A cookie is a small piece of data sent from our webpage and stored in your web browser, mobile phone or other device while you are using our websites. It helps the page recognise your device the next time you visit, provides you with access to certain functions and understands your website journey. Cookies are very common web technology and most websites use them. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies, which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting for our advertising and marketing efforts.

There are two types of cookies;

• Session cookies – which are deleted when you close your browser; and
• Persistent cookies – which stay in your browser’s sub folders until you delete them or they expire.

Why do we collect cookies?

Our websites use cookies to distinguish you from other users on our website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and also allows us to make improvements to our site.

How do you manage our cookies?

If you decide to ‘allow all’ cookies from the banner displayed when first landing on our site, we will use all of those listed in the below tables; however, if you select ‘customise’ we will only use those you have agreed to. If you decide to ‘deny’ cookies we will only use strictly necessary cookies which are required to make the website function properly.

You have control over these cookies and can change the ones used at any time via the Change My Consent section (see below).

You can also set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. You can find more information about cookies generally at:
www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu

The Cookies

There are four different groups of cookies: 

Strictly necessary cookies

These are essential and without them you would not be able to use our website as expected. For example they allow a user to navigate back and forth between pages without losing their previous actions from the same session.  

Performance cookies 

These cookies collect information about how visitors use oxfordinnovation.co.uk such as which pages are viewed most often or if they get error messages on web pages. These cookies do not collect your personal information but are used to help us improve and to determine the most popular areas of our website. 

Functionality cookies 

These cookies enable a website to save information which has already been entered (such as usernames, language choices and your location), so that it can offer you improved and more personalised functions. Functional cookies are also used to enable features you request such as playing videos. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your movements on other websites. 

Targeting cookies

These cookies collect information from you on your device to show you advertisements based on your interests. This information can be shared with other advertisers to measure the performance of their advertisements.