Cookie Policy
Last updated: 22 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Legionella Assessors uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit this website.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal information.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of information that may be stored on your computer, tablet, smartphone or other device when you visit a website.
They can perform a number of functions, such as enabling a website to operate correctly, remembering preferences, maintaining security and helping website owners understand how their websites are being used.
Similar technologies may also store information on, or access information from, your device.
For simplicity, this policy refers to these technologies collectively as “cookies” where appropriate.
How We Use Cookies
Legionella Assessors may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Enable the website to function correctly
- Maintain website security
- Remember choices or preferences
- Support forms or other website features
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Measure website performance
- Identify technical problems
- Improve the content and usability of the website
We aim to use cookies only where there is a legitimate and appropriate reason to do so.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Some cookies or similar technologies are necessary for the website to operate or to provide a service requested by the visitor.
These can include technologies required for:
- Website security
- Basic website functionality
- Maintaining user or session choices
- Forms and requested website functions
- Remembering cookie or privacy preferences
Where an applicable legal exemption allows these technologies to be used without consent, they may operate automatically.
Disabling essential technologies through your browser may affect the way parts of the website function.
Analytics and Statistical Information
We may use analytics or statistical technologies to understand matters such as:
- Which pages are visited
- How visitors reach the website
- General website traffic
- Page performance
- Technical errors
- How effectively the website is functioning
This information helps us understand how the website is used and where improvements may be useful.
Where consent is legally required for a particular analytics or tracking technology, it should not be activated until the required consent has been obtained.
Some limited statistical technologies may be permitted without consent where the relevant legal requirements for an exemption are met.
Functional Cookies
Functional technologies may be used to provide or remember features requested by visitors, such as preferences or website settings.
Whether consent is required depends upon the purpose and operation of the particular technology.
Third-Party Services
Some features of this website may involve services supplied by third parties.
Depending upon the services enabled on the website, third parties may use cookies or similar technologies when their features are used.
Examples can include services connected with:
- Website analytics
- Embedded content
- Security
- Forms
- Payment facilities
- Videos
- Maps
- Social-media features
- Other external website functionality
Where third-party technologies require consent, they should only be activated after the appropriate choice has been made.
Third-party providers may have their own privacy and cookie information explaining how they process information.
Managing Your Cookie Choices
Where the website provides a cookie-consent or preference tool, you can use it to make choices about optional cookies and similar technologies.
You can also control or delete cookies using your web browser.
Browser controls normally allow you to:
- View stored cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Block some or all cookies
- Restrict third-party cookies
- Change how websites are allowed to store information
Blocking all cookies may prevent some parts of this or other websites from functioning correctly.
Changing or Withdrawing Consent
Where we rely upon your consent to use a cookie or similar technology, you should be able to change or withdraw that consent.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
You can also clear stored cookies through your browser settings.
How Long Are Cookies Stored?
Different cookies remain on a device for different periods.
Some are session cookies, which normally expire when the browser is closed.
Others are persistent cookies, which remain for a specified period or until they are deleted.
The duration depends upon the purpose of the particular cookie or technology.
We aim not to retain information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it is used.
Personal Information
Some cookies and similar technologies may involve the processing of personal information.
Where personal information is processed, applicable data-protection requirements also apply.
For further information about how we handle personal information and your rights, please read our Privacy Policy.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, technologies, third-party services or legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on this page and the “Last updated” date will be changed accordingly.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how this website uses personal information, please contact us.
You can also read our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
