Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file used by web sites and web servers to store browsing

information, allow a website to remember your device, remember browsing preferences and

other online activity.

There are different types of cookies:

● Necessary – these help to make the website ‘work’.

● Persistent – these save data for extended periods of time. Typically used to store

username and password information for a website.

● Third-party cookies – these record data of your online activity and send it back to

website owners to help them improve their sites. This may also be referred to as

analytical cookies.

● Session Cookies – these delete immediately after you close your internet browser.

Our use of Cookies

The Sam’s Place website uses cookies to help us improve our website and tailor our

services to the needs of our customers, we analyse website usage behaviour, measure

visits, and improve content and navigation on our website.

We use a limited number of Cookies – those that are necessary to make the website work,

and some analytical cookies.

You can turn off cookies though your browser settings but we are obliged to let you know

that this may impact some of the features on our website. When you review the settings on

your browser you may need to consider how you use other websites as well.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement, and actions taken through external social media platforms

that this website and its owners participate on, are subject to terms and conditions as well

as the privacy policies held with each social media platform.

We advise you to use social media platforms wisely to communicate or engage with us or

others and to do this with due care and caution regarding your own privacy and personal

details. Our website nor our charity will ever ask for personal or more sensitive data through

social media platforms. Where you wish to discuss more sensitive personal data, we

encourage you to contact us through primary communication channels such as by

telephone or email.

Our website uses social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web

pages to the social media platform in question. We advise that before using such social

sharing buttons you do so at your own discretion and note that the social media platform

may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social

media platform account.

Shortened Links in Media

This website and through our social media platform accounts may share web links to

relevant web pages. Some social media platforms shorten lengthy URLS (the web

addresses) this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo.

You are advised to take caution and make good judgment before clicking any shortened

URLS published on social media platforms by this website. Despite the best efforts to

ensure only genuine URLS are published, many social media platforms are prone to spam

and hacking. We cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting

any shortened links.

Reviewed: February 2024