Cookie Policy
Last Updated: August 2026
About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Freed Accountancy Ltd (“Freed Accountancy”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It explains what cookies are, why we use them, the types of cookies that may be placed on your device and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Notice, which provides further information about how we collect, use and protect your personal information.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow websites to recognise your device and can be used for a variety of purposes, such as enabling essential website functions, remembering your preferences and helping website owners understand how visitors use their website.
Some cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser, while others may remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
Cookies may be set directly by Freed Accountancy (“first-party cookies”) or by third-party services used on our website (“third-party cookies”).
How We Use Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- enable essential features and ensure our website operates securely and correctly;
- remember choices or preferences you make when using our website;
- understand how visitors use our website and identify ways to improve its performance and content; and
- support third-party features or services that may be incorporated into our website.
Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website and do not require your consent. Other cookies, including certain analytics or other non-essential cookies, will only be used where you have provided the required consent.
You can manage your choices for non-essential cookies through the cookie consent options provided on our website.
Types of Cookies We Use
Our website may use the following categories of cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function correctly and securely. They may include cookies used for security, website functionality and remembering your cookie consent choices. These cookies cannot generally be disabled through our cookie preference settings.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors interact with the site. This information helps us monitor performance and improve our website. Analytics cookies will only be used where you have provided the required consent.
Functionality and Preference Cookies
These cookies may be used to remember choices you make and provide enhanced or personalised website functionality. Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be used with your consent.
Third-Party Cookies
Some features or services available through our website may be provided by third parties and may place their own cookies on your device. Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated where the required consent has been obtained.
Your Consent
We do not require your consent to use cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation and security of our website.
We will only use non-essential cookies, such as analytics, functionality or other optional cookies, where you have provided your consent through our cookie consent mechanism.
You can choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies and, where available, select which categories of cookies you wish to allow.
Your decision will not prevent you from accessing our website, although some optional features may not function as intended if certain cookies are rejected.
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie preference controls available on our website. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before your consent was withdrawn.
Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website, including information about how visitors arrive at the website, the pages they visit and how they interact with those pages.
Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about website usage. Analytics cookies will only be placed on your device where you have provided consent through our cookie consent mechanism.
Information collected through Google Analytics is used to help us monitor website performance, understand how our website is used and improve the content and experience we provide to visitors.
You can withdraw or change your consent to analytics cookies at any time through the cookie preference controls available on our website.
Further information about how personal data collected through analytics is handled is provided in our Privacy Notice.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to choose whether to accept non-essential cookies.
You can accept or reject non-essential cookies and, where available, select the categories of cookies you wish to allow. Strictly necessary cookies may be used without your consent because they are required for the website to operate correctly and securely.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie preference controls available on our website.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your web browser settings. Please be aware that blocking or deleting certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of some parts of our website.
Cookie Duration
Cookies may remain on your device for different periods depending on their purpose.
Session cookies are temporary and are normally deleted when you close your web browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. The length of time a persistent cookie remains on your device will depend on the particular cookie and the service that provides it.
Where third-party services place cookies through our website, the duration of those cookies may be determined by the relevant third-party provider.
We periodically review the cookies used on our website and may update this Cookie Policy where our use of cookies or their retention periods change.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies and technologies used on our website, changes to our website or services, or changes to applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Any updated Cookie Policy will be published on this website and the “Last Updated” date at the top of the page will be amended accordingly.
We recommend that you review this Cookie Policy periodically to remain informed about how we use cookies and how you can manage your preferences.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact Freed Accountancy Ltd:
Email: info@freedaccountancy.co.uk
Telephone: 01843 423292
