Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. They can help a website recognise a returning browser, maintain a session, or measure how its pages are used. A cookie does not give a website access to other files on your device.

Session cookies normally expire when your browsing session ends. Persistent cookies remain until their expiry date or until you delete them. Your browser may apply shorter storage limits.

Why we use cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages visitors use and how they move around the site. This helps us identify useful content and areas that need improvement. Analytics cookies support this measurement; they are not needed to calculate a result.

Technical cookies may also be used when you interact with features such as our contact form, for example to protect a submission against forged requests or support spam prevention. Their purpose is to support that feature, rather than measure visits.

Google Analytics cookies

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies, meaning they are associated with the website you are visiting, even though Google provides the analytics service. The standard cookies for this service are listed below.

These are Google's defaults, not a guarantee of the lifetime on your device. Analytics settings and browser restrictions can change the expiry period, and a later visit may refresh it. You can inspect the cookies currently stored for this site in your browser's settings. See Google's explanation of Analytics cookies.

What information does analytics collect?

Analytics can collect information such as pages viewed, approximate location, browser and device type, referral sources, and interactions with the site. Cookie identifiers can recognise a browser across visits. Although reports can summarise many visits, this does not mean all underlying information is anonymous.

Google processes information through its analytics service. For details, read Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Cookies and calculator results

Our calculator calculations run in your browser. Google Analytics cookies are not required to enter values, perform calculations, or view results. Blocking analytics cookies does not prevent these core functions from working.

An analytics cookie identifies a browser or session; it is not a saved copy of your mortgage figures, income, or calculation results.

How to control cookies and analytics

• Review or delete cookies: open your browser's privacy or site-data settings and search for abacadigital.com.
• Block future cookies: use your browser's cookie controls. Blocking only third-party cookies may not block first-party Google Analytics cookies.
• Limit Google Analytics collection: where supported, install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Deleting cookies does not prevent new ones from being set on a later visit. Blocking cookies alone may not stop all analytics requests, because Analytics can transmit information without cookies. Private browsing also does not automatically prevent tracking during a visit.

Browser settings and add-ons generally apply to the browser and device where you configure them. If you use another browser or device, review its settings separately. Blocking all cookies may affect features such as contact-form protection.

Updates to this policy

We will update this page when our use of cookies changes, including if we introduce additional analytics or advertising services. The date above shows when this policy was last revised.

Contact us

If you have a question about cookies on Abaca Digital, please use our contact form.