Cookie Policy — Norwell Business Consulting

1. What are cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to help websites function correctly, to remember your preferences, and to provide information to site owners about how visitors use their sites.

Similar technologies include web beacons, pixels, and local storage. In this policy, we use "cookies" to refer collectively to all such technologies.

2. How we use cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

To ensure the website functions correctly and securely.
To remember your consent preferences so you are not asked again on each visit.
To understand how visitors interact with our website in aggregate, so we can improve its content and usability.
To measure the effectiveness of any advertising or outreach activities we conduct.

We do not use cookies to collect sensitive personal information or to build individual behavioural profiles for advertising purposes.

3. Cookie categories

The cookies on this website fall into four categories:

Strictly necessary

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They do not store any personally identifiable information.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
norwell_cookie_consent	Norwell	Stores your cookie consent decision to avoid repeated prompts	1 year
PHPSESSID	Norwell	Maintains session state for form processing	Session

Analytics

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They are only activated if you have consented.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes unique users; used to calculate visit, session, and campaign data	2 years
_ga_*	Google Analytics	Maintains session state for GA4 measurement	2 years
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes users; used in conjunction with _ga	24 hours

Marketing

These cookies track visits across websites to enable relevant advertising. They are only activated if you have consented. We may use these to measure the performance of any digital campaigns.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
_fbp	Meta (Facebook)	Used by Meta to deliver advertising and track conversions	3 months
_uetsid	Microsoft Bing	Tracks conversions from Bing Ads and enables remarketing	1 day
_uetvid	Microsoft Bing	Identifies unique visitors for Bing Ads remarketing	13 months

Functional

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences. They are only activated if you have consented.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Duration
maps_*	Google Maps	Enables the interactive map embedded on the contact page	Session / persistent

4. Third-party cookies

Some cookies on this website are placed by third-party services — including Google Analytics, Meta, Microsoft Bing, and Google Maps. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies which govern how they handle the data collected through their cookies.

We do not control these third-party cookies. You can find more information about their data practices at the respective providers' websites. Relevant links:

5. Your consent

When you first visit this website, a banner will appear giving you the option to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are placed regardless of your choice, as they are required for the website to function.

Your consent preference is stored for one year. You can change your preference at any time using the "Reset cookie preferences" link in the sidebar of this page, which will remove the stored consent and display the banner again on your next page load.

If you decline non-essential cookies, analytics, marketing, and functional cookies will not be activated during your session.

6. Managing cookies through your browser

In addition to the consent mechanism on this website, all major browsers allow you to view, block, and delete cookies through their settings. The steps vary by browser:

Google Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
Mozilla Firefox — Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
Safari — Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
Microsoft Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

Please be aware that blocking or deleting all cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites. Strictly necessary cookies in particular should be retained for the site to work as intended.

7. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or the cookies we use, please contact us:

Norwell — Data Controller

7/F, Alexandra House, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong

Tel: +852 3592 1847

Email: privacy@{{DOMAIN}}