Website Cookie Policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on 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 is operated by Hart Reade LLP, trading as Hart Reade Solicitors, (a Limited Liability Partnership) registered in England and Wales, number OC435917.

Our website

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

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

Use of 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.  These help us to help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the website, what pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of a user’s internet service provider.  This information helps us to build a profile of our users.  Some of the data will be aggregated or statistical, which means we will not be able to identify you individually.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the websites below tell you how to remove cookies from your browser.  However, some of our website features may not function as a result.

We use cookies on this website to:

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 www.allaboutcookies.org.

The cookies we use

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

Name of cookie Owner Purpose for the cookie
Universal Analytics (Google) Google This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (e.g. how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had.  This cookie collects information in an anonymous form.
Facebook Pixel Facebook This is a conversion tracking and remarketing service provided by Facebook which uses cookies to provide targeted marketing to visitors who have also visited our website

Consent to use cookies

We will ask your permission (consent) to place cookies or similar technologies on your device, except when these are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.

There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and requests your consent to place cookies on your device.

How to turn off cookies

If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.

How to contact us

Please contact the Privacy Department if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.

If you wish to contact us please send an email to privacy@hartreade.co.uk, write to Privacy Department, Hart Reade LLP, 104 South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4LW or telephone 01323 727321.

Our Compliance Officer for Legal Practice is Mrs J Penfold, who is also responsible for data protection.