Cookie Notice

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience, enhance website functionality, understand how visitors use our website, and support our communications and marketing activities.

As our digital services evolve, we may introduce additional analytics, advertising and personalisation technologies. Any such technologies will be implemented and managed in accordance with applicable privacy laws.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites recognise your device, remember your preferences and improve your overall user experience.

Cookies generally do not access information stored on your device or identify you personally, although some cookies may be associated with personal information where you have chosen to provide it.

Types of Cookies We May Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the operation and security of our website and enable core functionality such as page navigation, secure login areas and form submissions.

Without these cookies, certain parts of the website may not function correctly.

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and settings to provide a more personalised browsing experience, such as remembering form information or display preferences.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use our website so that we can improve performance, usability and content.

As these services are introduced, they may include providers such as:

• Google Analytics 4
• HubSpot Analytics
• Microsoft Clarity or similar website analytics tools
• Bitly link analytics

These technologies may collect information such as:

• pages visited
• time spent on pages
• browser type
• operating system
• referring websites
• device information
• approximate geographic location
• website interactions.

Where possible, this information is aggregated or pseudonymised.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

As our digital marketing activities develop, we may use advertising technologies to better understand the effectiveness of our campaigns and deliver more relevant communications.

These technologies may include:

• Meta Pixel
• LinkedIn Insight Tag
• Google Ads Conversion Tracking
• HubSpot Marketing
• ActiveCampaign

These technologies may collect information about website visits and interactions to help us measure campaign performance and improve our communications.

We do not use these technologies to sell your personal information.

Embedded Content

Our website may include content or services provided by third parties, including:

• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Eventbrite
• HubSpot
• Microsoft 365
• social media platforms.

These providers may place their own cookies or similar technologies when you interact with embedded content. Their use of information is governed by their own privacy policies.

Managing Cookies

Most internet browsers allow you to:

• view cookies stored on your device;
• delete existing cookies;
• block all cookies;
• block cookies from specific websites; or
• receive a notification before a cookie is stored.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of our website.

For more information about managing cookies, refer to your browser’s help documentation.

Changes to this Cookie Notice

As the Smart Energy Council continues to enhance its digital services, we may update this Cookie Notice to reflect changes to the technologies we use or to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

The most current version will always be available on our website.