Cookies Policy
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience.
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This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site's functionality.
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We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
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Wix Cookies
This website uses cookies for security, authentication and analysis purposes. This information is used, among other things, to maintain your computer's session on the Wix server that hosts the Sam Fairburn website. This information is collected by Wix, our web service provider. This information is not shared or sold to other third-party organizations for any purpose.
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As stated, this website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or application. Each time a visitor accesses this website, the Wix server that hosts the Sam Fairburn website collects and stores certain information. These data are kept for a reasonable period of time. They include but are not limited to your computer's IP address, your username (if applicable), your network, your device, your browser information, the date, time and files viewed. This data also contains information about "referrals" if you have clicked on an external link to a Sam Fairburn web page. This data may also include details about your use of this website, including clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling and searches. This data is used only for performance, site surveys, site administration, and security reviews. They are not sold to third party organizations in any way.
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Wix uses cookies for important reasons, such as (but not limited to):
To provide a great experience for visitors and customers.
To identify our registered members (users who registered to our site).
To monitor and analyze the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix's platform.
To ensure the Wix platform is secure and safe to use.
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For more information on the display of cookies placed on your device, visit Cookies and Your Wix Site.
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Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this).
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Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
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The Cookies We Set
This site offers opt-in newsletter and email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
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When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
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In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
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This site uses Wix Analytics which is one of the most trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
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For more information on Wix Analytics cookies, see the official Wix Analytics page.
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Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
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From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
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In some cases we may provide you with custom content based on what you tell us about yourself either directly or indirectly by linking a social media account. These types of cookies simply allow us to provide you with content that we feel may be of interest to you.
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We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Pinterest, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
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More Information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However, if you are still looking for more information you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.
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Email: sam@samfairburn.com