### Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy is for the DDCAP Group™ and refers to ‘us’, ‘we’, ‘our’, the ‘company’, the ‘website’ or ‘[ddcap.com](http://ddcap.com)’.

For further information on how we use personal data, please refer to our [Privacy Policy](https://ddcap.staging.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/privacy-policy) or email us at <communications@ddcap.co.uk>

Your consent for cookies and this Cookie Policy applies to the following domains: [ddcap.com](http://ddcap.com) and [ddcap.co.uk](http://ddcap.co.uk)

**This website uses cookies to give you the best experience online**

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A “cookie” is a small file of letters and numbers that are stored locally on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are a specific technology that store information. This website uses cookies, including essential cookies, to ensure the security and running of this website.

We also use optional cookies to analyse our site performance, continually optimise our website and personalise your site experience. You can manage your preference of accepting or rejecting these optional cookies and can change your preference at any time.

We use the following types of cookies on our website (which may include cookies from third party sites):

**Essential Cookies**

Essential data collected is for the website to operate and to maintain your security and privacy while using the website. Data is not used for marketing purposes, or for the purposes covered by the other three categories below. These strictly necessary cookies are always on, as without this data the services you've asked for can't be provided.

**Performance &amp; Analytical Cookies**

Data collected in this category is used to inform us of the analytics of how the website is used, conduct website improvements and identify issues you may have when using our web services. This data is not used to target you with online advertising and does not contain personal data.

**Functional Profile Cookies**

This category of cookies is used to recognise you returning to the website: examples of this cookie type include language and region preference or to comment on a blog post.

**Marketing / Targeting Cookies**

Data collected in this category is used to help make our messages more relevant to you, allowing us to understand a user’s interests and direct them to our products and services that might be helpful. This data can be shared with third parties, such as advertisers and social media platforms we may use to deliver personalised advertisements and messages. If you don't wish to consent to this category, it's important to note that you may still receive generic advertising or service messages, but they will be less relevant to you.

| Cookie | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Session Cookie | Example: bc6d5e063c5e160f5b521e15b7637acf | Stored temporarily for essential website functionality, and deleted after you leave the web page. |
| Vimeo Cookie | \_\_cf\_bm | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management accessing the video elements used on our website which are hosted on Vimeo. |
| Vimeo Analytics Cookie | vuid | A unique identifier set by Vimeo when a user watches embedded videos. Its main purpose is to gather analytics data—such as tracking viewing history, measuring video usage, and analyzing audience behavior—to help video owners understand engagement. |
| Vimeo Access Cookie | LOCAL\_STORAGE\_ID\_VIMEO\_PLAYER | HTML local storage key used by Vimeo to track and manage a user's interactions with embedded video players, storing functional preferences like volume, quality settings, and playback state across page visits without holding personally identifiable advertising data. |
| Vimeo Access Cookie | LOCAL\_STORAGE\_ID\_PICOX\_ID | A HTML local storage item set by Vimeo when a video is embedded on a web page. Its primary purpose is to track user interactions and behavior related to the embedded video player. |
| Google Analytics Cookie | \_ga | The \_ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| Google Analytics Cookie | \_gid | Installed by Google Analytics, \_gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| Google Analytics Cookie | *gat*gtag\_UA\_\* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |

Session cookies expire at the end of a browser session (normally when a user exits their browser) and cookies that can be stored for longer are called ‘persistent cookies’.

Session cookies allow websites to recognise and link the actions of a user during a browsing session. They may be used to maintain log in level security and remember what a user is browsing.

Persistent cookies are stored on a user’s device in-between sessions, examples of these include when the website has noted the user’s preferences and for targeted marketing.

Our website uses ‘First Party’ cookies, which are set directly by our website and some ‘Third Party’ cookies to enable the use of social media plug ins and advertising.

It is easy to delete cookies that you have previously accepted. It depends on which browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) and device (smartphone, tablet, PC, Mac) you are using.

You can typically find this information under settings – Security and Privacy – but this may vary from one browser to another.

Remember: If you use more than one browser, you must delete cookies in all of them. You can manage your consent by either deleting cookies from your, this should be noted that this may change your ability to operate the website or by managing your choice by clicking the link [**here**](#cookies).

Remember: If you use more than one browser, you must delete cookies in all of them.

For further information about privacy settings and cookies, we recommend visiting the following links:

<https://ico.org.uk/>

In addition to the cookies we use on this website, we also use cookies and similar technologies in some emails and push notifications. These help us to understand whether you have opened the email and how you have interacted with it. If you have enabled images, cookies may be set on your computer or mobile device. Cookies will also be set if you click on any link within the email.

Please note, you can unsubscribe and manage your subscription on every marketing email, or by emailing [communciations@ddcap.co.uk](https://ddcap.staging.lightbulbwebdesign.co.uk/file:///C:/Users/holme1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml)
