Cookie Notice
Last updated: 23 August 2026
About this notice
This Cookie Notice explains how Oxford Macintosh Solutions Ltd, trading as OMSUK (“OMSUK”, “we”, “us” or “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies on www.omsuk.com.
Our website is hosted by Squarespace and also uses selected third-party services for analytics, security and online communication.
For more information about how we use personal information, please see our Privacy Notice.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website.
Cookies can be used to:
Make a website work correctly.
Protect the website and its visitors.
Remember choices and preferences.
Understand how visitors use the website.
Measure the performance of pages and content.
Support features such as online chat.
Similar technologies, including browser local storage, tags and pixels, may perform comparable functions. References to cookies in this notice include these technologies where appropriate.
Types of cookies we use
We group the cookies used on this website into the following categories.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies support the operation, security and accessibility of the website.
They may be used to:
Deliver pages and website content.
Maintain website security.
Remember cookie-consent choices.
Support forms, navigation and technical functions.
Prevent fraud or misuse.
These cookies are required for the website to function properly and cannot normally be disabled through our cookie settings.
Analytics and performance cookies
Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the website.
They may collect information such as:
The pages visited.
The approximate time spent on a page.
How a visitor arrived at the website.
The type of device and browser used.
General interaction and navigation information.
Whether a website feature is working correctly.
We use this information in aggregated form to monitor website performance and improve our content and services.
Where consent is required, analytics and performance cookies will only be used after you have accepted them through our cookie banner.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies support optional features and may remember choices made when using the website.
These may include cookies or local-storage information associated with the online chat facility.
If functionality cookies are disabled, some optional features may not work as intended.
Cookies and services currently used
The cookies actually placed on your device may vary depending on the pages you visit, the options you select and the website features you use.
Squarespace
Our website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace uses necessary cookies to operate and securely deliver the website.
Where permitted by your cookie choices, Squarespace may also use analytics and performance cookies to help us understand website traffic and visitor activity.
Squarespace analytics cookies may include:
CookiePurposeTypical durationss_cidIdentifies unique visitors and tracks visitor sessionsTwo yearsss_cpvisitIdentifies unique visitors and tracks visitor sessionsTwo yearsss_cvisitIdentifies a visitor’s current session30 minutesss_cvrIdentifies unique visitors and tracks visitor sessionsTwo years
Squarespace may change the cookies used by its platform as its services develop. Further information is available in Squarespace’s published information about the cookies it uses.
Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics
We use Google Tag Manager to manage selected website tags. Google Tag Manager does not itself normally place analytics cookies, but services loaded through it may do so.
Google Analytics may be used to provide information about website traffic, visitor activity and the performance of our content.
Google Analytics cookies may include:
CookiePurposeTypical duration_gaDistinguishes visitors and supports website-usage statisticsUp to two years_ga_<identifier>Maintains information about a visitor’s sessionUp to two years_gidDistinguishes visitors for analytics purposes24 hours_gat or _dc_gtm_<identifier>Controls the rate at which analytics requests are sentApproximately one minute
Google may process information through infrastructure located outside the United Kingdom. Where applicable, this processing is subject to the privacy and international-transfer safeguards described in our Privacy Notice.
Analytics cookies will only be used where permitted by your cookie choices and applicable law.
Online chat
Our “Leave a Message” or “Chat Now” facility is provided using ISL Online technology.
When you open or use the chat facility, the service may use session cookies, browser storage or similar technical information to:
Connect you to the chat service.
Maintain the chat session.
Remember the state of the chat window.
Route your enquiry to an available member of the OMSUK team.
Maintain the security and reliability of the service.
Information you submit through the chat facility may also be processed as described in our Privacy Notice.
The chat provider may update the names and duration of its technical cookies as its service changes.
Links to external websites
The website contains links to external services, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
Simply displaying a normal link does not necessarily allow the external service to place cookies on your device. However, if you follow the link, the destination website may use its own cookies and process information under its own privacy and cookie notices.
OMSUK does not control the cookies used by external websites.
Cookie consent
When you first visit the website, you may be shown a cookie banner that allows you to:
Accept non-essential cookies.
Reject non-essential cookies.
Manage your cookie preferences.
Necessary cookies may be used without consent where they are required to provide the website or a service you have requested.
We will not treat silence, inactivity or continued browsing as consent to non-essential cookies where active consent is required.
Your choice may be remembered for a limited period using a necessary cookie. You may therefore be asked to confirm your preferences again from time to time.
Changing your preferences
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time using the Manage Cookies option displayed on the website.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
If the Manage Cookies option is unavailable, you can clear the cookies for www.omsuk.com through your browser and then revisit the website to make a new selection.
Controlling cookies through your browser
Most web browsers allow you to:
View cookies stored on your device.
Delete some or all cookies.
Block cookies from particular websites.
Block third-party cookies.
Prevent cookies from being stored.
Delete cookies automatically when the browser closes.
Blocking all cookies may affect the operation of this and other websites.
Instructions are available through the help pages for browsers including Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari.
How long cookies remain
Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain for a defined period or until you delete them. The duration depends on the purpose of the cookie and the provider that sets it.
The periods shown in this notice are typical maximum durations. A cookie may be deleted earlier if you clear your browser data, withdraw consent or if the provider changes its configuration.
Changes to this notice
We may update this Cookie Notice when the website, our service providers or applicable legal requirements change.
The current version and its last-updated date will be published on this page.
Contact us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact:
Email: hello@omsuk.com
Telephone: 01865 882504
Post: OMSUK Ltd, 50 Acre End Street, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, OX29 4PD