This Cookie Policy explains how this website uses cookies and similar technologies. A cookie consent banner allows visitors to accept or decline non-essential cookies, in line with UK, EU and US requirements.
What are Cookies and why do we use them on our website?
Cookies are small data files which often include a unique identifier that are stored on your device when you visit certain web pages. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. Like most websites, our website uses cookies that, among other things, let you navigate between pages efficiently, remember your preferences, and generally improve your experience on our website. They can also help to ensure that advertising you see online are relevant to you and your interests.
To ensure you get the most enjoyable experience out of using our website, as well as personalised features, your computer, tablet or mobile device (“device”) will need to accept cookies.
If you don’t accept cookies, some functions on our website will not work. However, if you’d prefer to control or delete cookies from our website or any other website, see the explanation of how to manage cookies below.
What kinds of cookies do we use on our website?
Our website uses the following types of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies provide the services that you have specifically asked for on our website and are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features, such as accessing the Customer or Investor portal. These cookies do not require consent.
Performance cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information on the pages visited. They collect information about how visitors use the website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. They don’t collect information that identifies a visitor and are only used to improve how the website works.
Functionality cookies
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features, including access to your portfolio of products you have designed or order through us. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise.
Advertising cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. These cookies are usually from third parties.
At present we only show advertising relating to any fund-raising campaigns which we run.
Third Party Cookies
When you use our website, you may notice content provided by a company other than us. Also, if you ‘share’ ABBS content with friends through social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, you may be sent cookies from these social networks.
We have no access to or control over cookies used by these companies or third-party websites. We suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
At present the third-party cookies are limited to:
- Crowdcube — www.crowdcube.com
- Google Analytics — analytics.google.com (used for analysis of website traffic only)
- Lead Forensics — www.leadforensics.com (used for analysis of website traffic only)
- HubSpot UK — www.hubspot.com (used for lead analysis)
Lead Forensics cookies are not anonymous as business IP identification is used to link records of visitors against various businesses. This is used to track visitors to the website and determine whether they are potential customers.
How can you manage which cookies are placed on your device?
Cookies allow you to take advantage of some of our website’s essential features and we recommend you leave them turned on. Please be aware that if you disable or delete certain cookies our website will not work properly.
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to enable or prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. You can also disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
If you’d like to opt out of cookies created by ‘sharing’ ABBS content through social networks – such as Facebook and Twitter – we suggest you check those third party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
If you want to know more about Third Party Cookies and to opt out of them if you wish – see www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We will review this Cookie Policy and the supporting controls at least annually and when there is a material change to the portal, processing, providers, law or risk. We will investigate concerns, track corrective actions and update public information when practices change.