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Cookies/GDPR Disclaimer

Countrywide Utilities is a private limited company registered in England & Wales.

- Our registered address is: The Laurels, Casthorpe Road, Barrowby, Grantham, Lincs, NG321DP.

- Our contact details are 01476 565360 and info@countrywideutilities.co.uk.

- Our registered company number is: 10681850.

For the purposes of data protection laws applicable in the UK, Countrywide Utilities  is the data controller and as such, required to comply with the law governing the management and storage of personal data (set out in the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (GDPR)).

Compliance with the GDPR is overseen by the UK data protection regulator which is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Countrywide Utilities is accountable to the ICO for its data protection compliance.

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How Cookies Are Used

Measuring website usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use our site.

We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics stores information about:

- The pages you visit.

- How long you spend on each page.

- How you got to the site.

- What you click on while you’re visiting the site.

We don’t collect or store your personal information, so this information can’t be used to identify who you are.

We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

- Universal Analytics

_ga   & _gid

This helps us count how many people visit our site by tracking if you’ve visited before.

_gat

Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made.

- Google Analytics

_utma

Like _ga, this lets us know if you’ve visited before, so we can count how many of our visitors are new to our site or to a certain page.

_utmb

This works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time you spend on our site.

_utmc

This works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser.

_utmz

This tells us how you reached our site (for example from another website or a search engine).

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Disabling And Removing Cookies

All cookies expire automatically after 30 days and can be cleared manually.

You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies at any time.