Cookies

Understanding cookie storage

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device through a web browser. Its contents can allow a website to recognise a browsing session or retain a setting selected by a visitor. Cookies serve different purposes: some support a particular function, while others help measure browsing activity or select advertising. A session cookie normally expires when the browsing session ends. A persistent cookie can remain until its expiry point, unless you delete it sooner. These are general descriptions of cookie technology, rather than a list of files placed by this website.

The position on this website

Timber Surveys NI does not set cookies for tracking visitors or displaying advertising. This website therefore does not use its own cookies to follow your browsing activity or build an advertising profile. That statement concerns cookies set by the website itself. It should be read separately from the information below about external services, because a service provided by another organisation can have different arrangements for cookie storage.

Cookies from external services

An external service accessed through a website may place cookies of its own. Where that happens, the service provider determines their purpose and duration. For example, cookies may support the operation or security of an externally provided function. Such cookies are distinct from those set directly by Timber Surveys NI. To understand an external service's specific arrangements, consult its cookie or privacy information rather than assuming that this website's position applies to that provider as well.

Managing your preferences

Your browser settings let you inspect stored cookies, delete existing files and restrict future storage. Depending on the browser, you may be able to block all cookies or apply separate restrictions to third-party cookies. Look in its privacy or security settings for the available choices. Removing a cookie does not necessarily prevent it being stored again; blocking future storage is a separate setting. Restrictions can affect functions that depend on cookies, so consider this when choosing your preferences. For questions about this notice, use the enquiry form.