Cookie Policy

Last updated: 10 October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Laver Accord Ltd (“Laver Accord”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit laveraccord.co.uk.

It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files containing information that are stored on your computer, tablet, smartphone or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies can perform a number of functions, including helping a website operate correctly, remembering choices you have made and providing information about how visitors use a website.

Similar technologies can also store or access information on your device. These may include local storage, scripts, tags and other technologies. In this policy, we use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies where appropriate.

2. How we use cookies

Our website is hosted using Squarespace.

We use cookies where they are necessary for the secure and effective operation of our website. We may also use optional analytics and performance cookies to help us understand how people use the website and how it can be improved.

We do not require you to accept optional cookies in order to access the main information and services available on our website.

Where your consent is required, optional cookies will not be placed on your device unless you choose to accept them.

3. Types of cookies we use

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function properly or securely.

They may be used to:

  • provide essential website functionality;

  • maintain website security;

  • prevent fraudulent or malicious activity;

  • remember your cookie preferences;

  • support forms and other website features; and

  • prevent technical errors.

These cookies do not require your consent where their use falls within an applicable legal exemption.

We nevertheless provide information about them so that you understand how our website operates.

Analytics and performance cookies

With your permission, Squarespace may use analytics and performance cookies to provide us with information about how visitors use our website.

This can include information such as:

  • which pages are visited;

  • how visitors move around the website;

  • how often pages are viewed;

  • how visitors arrive at the website;

  • the approximate number of visitors; and

  • general information about website performance.

We use this information to understand how our website is being used and to identify ways in which its content, accessibility and performance can be improved.

These cookies will only be used where permitted by law and, where consent is required, after you have chosen to accept them.

4. Cookies used by Squarespace

The particular cookies used by Squarespace can vary depending on the features enabled on a website.

Our website may use the Squarespace cookies or storage technologies as detailed in the chart at the end of this policy.

The precise cookies used may change as Squarespace develops its platform or as we change the functionality of our website.

Other essential Squarespace technologies

Squarespace may also use essential cookies or browser storage where required to provide website functionality, security or features that we enable.

For example, Squarespace may use technologies to:

  • prevent cross-site request forgery and other security threats;

  • test whether a visitor's browser supports cookies;

  • prevent technical or redirect errors;

  • remember cookie choices; and

  • support website functionality selected by the visitor.

The exact cookies present can depend on which Squarespace features are enabled.

5. Marketing and advertising cookies

Laver Accord does not currently use cookies for targeted advertising or behavioural advertising.

If we introduce advertising, marketing pixels, social media tracking or other technologies that require consent in the future, we will update this policy and our cookie consent arrangements before using those technologies.

Where consent is required, such technologies will not be activated unless you choose to accept them.

6. Third-party services

Some features available through our website may be supplied by third-party service providers.

Our website platform is provided by Squarespace. Squarespace may process information required to host, secure and operate the website and, where permitted, provide website analytics.

If we add third-party features such as embedded videos, maps, scheduling tools, analytics platforms or social media functionality, those providers may use their own cookies or similar technologies.

Where these technologies are not essential, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that they are not activated until any required consent has been obtained.

We will also review this policy when introducing material new third-party technologies.

7. Your cookie choices

When you visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie notice allowing you to make choices about optional cookies.

You can choose to:

  • accept optional cookies;

  • reject optional cookies; or

  • manage your cookie preferences, where individual categories are available.

Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent you from accessing the main content of our website.

Essential cookies cannot generally be disabled through our cookie preferences because they are required for the website to function correctly or securely.

8. Changing or withdrawing your consent

Where we rely on your consent to use cookies, you can change your mind and withdraw that consent at any time.

You can do this using the cookie preferences or cookie settings option available on our website.

Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.

You may also be able to delete existing cookies or prevent cookies from being stored by changing the settings in your web browser.

Please be aware that blocking all cookies through your browser may affect how some websites function.

9. Legal basis for using cookies

The use of cookies and similar technologies in the United Kingdom is principally governed by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR), as amended.

Where the use of these technologies also involves the processing of personal data, relevant requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 may also apply.

Where a cookie or similar technology is necessary for a service you have requested or another applicable legal exemption applies, it may be used without obtaining consent.

Where consent is required, we will ask for your permission before using the relevant technology.

Where we process personal data obtained through cookies, further information about the lawful basis on which we process that information is provided in our Privacy Policy.

10. International data transfers

Some of the organisations providing technology or hosting services used by our website may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we expect our service providers to use appropriate safeguards as required by applicable data protection law.

Further information about international transfers and how we protect personal information can be found in our Privacy Policy.

11. How long are cookies kept?

Cookies can be either:

Session cookies – which normally expire when you close your browser; or

Persistent cookies – which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The duration depends on the purpose of the particular cookie.

Where we have control over cookie retention periods, we aim to ensure they are kept for no longer than reasonably necessary for their purpose.

The indicative durations of the main Squarespace analytics cookies currently associated with our website are shown in the table above.

12. Personal and sensitive information

We recognise that people visiting Laver Accord may be seeking information or support relating to care services, complaints, advocacy or other potentially sensitive circumstances.

Our use of website analytics is intended to help us understand the performance and use of our website. We do not intentionally use advertising cookies to build profiles of visitors based on sensitive information about their health, care needs or personal circumstances.

Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information when using website enquiry forms. Further information about how information submitted to us is handled is provided in our Privacy Policy.

13. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, including when:

  • the technology used by our website changes;

  • we introduce or remove third-party services;

  • our use of cookies changes; or

  • legal or regulatory requirements change.

The date at the top of this policy will show when it was last updated.

We will review our use of cookies periodically to make sure the information in this policy continues to reflect the technologies actually used by our website.

14. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies or how we handle personal information, please contact:

Laver Accord Ltd
Website: laveraccord.co.uk
Email: hello@laveraccord.co.uk

You can also find further information about how we handle personal information in our Privacy Policy.