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Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 14 April 2025 · Oxherd Ledger
Manage Your Cookie Preferences
Adjust your preferences below. Your choices are saved in your browser and can be updated at any time.
Essential Cookies
Required for the website to function. Cannot be disabled.
Analytics Cookies
Help us understand how visitors use the site, so we can improve it. No personal identifiers are shared with third parties.
Marketing Cookies
Used to track the effectiveness of our outreach. Only active if you have arrived via a marketing channel.
Preference Cookies
Remember choices you have made, such as your cookie consent decision, so you are not asked again on every visit.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognise your browser and remember certain information about your visit. Some cookies are essential to the site's operation; others are optional and serve analytical or functional purposes.
We use cookies responsibly. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles, and we do not sell cookie-derived data to third parties.
2. Why We Use Cookies
Oxherd Ledger uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential operation: to enable the website to load correctly and to remember your consent decision
- Analytics: to understand how visitors navigate the site and which content is most useful, so we can improve both
- Marketing tracking: to measure whether people who find us through external channels are finding what they need
- Preferences: to retain your cookie consent settings between visits
We do not use cookies for behavioural advertising or cross-site tracking.
3. Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function. They cannot be disabled via the preference panel above.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Stores your cookie consent preferences (essential, analytics, marketing, preferences, timestamp, version) | 12 months |
| PHPSESSID | Session management cookie used by the server to maintain a temporary session | Session |
Analytics Cookies
Set only if you consent. These help us understand aggregate site usage. No personally identifiable information is stored in these cookies.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique users for traffic analysis | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics — maintains session state | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics — distinguishes users within a 24-hour period | 24 hours |
Marketing Cookies
Set only if you consent and only if you arrive via a tracked marketing channel. Used to understand whether marketing outreach is effective.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Facebook Pixel — used to track conversions from Facebook advertising | 3 months |
| _uetmsclkid | Microsoft/Bing — used to track conversions from Bing advertising | 1 year |
| uetsid | Microsoft/Bing — session-level tracking for advertising measurement | Session |
Preference Cookies
Set if you consent. Used to retain choices you have made on the site.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent (localStorage) | Stores the full consent object including category preferences, timestamp, and version | Persistent (cleared on browser data reset) |
4. Your Choices
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time using the panel at the top of this page. In addition, most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies through their settings. Note that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of the site.
Instructions for managing cookies in common browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies
You may also opt out of Google Analytics data collection across all sites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Consent and Withdrawal
When you first visit the site, a consent banner will appear. You may accept all cookies, decline non-essential cookies, or use this Cookie Policy page to set granular preferences. Your choices are stored in your browser's localStorage under the key cookieConsent.
You may withdraw or change your consent at any time by returning to this page and updating the preference panel. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that occurred before withdrawal.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on this site are set by third-party services (Google Analytics, Facebook, Microsoft Bing). These services operate under their own privacy policies and are subject to their respective data protection obligations. We select these services on the basis of their data protection standards and do not permit them to use your data for their own advertising purposes beyond what is described in this policy.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to check this page periodically.
8. Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy:
Oxherd Ledger
16/F, Prosperity Tower, 39 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +852 2519 6384