Cookie Notice
This is the Cookie notice for www.ossianwindfarm.com.
It applies to information collected and used by Ossian Wind Farm which is a trading name of Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Ltd. This information is collected through instruments known as cookies and various other technologies, collectively referred to in this Cookie Policy as 'cookies'.
You can view Cookie settings by clicking the round ‘cookie’ button in the bottom left corner of your screen at any time.
Please review this Cookie Notice and our Privacy Notice here.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files transferred and stored by your web browser to your computer or mobile device when you visit or use a website. Cookies allow websites to recognise your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.
Cookies can be considered as 'first party' or 'third party' Cookies depending on the domain that places them. First party Cookies are Cookies set by a website visited by the user. Third party Cookies are set by a domain other than that of the website visited by the user, so if a user visits a website and a third-party organisation sets a Cookie through that website, this would be a third-party Cookie.
Cookies can also be considered as 'persistent' or 'session' Cookies depending on their duration. Persistent Cookies remain on a user's device for the time specified in those Cookies. They are activated every time that user visits the website that created the Cookies, until the Cookies expire or are disabled by the user. Session Cookies allow the actions of a user to be linked during a single browsing session. A session starts when a user opens a browser window and ends when the browser window is closed, following which all session Cookies are deleted.
Why do we use Cookies?
We use Cookies and other similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity and about the device you have used to access our website (including the make, model and operating system, IP address, browser type and mobile device identifiers) so we can provide essential features and functionality on our website:
Make our website as easy and intuitive as possible for you to use
Monitor and analyse website usage and performance so we can measure the effectiveness of our website and improve it (including security)
Remember choices you make when visiting our website and recognise you when you return so you don't have to remind us
Remember certain information about your browsing activity on our website, such as the web pages you have viewed and your preferences. This information can then be used to personalise and improve the way you interact with our website (for example, displaying content we think might be relevant to you based on your previous activity) and inform you of special offers and promotions tailored to your interests (where you have consented to receiving marketing communications from us).
What Cookies do we use on this website?
The Cookies used on our website can be broken down into four categories:
Strictly necessary
Performance
Functional
Targeting Advertising
Strictly necessary
These Cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but then some parts of the site will not work.
Performance
These Cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve site performance. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Targeting advertising
These Cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.
These Cookies are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these Cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Targeted advertising or remarketing is a type of targeted advertising that displays our adverts on third party websites across the internet to users who have previously visited this website. Remarketing involves collecting Cookies to inform, optimise and serve adverts based on someone's past visits to this website. To opt out of this type of advertising you can use this free Google tool.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie description | Default expiration time | Host | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | Persistent (365 days) | ossianwindfarm.com | First party |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor./td> | Persistent (365 days) | ossianwindfarm.com | First party |
| crumb | This cookie is associated with SquareSpace. It is used to ensure a visitor's browsing security. by preventing cross-site request forgery (CSRF). | Session. | ossianwindfarm.com | First party |
| __RequestVerificationToken | This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. | Session. | forms.office.com | Third party | MSFPC | Critical service cookie to analyze service usage anonymously and aggregated for statistical purpose. | Persistent. | forms.office.com | Third party | MicrosoftApplicationsTelemetryDeviceID | Contains information to distinguish page users. Collects data on user visits, such as the relevant pages for example. | Persistent. | forms.office.com | Third party |
Performance Cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie description | Default expiration time | Host | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ss_cvr | This cookie is associated with Squarespace. It identifies unique visitors and tracks their sessions on the site. | Persistent (1 year). | www.ossianwindfarm.com | First party |
| ss_cvt | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site. | Persistent (a few seconds). | www.ossianwindfarm.com | First party |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | Persistent (2 years). | ossianwindfarm.com | First Party |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxxx | Used by Google Analytics to store and count page views. | Persistent (1 year). | ossianwindfarm.com | First Party |
| MR | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which is used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics. | Persistent (6 days). | c.office.com | Third Party |
| SM | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics. | Session. | c.office.com | Third party |
| ai_session | This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie. | Persistent (1 year). | forms.office.com | Third party |
| MUID | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. | Persistent (389 days). | office.com | Third party |
| RpsAuthNonce | A cookie that allows us to embed Microsoft Forms in to our website. | Session. | forms.office.com | Third party |
| ss_cvr | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | Persistent (2 years). | assets.squarespace.com | Third Party |
| ss_cvt | Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site | Persistent (2 years). | assets.squarespace.com | Third Party |
Functional Cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie description | Default expiration time | Host | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FormsWebSessionId | The cookie is used if the visitor has filled in personal information on a formula. This information will be filled in automatically on other formulas. This process is used to optimize visitor experience. | Persistent (30 days) | forms.office.com | Third party |
Targeting Cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie description | Default expiration time | Host | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS0 | Short term session identification cookie for Microsoft forms. | Persistent (30 mins) | microsoft.com | Third party |
| MC1 | These web analytics cookies, provided by Microsoft Inc., are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Persistent (364 days) | microsoft.com | Third party |
| MR | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics. | Persistent (6 days) | c.bing.com | Third party |
| SRM_B | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. | Persistent (389 days) | c.bing.com | Third party |
| MUID | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. | Persistent (389 days) | bing.com | Third party |
| ANONCHK | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Persistent (365 days) | c.office.com | Third party |
Managing Cookies
When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a Cookie banner. It gives you the choice to accept the use of Cookies on the site or not. It will also present you with a link to our Cookie manager. Through the Cookie manager, you can choose to opt-in or opt-out of the types of Cookies active on our sites. You can also find out a bit more about what we use them for. Our Cookie manager will only remember your preferences for our site for the specific browser that you're using at that time.
You can also manage your Cookie preferences at any time by clicking the ‘cookie’ button at the bottom left of your screen.
If you wish to change your Cookie settings generally, you can delete Cookies stored on your computer or change your privacy settings at any time via your browser settings.
Who should I contact with a question or a complaint?
If you would like to contact us in relation to your rights or if you are unhappy with how we've handled your information, you may contact us by sending a letter to:
Renewables Data Protection Specialist
Inveralmond House
200 Dunkeld Road
Perth, Scotland
PH1 3AQ
or sending an email to renewablesdps@ss.com
If you would like to contact our Data Protection Officer, you may do so using the following details:
Email: GroupDPO@sse.com
This Notice was last updated in June 2024.