Cookies and similar technologies
A cookie is a small value a website can ask your browser to store and return with later requests. Local storage holds values in your browser separately from cookies. These technologies can support security, remember choices or record activity, depending on their purpose. A technology’s name does not determine whether consent is required.
Alderfen Applied Intelligence Ltd is responsible for this website. Our approach is to limit browser storage to defined purposes and avoid using enquiry content for advertising. Personal information associated with website requests or enquiries is described in the privacy policy.
Categories and purposes
The table distinguishes essential functions from optional uses. It does not imply that every category places a cookie on every visit. Specific storage, where used, should remain limited to its stated purpose and the information supplied through the applicable privacy controls.
| Category | Purpose and treatment | Duration approach |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Security and recording privacy choices where these functions require storage. Restricted to what is needed for the function. | Session-based or limited to the period needed to remember a choice. |
| Analytics | The site does not use Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager. Any future optional audience measurement would require appropriate notice and consent where applicable. | A retention period must be disclosed before an optional measurement purpose is introduced. |
| Functional | Optional preferences may remember a visitor-requested setting. Opening the navigation and preparing an email draft use temporary page state rather than a saved preference. | Temporary page state ends when the page is closed or reloaded. |
Consent and UK requirements
The UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations govern relevant storage and access on devices, alongside applicable data-protection law. Strictly necessary uses are treated differently from optional purposes. Where consent is required, optional storage must not begin before an appropriate choice, and consent must be capable of withdrawal.
Rejecting optional purposes should not prevent access to the informational service pages. A future change involving optional technologies must be reflected in the privacy information and relevant choice controls. An existing choice for one purpose is not permission for an unrelated purpose.
Browser controls and deletion
You can inspect and delete site data through your browser’s privacy or site-settings controls. Browsers commonly allow blocking third-party cookies, restricting all cookies or clearing data for one domain. Consult the help pages for your browser because menu names and available controls vary.
Deleting stored preferences can cause a website to ask for your choices again. Blocking essential storage may affect functions that depend on it. Clearing cookies does not necessarily clear local storage, so use the option that removes all site data where that is your intention. Browser settings do not delete emails already sent or information retained outside your device.
Contact forms, external links and technical requests
The contact form prepares a draft through your email application. It does not save its fields as a browser preference. Your browser may offer its own autofill or recovery features; those are controlled through your device and browser settings. Your email provider’s terms apply when you send the draft.
Following an external link takes you to a separate operator’s website, where different storage practices may apply. Hosting request logs are distinct from cookies and may contain technical information needed to deliver or protect the site. For questions about storage or privacy, email [email protected] or write to 28 Rowanwell Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6JN, United Kingdom.