1. Introduction to Our Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how CIK ENGINEERING LTD, a UK-based engineering consultancy, uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. Our objective is to provide a secure, reliable, and efficient online experience that reflects the same level of precision and professionalism that we apply to our engineering projects.
Cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, ensure that core features function correctly, and support continuous improvements to performance, accessibility, and content relevance. Some cookies are essential for the website to operate, while others are optional and used only with your consent.
By continuing to browse our website after seeing our cookie banner, or by adjusting your settings within our cookie management tools, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy, unless you have disabled them in your browser or tool settings.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to website owners.
Cookies typically contain identifiers such as the name of the website, a unique reference number, and a duration for which the cookie will remain active on your device. Cookies do not generally identify you directly as an individual, but they may store information that, when combined with other data, could be treated as personal data under applicable data protection laws.
In practice, cookies enable basic operations such as page navigation, secure access to forms, remembering your preferences, and understanding how visitors interact with pages, content, and technical elements. This information helps us maintain and enhance a smooth, technically robust browsing experience on the CIK ENGINEERING LTD website.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We use several categories of cookies on our website. Depending on your location and applicable regulations, certain categories (other than strictly necessary cookies) may only be used with your consent.
Essential cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as navigating between pages, submitting forms via our
Contact Us
page, maintaining security settings, or managing your cookie preferences.
Without these cookies, certain core features and services you request may not work properly. Because they are required for the operation of our site, essential cookies do not typically require your consent.
Performance and analytics cookies
Performance and analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so that we can evaluate and improve its structure, content, and technical performance. They may collect aggregated information such as which pages are visited most often, how users move around the site, and whether they encounter error messages or slow loading times.
The insights we gain from these cookies support data-driven enhancements to our pages, including
Services,
Projects, and
Expertise, ensuring that information important to clients, partners, and candidates is easy to access and technically robust.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies allow the website to remember your choices and preferences, such as language settings, region, or previously selected options in forms. These cookies enhance your experience by providing more tailored content and smoother interactions with our digital tools.
While they are not strictly necessary for the site to operate, disabling functionality cookies may affect the convenience and customisation of your browsing experience but should not prevent you from accessing core information about our company, clients, or leadership.
Targeting or marketing cookies
Where used, targeting or marketing cookies may be set by us or by selected third parties to record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. This information can be used to deliver content or communications that are more relevant to your interests in our engineering consultancy services.
These cookies are optional and are only used with your consent. If you choose not to allow them, you will still be able to access all primary areas of our website, including
Values,
Leadership, and
Testimonials, but you may see less tailored content or messaging.
4. How We Use Cookies
CIK ENGINEERING LTD uses cookies to support a reliable, secure, and informative browsing experience that aligns with our corporate standards of quality and performance. Specifically, we use cookies to:
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Maintain the operation and security of the website – for example, by distributing site traffic efficiently, managing session states, and protecting forms (such as those on our
Contact Us
page) from misuse.
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Measure and enhance performance – by collecting aggregated statistics on how visitors access and navigate our
Services,
Projects, and
Clients
pages, so we can optimise content layout, loading speed, and user journeys.
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Improve usability and accessibility – by remembering your choices and preferences, and helping us identify areas where navigation or content could be clarified for users across devices.
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Support communications and marketing activities – where applicable, by understanding interest in particular sectors, case studies, or service lines so that follow-up materials remain relevant to stakeholders.
Any data derived from cookies is handled in accordance with our
Privacy Policy
and applicable data protection laws. We do not use cookies to make automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have control over how cookies are used on your device. When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or consent tool that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies and to review this policy in more detail.
In addition to using our on-site cookie controls (where available), you can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to:
- View which cookies are stored on your device and delete them.
- Block cookies from all websites or from specific sites.
- Set your browser to delete cookies when you close it.
- Receive alerts before a cookie is stored so that you can decide whether to accept it.
If you choose to block or delete certain cookies, please be aware that some features of the website may not function correctly, and your experience (including the ability to save preferences) may be affected. Essential cookies, which are required for the operation of our site, cannot ordinarily be disabled via the cookie banner but can still be limited via browser controls.
For detailed guidance, please refer to the help section of your browser or visit reputable resources that explain how to manage cookies for commonly used browsers.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website may be set by third parties rather than directly by CIK ENGINEERING LTD. These third-party cookies are typically associated with analytics services, embedded content, or integrated tools that support our ability to communicate with stakeholders and measure engagement.
Examples of third-party cookies that may be used include:
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Analytics providers – to help us compile anonymised or aggregated statistics about website usage, such as visit counts, session duration, and navigation paths. This enables us to refine the content and structure of pages such as
Values,
Leadership, and
Testimonials.
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Embedded or integrated services – for example, map services or media hosting platforms that may be used within our
Contact Us
or
Projects
pages, which place cookies to deliver their functionality or measure usage of embedded components.
These third parties may set and read cookies on your device and may collect information about your online activities across different websites or services, subject to their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend that you review the relevant third-party policies for further information about how they handle data.
Where required by law, we will request your consent before enabling third-party cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of our website.
7. Cookie Duration and Storage
Cookies used on our website can be classified according to their duration and how long they remain stored on your device:
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Session cookies – these cookies are temporary and exist only for the duration of your website visit. They are deleted from your device when you close your browser. Session cookies support secure navigation, temporary form handling, and short-lived configuration during a visit.
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Persistent cookies – these cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them. Persistent cookies help us remember your preferences across multiple visits and analyse how visitors use the site over time, enabling longer-term performance and usability improvements.
The specific retention period for each cookie depends on its purpose and is determined to be no longer than necessary to achieve that purpose. In all cases, we aim to minimise the lifespan and scope of cookies in line with data protection and privacy best practices.
You can delete cookies at any time using your browser settings, regardless of the duration stated when the cookie was created.
8. Cookie Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies, advances in technology, regulatory requirements, or adjustments to the services offered through our website.
When we make significant changes, we will take appropriate steps to inform you, which may include displaying an updated cookie banner, posting a prominent notice on relevant pages, or updating the revision date of this policy. Any new policy will become effective when it is posted on this page.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies to maintain and improve the performance and reliability of our online presence.