1. Our website and cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website https://thisismodular.co.uk (“Site”). This helps us to make your experience on this Site easy, useful and reliable.

We gather information about site usage to assist in the improvement and development of our services. To do this we sometimes place small amounts of information on your computer, mobile phone or device. These small files are known as ‘cookies’ and are used to collect information about how you browse this website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of a website.

By continuing to browse the Site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree.

Some cookies (referred to as session cookies) are automatically deleted after you finish using a website or close your web browser, but other cookies (referred to as persistent cookies) can be stored on your computer for different lengths of time depending on what function they perform. Whereas session cookies are temporary, persistent cookies allow the website to recognise your device and track repeat visits.

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this Site better, and to protect our systems from malicious users. Some of the cookies we use are essential for the Site to work and others are non-essential cookies to collect information for making reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form.

3. How to control cookies on this Site

You can block cookies by changing the settings on your browser. This allows you to block all or some cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you can visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We do not attempt to monitor the browsing behaviour of individual users through any hidden means.

4. How does the Modular Site use cookies?

We use cookies to improve your experience of our website. Here’s what they help us do:

Recognise your device so you don’t have to repeatedly provide us with the same information, for example filling out forms across the site.

Measure how people are using different parts of the website, so we can update and make improvements based on your needs.

Measure website performance so we can show value for money in the delivery of information and services.

Analyse anonymised data so that we can better understand how people interact with government services, and make improvements.

Support users’ sharing of information on the website via social media.

Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns that we have endorsed.

Track your use of this website so that we can tailor advertising to be more relevant to you on social media and other websites (using third-party networks).

Collect statistical information using Google Analytics – none of the information obtained can be used to identify individual users.

You can find more details about how this affects your privacy at the Google Analytics Privacy Centre.

To stop sending information to Google Analytics, an Opt-out Browser Add-on is available. Also you can configure your browser to enable you to choose which, if any, cookies can be created.

Information provided by users through online forms is held in line with the General Data Protection Regulation and our Privacy Policy (which is available on our Site).

When using our online forms we record your IP address and also details of which browser you are using. We may use this information in conjunction with any information entered in the form to aid investigations into misuse of our service, and for the prevention or detection of crime.

5. What do the cookies on this Site do?

The cookies used on this website can be grouped into the following categories:

Strictly necessary cookies – These are cookies that are required for the operation of a website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of a Site, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

Analytical/Performance cookies – These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our Site and to see how visitors move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. This helps improve performance and creates a better user experience.

Functionality cookies – These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies – These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third

parties for this purpose. These enable us to enhance our website with services provided by third-parties.

Some cookies are set directly by Modular. Others are set by third-parties when you visit this website. Third-party cookies include those set by advertising networks, any partners we use for web analytics (e.g. Google Analytics), and external websites delivering embedded content and videos (e.g. YouTube).

The cookies used by this website contain unique identifiers, however this information is anonymised and cannot be used to identify you personally or find out who you are. Modular does not sell any information collected by cookies.

5.1. Strictly necessary cookies

This Site does not currently use strictly necessary cookies.

5.2. Analytical/Performance cookies

We use cookies for Google Analytics to help us accurately estimate the number of visitors to the website and provide us with a better understanding of how our customers use our website. 　　

Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Cookie name Expiration time Purpose

_ga 2 years This cookie is used to distinguish users, which helps us to count how many people visit our website

_gat 10 minutes Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made

_gid When you close your browser When you close your browser This helps us count how many people visit our website

_gac_UA_27818596-1 90 days Contains campaign related information for the user

5.3. Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies are used to allow our site to work properly. They may be used to remember choices you make on forms and allow us to provide enhanced and more personal features. This Site does not currently use functionality cookies.

5.4. Targeting cookies

Marketing and advertising cookies can be used to deliver adverts that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

This Site does not currently use targeting cookies.

5.5. Session cookies

Our Site makes use of session cookies to enable us to identify requests from the same browser during a limited time window, and provides a way to persist variable values for the duration of that session. Session cookies are essential for the website to operate and are set upon your arrival to the site. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

6. Third Party Cookies

If you go onto a website that contains embedded content such as banner advertising or you click a link through to a third-party website from our Site, then you may be sent cookies from these websites. We don’t control the setting of these cookies and are not responsible for them. You should check the third-party website for information about how their cookies work and how to manage them.