COOKIES

COOKIES POLICY

The EU E-Privacy Directive, first published in 2003, aims to protect privacy in the electronic communications sector. In 2009, the Directive was amended to require website owners to inform visitors about the use of cookies, explain their purpose, and obtain consent. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for enforcing the Directive in the UK, with enforcement beginning on May 26, 2012.

At Excel Chauffeurs, we follow the guidelines issued by the International Chamber of Commerce UK Cookie Guide to ensure our users are properly informed about the cookies used on our website.

What are Cookies? Cookies are pieces of information stored on a website browser by a website. The browser sends this information back to the website to recognize the user. Cookies contain information such as the lifetime and expiration date, the domain it came from, and a unique identifier.

Managing Cookies with Your Browser Internet browsers typically offer the option to disallow some or all cookies. You can learn more about managing cookies through the help menu of your browser or on the browser’s website. You can delete cookies using your internet browser, but if you do not disallow them, they will reappear the next time you visit a website. Blocking all cookies, including essential cookies, may prevent access to some parts of our website.

Our Use of Cookies Cookies can fit into one of four categories:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies – These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features. They do not gather any information that could be used for marketing or remembering your internet history. They last for one “session” and expire when you leave our website or close the browser.
2. Performance Cookies – These cookies store anonymous information and cannot be used to identify you. We are required to obtain your consent for these cookies. They include analytics, advertising, and pay per click.
3. Functionality Cookies – These cookies remember your preferences to personalize your experience on our website. We are required to obtain your consent for these cookies. They include detecting if you have seen a pop-up, submitting comments, and remembering colors and font sizes.
4. Targeted Advertising Cookies – These cookies deliver more relevant advertisements and limit the number of times you see an advertisement. The information stored is not anonymous. We are required to obtain your consent for these cookies, which will be obtained through a pop-up, overlay, splash page, or header/footer bar.

We will inform you about cookies through our Cookie Policy page, which is accessible on every page of our website. You can choose which cookies you allow from us. Disallowing or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of our website. If a cookie is a Targeted Advertising Cookie, we will ask for your consent. We will use a consistent method, such as a pop-up or overlay, to obtain your consent for the best user experience.