Our website
https://save-energy.uk uses cookies. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent
to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
About cookies
Cookies are a kind of short-term memory for the web. They are stored in your browser
and enable a site to ‘remember’ little bits of information between pages or visits.
Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate
different pages on a website, and to identify users returning to a website.Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie consists of a text
file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the browser and will
remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date).
A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the
web browser is closed.
How we use cookies
Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal
information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in
and obtained from cookies. The cookies used on this website include those which are
strictly necessary cookies for access and navigation, cookies that track usage
(performance cookies) and remember your choices (functionality cookies).We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following
purposes:• to recognise your computer when you visit our website,
• to retain clients’ email addresses and passwords when they log in to our
‘Member’s Area,’
• to track you as you navigate our website,
• to improve the website’s usability i.e. our Live Chat application to answer
questions you have in real time,
• to analyse the use of our website - such as how many people visit us each day,
• in the administration of our website.
Third party cookies
We work with the following companies in maintaining and improving our website. A
brief description of what they do is found below. We ensure that any company which
works with us and collects personal data complies with strict GDPR data protection
standards. If you have any more questions, please do contact us and we’ll be happy to
help.
Google & Google Analytics Privacy Policy
We use Google Analytics to better understand how our customers navigate to and
through our website, how long customers spend visiting our content items and how
often they return to visit our website. Google Analytics also helps us track the
effectiveness of the money we spend on our digital marketing and social media
campaigns.
Google’s GDPR compliant Privacy Policy, which contains information on cookies, can be
found here.
Blocking cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. For example:• In I
nternet Explorer 11 you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet
Options”, select the “Privacy” tab and, locate “Advanced” under Settings and
choose if you want to allow, block or be promoted for first and third-party
cookies.• In
Microsoft Edge click on the three dots icon in the top right-hand corner and
select “Settings”. Locate “View advanced settings”. In the “Cookies” section you
will find a drop-down menu where you can select “Block only third-party cookies”
or “Block all cookies”. You will then have to re-start Microsoft Edge.• In
Firefox you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, and unchecking “Accept cookies from sites” in the “Privacy” box.In
Google Chrome you can adjust your cookie permissions by clicking on the
three dots icon in the top right-hand corner of your browser screen, selecting
“Settings” from near the bottom of the drop-down list, then clicking on
“Advanced” near the bottom. This should open options. In the “Privacy” section,
click “Content Settings” and disable cookies by selecting “Block site from setting
any data”. Click “Done” to save your preferences.On S
afari on Apple OS X click on the Safari menu, then “Preferences” then
“Privacy”. Under “Accept Cookies” unselect the “Always allow” option.• For
Opera choose “Settings”, “Quick Preferences” and uncheck “Enable Cookies”.
Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many
websites.If you block cookies, you may not be able to use certain features on our
website (log on, access content, use search functions).
Deleting cookies
You can also delete cookies already stored on your computer:• In
Internet Explorer 11 click on “Tools”, point to “Safety” and then select the
“Delete browsing history”. Click on the “Cookies and website data” checkbox and
then choose “Delete”.• In
Microsoft Edge click on the three dots icon in the top right-hand corner and
select “Settings”. Under “Clear browsing data” select “Choose what to clear” and
select the checkbox next to “Cookies and saved website data” then click on
“Clear”. If you wish you can turn the “Always clear this when I close the browser”
setting to “On”.• To delete cookies from a particular website in
Firefox, click on the three lines
icon and choose “Options”. In the “Privacy & Security” panel go to the “History”
section and in the drop menu next to “Firefox will” choose “Use custom settings
for history”. A cookies window will appear when you click “Show Cookies”. In the
Search field type the name of the site whose cookies you want to remove. Select
the cookies you wish to remove and click “Remove Selected”. Click “Close” to
close the Cookies window and the “about:preferences” page.
o To delete all cookies, open the cookies window as above and click
“Remove All Cookies”.• In
Google Chrome click on the three dots icon in the top right-hand corner,
select “Settings” and find “Advanced” near the bottom. Under “Privacy andsecurity” click on “Content settings”. Click on “Cookies” and Under “All cookies
and site data” select “Remove All”. Confirm by clicking on “Clear all”.• On
Safari on Apple OS X click on the Safari menu, then select “Preferences”
from the drop-down. Go to the “Privacy” tab. Click the “Remove All Website Data”
button to remove all stored website data and click “Remove Now” to confirm. To
remove stored data by individual site, click on the “Details” button and select the
sites with the stored data you wish to remove. Click “Remove” and then “Done”.• For
Opera selecting “Settings”, “Preferences”, “Advanced” and then “Cookies” and
checking the “Delete new cookies when exiting Opera” and closing Opera when
you have finished browsing will ensure the cookie information is kept in the
browser.
Contact us
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us using the contact details on our
contactpage if you have any questions or queries regarding how we use cookies or anything
else on our website