Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce

COOKIES

Cookie Policy

Last Updated: October 2026

At the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce ("we", "our", "us"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them on www.hertschamber.com, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, enhance user experience, and provide analytical information to site operators.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several reasons, including to ensure our website functions correctly, to understand how visitors interact with our content, to process online membership and event registrations, and to remember your preferences.

In most cases, disabling cookies can affect the functionality and features of this website. Therefore, it is recommended that you leave cookies enabled unless you prefer to block them via your browser settings.

3. The Types of Cookies We Set

The cookies used on our website generally fall into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to navigate the website and use its core features, such as accessing secure areas, logging into your member account, and processing membership or event orders. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
Performance & Analytics Cookies (e.g., Google Analytics): We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. These cookies track details such as the pages you visit, how long you spend on the site, and how you arrived here. This data is collected in an anonymous or aggregated format to help us improve website performance and user experience.
Functionality & Preference Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also be used to remember if you have already completed a form or subscribed to our newsletter so we do not prompt you repeatedly.
Third-Party & Social Media Cookies: From time to time, we embed content or features from trusted third parties, such as social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube). When you interact with these features or view embedded videos, these third-party providers may set their own cookies through our site. We do not control these cookies; please refer to the respective privacy and cookie policies of those external platforms for more details.

4. How to Control and Delete Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish through your web browser settings. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed.

However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities (such as logging into your member account or purchasing tickets) may not work properly.

To learn more about how to manage cookies on popular browsers, visit: