Cookie policy
This site counts visits so we know which pages to improve, and you can turn that off in one click. Advertising cookies wait until you say yes. Below is the whole list, what each one does and how to change your mind.
Small files, and a plain explanation
A cookie is a small file this site asks your browser to keep. Related technologies do the same job under another name — this site uses one entry of browser local storage to remember your cookie choices, which never leaves your device. The rules are the same for both, so we list them together and call the section cookies because that is what everyone calls it.
We use the fewest we can get away with. Nothing here identifies you by name, and none of it is shared with anyone for their own advertising. What we do with the data itself is covered in the privacy policy.
Every cookie this site can set
These run without asking first, because they are used only to count how the site is used so we can improve it. Google signals and ad personalisation are switched off, so the data is not used for advertising. Turn them off below or on the privacy policy and they stop straight away.
Not running at the moment. We rarely advertise. If we do, these are the cookies involved, and only after you accept.
Our hosting provider also keeps standard server logs, including your IP address, for security and to spot broken pages. Those are not cookies and they are deleted on a rolling basis.
Change your mind here, at any time
Analytics is on unless you switch it off here or on the privacy policy. Advertising stays off until you accept it. Switching either off costs you nothing on this site. "Ask me again" clears your answer, puts everything back to those defaults and brings the banner back.
Content that comes from elsewhere
Our location pages draw map tiles from OpenStreetMap. That does not set a cookie, but the tile server sees your IP address, as any server must to send you an image.
Where a page carries a video, it loads only when you press play, and the platform then sets its own cookies under its own policy. If you would rather it did not, do not press play.
Or handle it yourself
Every browser will show you the cookies a site has set and let you delete them, and most will let you block third-party cookies outright. Look under privacy settings in Safari, Chrome, Edge or Firefox. Clearing them will also clear your answer above, so we will ask once more.
Nothing breaks
Turn analytics off and refuse advertising and the site works exactly as it does now. You can still send an enquiry, book a visit and read every page. Nothing is hidden behind either choice, there is no second prompt, and we will not ask again unless you clear your answer. We simply lose the count, which is our problem rather than yours.
Ask us if anything here is unclear
If we add a tool that sets a cookie, it goes in the table above and the date at the top changes. Questions to hello@ribbleav.co.uk or 01254 917310.