Cookies Policy for 1st Dufftown Scout Group
Effective Date: October 10, 2025
This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how the 1st Dufftown Scout Group uses them on our website (https://1stdufftown.com/), and how you can manage them.
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information to the site owners.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" cookies.
- Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, until they expire or you delete them.
- Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To ensure the website functions correctly: Cookies are essential for you to navigate around the website and use its features, such as remembering your preferences and ensuring site stability.
- For Analytics and Performance: We use cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance, which pages are visited most often, and if they encounter error messages. This helps us to understand site usage and improve how the website works.
- To integrate Third-Party Services: Our website may feature content from social media platforms (like Facebook or Instagram) or embedded media (like YouTube). These third-party services may set their own cookies, which we do not control.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Based on the purposes described above, we may use the following categories of cookies:
Cookie Category
Purpose
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential to enable you to browse the website and use its features. Without these cookies, services like secure log-in or basic site navigation cannot be provided.
Performance/Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website (e.g., pages you visit, time spent on the site). They help us improve the website's performance and user experience.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as language preferences or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Targeting/Third-Party Cookies
These may be set by third-party services, such as social media platforms, whose features are embedded on our site. They may be used by those third parties to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant content on other sites.
4. Your Choices and Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
Browser Controls:
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. If you choose to refuse cookies, you may still use our website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.
The methods for controlling cookies vary from browser to browser. You should visit your browser's help menu for more information:
Third-Party Tools:
You can also opt-out of many third-party advertising cookies by visiting resources like the Network Advertising Initiative's Opt-Out Page or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance's Your Online Choices.
5. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to re-visit this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us using the following details:
Dufftown Scouts Group
- Address: Dufftown Community Centre, Church Street, Dufftown, Moray, AB55 4AR
- Contact Page: See our Contact Us page on the website for the latest contact methods.