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Cookie Policy – SOLAS

The Society of Law Accountants in Scotland

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Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help the site function, improve usability, remember preferences, and allow certain features—such as membership access, event management, payments, and learning progress—to operate correctly.

Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Enable essential website functions
  • Keep you logged into your account
  • Process membership renewals, event bookings, and store orders
  • Track CPD and course progress
  • Remember your cookie preferences
  • Enable embedded features such as maps, videos and payment gateways
  • Analyse website usage to improve content and performance

Some cookies are essential, while others are optional and used only with your consent.

Types of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the site to work and cannot be switched off:

  • Login and authentication cookies
  • Security/session management cookies
  • Basket and checkout cookies
  • Cookies enabling membership and CPD functionality
  • Event submission or filtering cookies

2. Functional Cookies

These enhance functionality, such as:

  • Remembering your preferences
  • Saving login details when you choose “Remember Me”
  • Showing personalised account, membership, and CPD information

3. Performance & Analytics Cookies

These help us understand how people use our website:

  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Device and browser information
  • User behaviour patterns

We use this to improve website performance and content.

4. Marketing & Tracking Cookies

Used when interacting with features that rely on third‑party services, such as:

  • Embedded event tools
  • Embedded videos
  • Social media content
  • Email tracking (with explicit consent)

These cookies may be used to personalise messaging.

5. Third‑Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by trusted third‑party services, such as:

  • PayPal / Stripe (payments)
  • Google Maps (location services)
  • Eventbrite (event tickets)
  • Vimeo / YouTube (embedded videos)
  • LMS / CPD systems (progress tracking)
  • Analytics and reporting tools
  • Social media integrations

These cookies are governed by the third party’s own privacy policy.

Cookies Used in Specific Areas

Membership and Account Area

  • Login-session cookies
  • User session identifiers
  • Preferences and settings cookies

Shop, Subscriptions & Downloads

  • Basket cookies
  • Checkout session cookies
  • Subscription renewal cookies
  • Download access cookies

CPD / LMS Area

  • Course progress cookies
  • Quiz/assessment state cookies
  • “Resume where you left off” cookies

Events (The Events Calendar)

  • Event filtering cookies
  • Calendar view cookies
  • Event submission cookies
  • Cookies from Google Maps embeds

Full List of Cookies Used on This Website

To ensure transparency, we automatically generate a complete, up‑to‑date list of all cookies currently active on our website. This process runs in the background and updates itself whenever plugins, settings, or website features change.

The table shownimmediately below this section provides full details for every cookie in use, including:

  • Cookie name
  • Provider
  • Purpose
  • Duration
  • Category (e.g., necessary, functional, marketing)

This automated list covers every cookie set on the site, including but not limited to:

  • Core WordPress cookies
  • SOLAS-specific membership and account cookies
  • Shop and subscription cookies
  • CPD / LMS course‑related cookies
  • Calendar and event‑related cookies
  • Cookies created by trusted third‑party integrations

Because this table updates automatically, it always reflects the most accurate and current cookie usage across the website.

How Long Cookies Are Stored

Cookies may be:

  • Session cookies — removed when you close your browser
  • Persistent cookies — stored for a set time (ranging from hours to months)

You may delete cookies manually at any time through your browser settings.

Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies at any time using your browser settings. You may:

  • Disable all cookies
  • Disable only third‑party cookies
  • Block specific cookies
  • Clear existing cookies
  • Receive warnings before cookies are placed

Please note:
Disabling essential cookies may prevent the website from functioning correctly, including login, checkout, CPD tracking, or event handling.

Third‑Party Cookie Providers

Depending on how you use the website, third‑party cookies may be set by:

  • Payment processors (PayPal, Stripe)
  • Event handling platforms (Eventbrite)
  • Mapping services (Google Maps)
  • Video hosting (YouTube, Vimeo)
  • Analytics tools
  • Newsletter/email services
  • LMS / CPD tracking providers
  • Spam protection tools

We only share the minimum data necessary for these services to operate.

Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in website functionality, legal requirements, or cookie use. Any updates will be posted on this page, and significant changes may be communicated via email or website notification.

Contact Us

For questions about cookies or this policy, contact us at:

Email: administrator@solas_administrator

Address: The Society of Law Accountants in Scotland, Mayfield, Holme Farm, Lentran, Inverness, IV3 8RN

Essential

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

NameDescriptionDuration
wpconsent_preferencesThis cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences.30 days

Comments

These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.

NameDescriptionDuration
comment_authorUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.Session
comment_author_emailUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.Session
comment_author_urlUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.Session

Login

These cookies are used for managing login functionality on this website.

NameDescriptionDuration
wordpress_logged_inUsed to store logged-in users.Persistent
wordpress_secUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.15 days
wordpress_test_cookieUsed to determine if cookies are enabled.Session

Statistics

Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.

WooCommerce Sourcebuster

SourceBuster is used by WooCommerce for order attribution based on user source.

NameDescriptionDuration
sbjs_current_addTimestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s current visit to your storesession
sbjs_migrationsTechnical data to help with migrations between different versions of the tracking featuresession
sbjs_sessionThe number of page views in this session and the current page path30 minutes
sbjs_udataInformation about the visitor’s user agent, such as IP, the browser, and the device typesession
sbjs_firstTraffic origin information for the visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires)session
sbjs_currentTraffic origin information for the visitor’s current visit to your storesession
sbjs_first_addTimestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires)session

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