Last updated: 4 January 2026
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.
How We Use Cookies
Oakbridge Consultancy Limited uses cookies to:
- Ensure our website functions properly
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Remember your cookie preferences
- Improve your user experience
Types of Cookies We Use
1. Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas.
Examples:
- Session cookies
- Security cookies
- Cookie consent cookies
Duration: Session or up to 1 year
Can be disabled: No (required for website functionality)
2. Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve content and user experience.
Information collected:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on site
- How you arrived at our site
- Device and browser information
- Anonymised IP address
Google Analytics cookies:
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Privacy measures:
- IP anonymisation enabled
- No personally identifiable information collected
- Data shared only in aggregate form
Can be disabled: Yes (via cookie banner or browser settings)
Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
3. Cookie Consent Cookies
These cookies remember your cookie preferences and whether you’ve accepted our cookie notice.
Duration: Up to 1 year
Can be disabled: No (required to remember your preferences)
Managing Cookies
Via Our Cookie Banner
When you first visit our website, you’ll see a cookie consent banner. You can:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customise your preferences
You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our site, or by contacting us at info@oakbridgeconsulting.uk
Via Your Browser
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings:
Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
Please note: Disabling all cookies may affect website functionality.
Google Analytics Opt-Out
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Third-Party Cookies
We do not use third-party advertising or tracking cookies beyond Google Analytics.
If you follow links from our website to other sites, those sites may set their own cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies.
Do Not Track (DNT)
Some browsers include a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature. Our website does not currently respond to DNT signals, as there is no industry standard for how to interpret them.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our use of cookies or legal requirements. Please check this page periodically for updates.
The “Last updated” date at the top indicates when this policy was last revised.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Email: info@oakbridgeconsulting.uk
Phone: 07908 827490
Post: Oakbridge Consultancy Limited, 24 Elson Lane, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 4ET
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