Adopted: 23rd May 2024

 

This document provides information about how we use cookies on our website at www.tides.biz.

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Who are we?

This website is operated by Tides Business Development Ltd.

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What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your device when you browse our website.

 

What do we use cookies for?

We use cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allows us to personalise and improve the website.

 

Our cookies are not used to collect information which (by itself) allows us to identify who you are. But if you separately tell us who you are, we may link your identity to the cookies we put on your device so that we can see how you are using the website. We use that information in accordance with the privacy notice that we give you when you tell us who you are.

 

What cookies do we use?

We use the following kinds of cookie:

• Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the website. They may include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the website.

• Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. They also allow us to tell if you have reached our website from one of our advertising partners so that we can meet our contractual commitments to that partner.

• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.

• Targeting cookies. 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.

• You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below.

 

Tides cookies: These cookies are issues by our site and used for the site to function as intended dependent on device. These are considered essential.

 

wix cookies: These cookies are issued by wix.com who are the provider of our website platform and are used in provision of the site. These are considered essential.

 

google cookies: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they have visited. Learn More

 

 

How to control cookies

You can block cookies using your browser settings that allow you to refuse all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access parts of our website or use some of its features. For more information about this, and about cookies in general, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org.

 

The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:

• Cookie settings in Firefox

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

• Cookie settings in Google Chrome

• Cookie settings in Safari (OS X)

• Cookie settings in Safari (iOS)

• Cookie settings in Android

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.