Cookie Policy
A short, plainly-written account of the cookies our website uses, what each category is for, and the controls available to you. The aim is for the page to be useful, not exhaustive.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to keep on your device. The file holds a short note — a session identifier, a setting, a counter — that the site reads on your next visit so it can behave consistently rather than treating every page as the first.
Cookies are used widely, and not all of them serve the same purpose. Some are essential to the basic working of a page; others are optional and exist to help the site's owners understand how their pages are used, or to remember a visitor's preferences. The categories below describe how we draw that line.
The cookies we use
Essential cookies
Always active — required for the site to function.
These cookies allow the basic working of the site: keeping a session steady across pages, remembering that you have already responded to a notice on this page, and similar housekeeping. They do not record information about how you move around the site beyond what is needed to make it work.
Analytics cookies
Optional — set only if you agree.
Analytics cookies help us understand, in aggregate, which pages are read and which are not — so that the site can be improved over time. The information is summarised; it does not name you, and we do not combine it with information you provide through the contact form.
Marketing cookies
Optional — set only if you agree.
Marketing cookies would be used to coordinate advertising across other websites you visit. We have set this category aside in the controls below in case it is useful in the future; at present, Verdure Group does not run advertising of this kind, so no such cookies are placed even if the toggle is on.
Preference cookies
Optional — set only if you agree.
Preference cookies remember small choices you have made on the site, such as a language preference or which sections of a long page you have already opened. They make the experience a little tidier on a return visit.
Third-party cookies
Where we use a third-party service to render part of the site — a font hosted elsewhere, a map embedded on the contact page — that service may set its own cookies. The services we currently rely on, and the role each plays, are:
- Google Fonts — supplies the typefaces used on the site. It does not need a cookie to function on most modern browsers.
- Google Maps embed — shows our office location on the contact section of the homepage. Loading the map may involve cookies from Google.
- Analytics (where enabled) — if you allow analytics, a single summary tag may set cookies to count visits to each page.
We do not place social-network or advertising-network cookies on this site.
How long cookies last
Cookies set by the site fall into two broad groups by duration:
- Session cookies — held only for the duration of your browsing session and removed when you close the browser.
- Persistent cookies — held for a defined period (commonly thirty days to twelve months), so that a preference or a count is remembered between visits.
Where we use a persistent cookie, it expires after at most twelve months unless a shorter period is more appropriate for the purpose.
Your cookie preferences
The toggles below save to your browser. Changes here are reflected in the cookie notice on our other pages.
Essential cookies
Required for the site to function. Cannot be switched off.
Analytics cookies
Help us see, in aggregate, which pages are read.
Marketing cookies
Reserved for any future advertising coordination. Off by default.
Preference cookies
Remember small choices between visits.
Managing cookies in your browser
Every modern browser offers controls for cookies — to block them, to clear what has accumulated, or to set exceptions for specific sites. The location of these controls changes from time to time; the notes below point to the right area in the most common browsers.
Open the menu in the top right, choose Settings, then Privacy and security, then Cookies and other site data. From here you can decide which cookies to allow, clear what has already been kept, and add exceptions for individual sites.
Open the menu in the top right, choose Settings, then Privacy & Security. The Cookies and Site Data area sets defaults; the Manage Data button lets you review and remove information held by individual sites.
On macOS, open Safari, then Settings (or Preferences), then the Privacy tab. From here you can block cookies, review what has been stored, and remove the data held for particular sites. On iOS, the same controls live under Settings, Safari, Advanced, Website Data.
Open the menu in the top right, choose Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, then Manage and delete cookies and site data. From here you can decide which cookies to allow and remove what is already kept.
Mobile browsers offer similar controls, usually under the Settings section of the browser itself. The wording varies, but the substance is the same: cookies can be allowed broadly, blocked broadly, or managed per site.
Your rights and choices
You can withdraw your consent to optional cookies at any time, either by adjusting the toggles above or by clearing cookies through your browser. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place while consent was in place.
Switching off optional cookies has no material effect on access to the information on this site. A small number of conveniences may behave a little less smoothly — for example, the site may show the cookie notice again on a later visit.
If you have a question about cookies on this site, or about a related matter under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection or the European General Data Protection Regulation, please write to [email protected]. The full picture of how we handle personal information is set out in our privacy policy.