Cookie Notice


Last updated: September 2022

This Cookie Statement explains how SIG plc and its group companies (collectively “SIG”, "we", "us", and "ours") use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our websites at [Insert Website Address.] ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, SIG) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first party and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Websites. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Website you visit):

Types of cookieWho serves these cookiesHow to refuse
Essential website cookies: These
cookies are strictly necessary to
provide you with services available
through our Websites and to use
some of its features, such as access
to secure areas.
[List any parties (including
client) that serve these
cookies, including their
website URL for
transparency purposes.]
Because these cookies are strictly
necessary to deliver the Websites to
you, you cannot refuse them.
You can block or delete them by
changing your browser settings
however, as described below under
the heading "How can I control
cookies?"
Performance and functionality
cookies: These cookies are used to
enhance the performance and
functionality of our Websites but are
non-essential to their use. However,
without these cookies, certain
functionality (like videos) may become
unavailable.
[List any parties (including
client) that serve these
cookies, including their
website URL for
transparency purposes.]
To refuse these cookies, please
follow the instructions below under
the heading "How can I control
cookies?"
Alternatively, please click on the
relevant opt-out link below:
 [insert cookie provider name]:
[insert opt-out link for that
cookie provider].
Analytics and customisation
cookies: These cookies collect
information that is used either in
aggregate form to help us understand
how our Websites are being used or
how effective are marketing
campaigns are, or to help us
customise our Websites for you.
[List any parties (including
client) that serve these
cookies, including their
website URL for
transparency purposes.]
To refuse these cookies, please
follow the instructions below under
the heading "How can I control
cookies?"
Alternatively, please click on the
relevant opt-out link below:
 [insert cookie provider name]:
[insert opt-out link for that cookie provider].
Advertising cookies: These cookies
are used to make advertising
messages more relevant to you. They
perform functions like preventing the
same ad from continuously
reappearing, ensuring that ads are
properly displayed for advertisers, and
in some cases selecting
advertisements that are based on your
interests.
[List any parties (including
client) that serve these
cookies, including their
website URL for
transparency purposes.]
To refuse these cookies, please
follow the instructions below under
the heading "How can I control
cookies?"
Alternatively, please click on the
relevant opt-out link below:
 [insert cookie provider name]:
[insert opt-out link for that
cookie provider].
Social networking cookies: These
cookies are used to enable you to
share pages and content that you find
interesting on our Websites through
third party social networking and other
websites. These cookies may also be
used for advertising purposes too.
[List any parties (including
client) that serve these
cookies, including their
website URL for
transparency purposes.]
To refuse these cookies, please
follow the instructions below under
the heading "How can I control
cookies?"
Alternatively, please click on the
relevant opt-out link below:
 [insert cookie provider name]:
[insert opt-out link for that
cookie provider].

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our Websites or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects
Our Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations.

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

Targeted Advertising

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other personally identifying details unless you choose to provide these.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie table above. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

How often will you update this Cookie Statement?

We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Statement indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [e-mail address].


Our Partners & Affiliates


AIM are partners with NBS. Our products can be found on NBS Source and have been authored to NBS specification standards and have both CAWS and Uniclass 2015 classifications.

AIM are members of Centre for Window and Cladding Technology & ASFP.

AIM are members of Rockwool.

AIM are members of Tenmat.

AIM are members of SRL.