COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are pieces of data containing small amounts of information which allow our site to recognise your device and are downloaded to your device when you visit a website if you agree to the site doing so. Cookies are then sent back to the website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. You can find more information about cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.

 

We use cookies from time to time on this site in the following ways:

• In order to assist with the operation of our website;

• In order to allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it;

• In order to allow us to personalise content for our users and to remember their preferences (for example, a choice of language or region); and

• To assist us in recording visits to our website, the pages visited and the links followed.

 

You can amend the settings on your browser to disable cookies and to change the approach taken to cookies downloaded on your device. These options are available in different locations depending on the browser you use.  However, if you do so, you may be unable to access certain areas of our website.

Types of cookies we use:

• Functional: These cookies are used to ensure you can correctly navigate our website or share pages via social media.

• Performance: These cookies are used to analyse trends, administer the website, track visitor movements and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve our websites. These cookies are not usually linked to personally identifiable information however IP addresses may be recorded.

• Targeting: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

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Google Analytic Cookies

BlueSky currently uses a web analytics service provided by Google, inc. known as Google Analytics. This analytic service helps us understand how visitors are engaging with our website. It provides us information such as web browser used, operating system, the pages visited and how much time spent on them, IP address & location data.

 

How we use Google Analytic Data

We use the information collected by Google to help us optimize the website performance and to provide a better browsing experience. Geographic data gives us an overview of where our visitors are coming from,  this can help us with marketing purposes and how to reach out to different audiences.

 

How to Opt-Out

If you wish to prevent your data from being collected and being used by Google Analytics, you can install Google Analytics opt-out browser add on. The add on supports most web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox.

 

Changes to this policy

We would like our visitors to check the cookie policy periodically as we may have to update or change this policy due to legal or operational reasons.