Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 19th September 2023

This Cookie Policy explains how David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers (“Company”, “we”, “us” and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website www.davidduggleby.com (“website”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect any changes to the cookies we use or for another operational, legal or regulatory reason. Please revisit this page from time to time to stay informed about our use of cookies.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. They help that website remember information about your visit, which can both make it easier to visit the site again and make the site more useful to you. Cookies are widely used by businesses to make their websites work (or work more efficiently), as well as to provide reporting information on the website's use.

Cookies set by the website owner are called “first-party cookies”. These cookies are usually used to identify a user between pages, remember selected preferences and track website behaviour patterns. You can hardly find a website nowadays that does not use first-party cookies.

Cookies set by anyone other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies are mostly used to track users between websites and display more relevant ads between websites. They may also be used to support chat functionality provided by a third party service.

Why do we use Cookies?

We use first- and third- party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons, and we refer to these as “essential” cookies. Other cookies may allow us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our online properties. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics and other purposes. In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that which becomes personal information if we combine it with other information in order to serve the above purposes.

Can I Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether you accept or reject cookies through the Cookie Consent Manager, which will pop up when you first access our website. You can choose to accept all cookies or customise which cookies you would like to enable and disable. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are necessary to provide you with website services. If you do not wish to allow essential cookies you should stop using our website immediately.

Types of Cookies we use

Functional - Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing content from our website on social media platforms, collect feedback and other third-party features such as live chat.

Performance - Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website, which helps in delivering a better web experience for our visitors.

Analytics - Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics, the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic sources etc.

Advertisement - Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns . These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customised ad experiences. For example, these will allow you to see ads based on your interests and will stop the same ad from continuously reappearing.

Others - Other uncategorised cookies are ones that are being analysed and have not been categorised yet.

We may also use other tracking technologies such as web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphic files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognise when someone has visited our website or opened an email including them. This allows us to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another and therefore understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement, social media platform or email marketing campaign as examples. This helps us to measure the success of our marketing campaigns - these also rely on cookies to function properly.

How can I Control Cookies on my Browser?

How you control cookies will vary depending on the browser you are using. You can find out more about managing cookies on some of the more popular browsers below:

  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Edge

Where can I get Further Information?

For any questions on our use of cookies or any other technologies please email: auctions@davidduggleby.com or write to us at: David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers, Vine Street, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 1XN.

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