the optional domain scanner after you separately choose to load it. These can measure activity and support advertising across other websites.

We pass your analytics and advertising preferences to Google separately. Accepting analytics alone does not grant advertising consent. You can change either choice through Cookie settings.

We do not treat continued browsing as consent. You can read the website and send an enquiry without accepting optional analytics cookies. Some services receive basic connection information, such as an IP address and browser details, when their content loads even if optional cookies are rejected.

Providers and cookie lifetimes

The following providers support the website’s cookie-related features. Their own notices give further information about individual cookies and their handling of information.

These are published default periods. Cookies may be renewed during use, removed by you or restricted by your browser. Not every cookie is used on every visit. Cookie expiry is different from the time a provider retains information already received.

Optional services and external links

The domain scanner loads only when you select Accept and load scanner. That choice permits its associated analytics and advertising technologies, separately from the website’s main cookie preferences. Its providers can include Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta and Reddit, which may combine activity with information they already hold.

You can use the rest of the website without the scanner. To stop an active scanner, reload or leave that page. Your loading choice is not saved for a later visit. Changing the main cookie preferences does not close an already active scanner or remove data it has collected.

Booking and chat services may use necessary storage to deliver the feature you request and additional consent controls where applicable. You can contact us by phone or email instead.

If you follow a link to another website, including a social profile or our support portal, that website’s own privacy and cookie arrangements apply.

Managing your preferences

You can accept or reject optional cookies, or choose categories, through the cookie banner. To change or withdraw a choice at any time, use the button below or Cookie settings in the footer.

Your choices apply to the browser and device you use. You may need to choose again after clearing cookies, using a private window or switching devices. Withdrawing consent stops the relevant optional use going forward; it does not undo earlier processing or automatically delete stored cookies.

The page may refresh when you switch analytics off so your updated choice takes effect.

You can inspect, block or delete cookies through your browser’s privacy settings. Blocking all cookies may affect security checks, saved preferences or requested features. If you delete the cookie recording your preference, the banner may ask you again. If the preference control is unavailable, use your browser’s settings or contact us for help.

Your personal information

Cookies and similar technologies can involve personal information, including online identifiers and browsing activity. Our Privacy Policy explains how personal information is handled and your rights. For questions or a request concerning your information, contact privacy@stratadigitaladvisory.com.

Cookie consent is separate from email marketing preferences. Accepting cookies does not subscribe you to marketing emails, and changing cookie settings does not unsubscribe you from an existing mailing list. Use the unsubscribe link in a marketing email to change that preference.

Changes and contact details

We update this policy when our use of cookies changes. The date above shows the latest update. We will request a new consent choice where a change requires one.

You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK’s data protection regulator.