Cookie Policy
Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
Who we are
This website is operated by The Basil Death Trust. We are a registered Scottish charity, SC045474.
Our website
This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website, www.basildeathtrust.co.uk.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (eg computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us to know how many people visit our website and how they use it.
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Consent to use cookies and changing settings
We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (eg displaying our website correctly).
Our use of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| The cookies we use | Name | Purpose | Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emoji Settings (WordPress) | wpEmojiSettingsSupport | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie) | When you close your browser |
| Google Analytics | _ga_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | No, will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie | 400 days |
| Google Analytics | _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | No, will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie | 400 days |
Third party access to the cookies
The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and those third parties named in the table above for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party.
How to turn off all cookies and the consequences of doing so
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org.
How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.
If you wish to contact us, please send an email to admin@basildeathtrust.co.uk or write to us at The Basil Death Trust, c/o Anderson Strathern, 58 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BP.
Changes to this policy
This policy was published on 17/3/2025 and last updated on 17/3/2025.
We may change this policy from time to time. When we do, we will inform you via updates to this webpage.