Cookie Policy

This website "Site" is owned and operated by Gooch & Housego PLC, a public limited company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 00526832, with its registered office at Dowlish Ford, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0PF, United Kingdom. In this Cookie Policy, “G&H”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Gooch & Housego PLC unless a different G&H group company is identified at the point of collection or is responsible for a particular relationship or processing activity. Gooch & Housego PLC is the controller of personal data collected through gandh.com, including through cookies and similar technologies, unless otherwise stated. A G&H group company may be an independent controller or joint controller for activities relating to its own customers, suppliers, personnel, recruitment or local operations.

G&H uses cookies and similar technologies on the gandh.com website and associated digital services. These technologies help our website function properly, support security and core functionality, improve performance, and help us understand how visitors interact with our content.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies that may be placed on your device when you visit our website, and the choices available to you for managing your preferences. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal data more generally.

For residents of the United States, identifiers and online activity data collected through cookies may be treated as personal data or personal information under applicable US state privacy laws. Depending on how an optional cookie or similar technology is used, a disclosure to an analytics, advertising or other technology provider may be treated as a sale, sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, or targeted advertising even where no money is exchanged. This Cookie Policy explains the relevant controls, and our Privacy Policy provides further information about US privacy rights.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow a website to recognise your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, session details, or how you use the site over time.

Websites may also use similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts and local storage, for comparable purposes. In this policy, we use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies unless stated otherwise.

We use cookies and similar technologies for a number of reasons, including to:

• enable the website to function correctly
• remember your preferences and consent choices
• maintain security and support safe website operation
• understand how visitors use our website
• improve website performance, usability and content
• support embedded content and selected third-party services
• help measure the effectiveness of digital communications and campaigns, where applicable

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website. Others are optional and will only be used where required and where you have provided consent through our cookie preference tool.

Optional cookies are not activated unless permitted by your choices and applicable law. Where the use or disclosure of cookie-derived information is treated as a sale, sharing or targeted advertising under an applicable US state privacy law, we provide the opt-out choices described below.

Some cookies on our website are set directly by G&H. These are known as first-party cookies.

Other cookies may be set by third-party providers whose services we use to support website functionality, analytics, embedded media, consent management, communications, or other digital services. These are known as third-party cookies.

Where third-party cookies are used, we aim to provide clear information about the provider and the purpose of the cookie.

Some third-party providers process cookie information only on our instructions, while others may determine their own purposes and act as independent controllers or businesses under applicable law. We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. However, because some US state laws define “sale”, “sharing” and “targeted advertising” broadly, certain optional disclosures through cookies may fall within those terms. You can use the controls described under Managing your cookie preferences and US state privacy choices.

If you take the opportunity to ‘share’ content with friends through social networks – such as LinkedIn and Facebook – you may be sent cookies from these websites. We do not control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie banner or preference tool that allows you to accept, reject, or manage non-essential cookies.

You can change your preferences at any time by selecting the Cookie Settings icon link available on the bottom right hand site of our website pages. This allows you to review or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies.

Your choices are stored so that we can remember them. Withdrawing consent prevents future use of the relevant optional cookies, but it may not remove a cookie already stored on your device. You can delete existing cookies through your browser settings.

Please note that restricting certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of some parts of the website.

If you live in a US state with an applicable consumer privacy law, you may have the right to opt out of the sale of personal data, sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, or targeted advertising carried out through optional analytics or advertising technologies. You may exercise these choices through the Cookie Settings or privacy choices control on our website. The choice normally applies to the browser and device from which it is made, so you may need to repeat it if you use another browser or device or clear your cookies.

Where required by applicable law, we treat a legally valid browser-based universal opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control, as a request to opt out of applicable sale, sharing or targeted advertising for that browser and device. Where the law requires confirmation, our Cookie Settings or privacy choices interface will provide a means to confirm the status of the request. Because there is no generally accepted standard for older Do Not Track signals, we do not currently respond to those signals unless applicable law requires us to do so.

We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age through cookies for cross-context behavioral or targeted advertising.

You can also manage cookies through your web browser settings, which may allow you to view, block or delete cookies.

Please note that if you choose to disable all cookies, certain features or functionality of the website may not operate as intended. As browser settings and interfaces may change over time, we recommend referring to your browser provider’s help documentation for the latest guidance.

Some cookies may involve the collection or use of personal data, such as IP address, browser information, device identifiers, or online activity data. Where this is the case, we process that information in accordance with applicable data protection law and our Privacy Policy.

For more information on how we collect, use and protect personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

For US state privacy law purposes, cookie-derived information may include identifiers, internet or other electronic network activity, approximate location derived from an IP address, and inferences about areas of interest. We collect this information automatically from your browser or device and may disclose it to the providers identified in the cookie tables for the purposes described in this policy.

Depending on the law that applies where you live, you may have rights to confirm whether we process personal data, access, correct or delete it, obtain a portable copy, opt out of certain processing, use an authorized agent, and appeal a refusal to act on a request. Please use the process described in our Privacy Policy to exercise those rights.

The tables below provide further information about the cookies and similar technologies observed across representative areas of the G&H website. Some third-party cookies may only appear when specific features are used, such as forms, embedded video, marketing pages, or external services.

Cookies may be session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain for a defined period or until deleted. The precise duration depends on the provider, purpose and configuration and may change when services are updated. The tables are a representative inventory, and the Cookie Settings tool provides the controls applicable to the cookies currently in use.

These cookies are essential for the website to function securely and properly. They may be used for core site features such as page navigation, security, load balancing, form submission, and remembering your cookie preferences.

Because these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website or for providing a service you have requested, they cannot usually be disabled through our cookie preference tool.

We do not use strictly necessary cookies for targeted advertising.

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most often, how users move around the site, and whether users encounter errors or performance issues. This information helps us improve the website, content structure and overall user experience.

Where required, these cookies will only be used where you have given your consent.

If an optional analytics disclosure is treated as a sale, sharing or targeted advertising under applicable US state law, you may opt out using the controls described under US state privacy choices.

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality, such as remembering settings or supporting particular website features.

Depending on how these cookies operate, they may only be used where you have provided consent.

These cookies may be used to support marketing activity, measure the effectiveness of campaigns, or help deliver more relevant content through digital channels. Some may also be set by third-party providers whose services we use, such as video platforms, analytics providers, marketing tools, or social media platforms.

Where these cookies are used, they are non-essential and will only be placed on your device where you have provided consent.

US residents may opt out of applicable advertising-related sale, sharing or targeted advertising through the controls described under US state privacy choices.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements, regulatory guidance, technology, or the way our website operates. Any updates will be posted on this page.

Last updated: Jul 2026

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how G&H uses cookies and similar technologies, please contact us using the details provided in our Privacy Policy or via the contact information available on our website.