Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They allow the website to remember certain information about your visit — such as your preferences or whether you have already acknowledged a notice — so that your next visit is a little easier.

Cookies do not run programs on your computer and do not contain viruses. They are widely used across most websites on the internet. You can choose to accept or decline cookies; instructions for managing cookies are provided below.

2. How Padi Advisory Uses Cookies

We use cookies for three purposes: to keep the website functioning reliably for all visitors (strictly necessary), to understand in broad terms how pages are used so we can improve them (analytics), and to measure the general effectiveness of our online presence via third-party marketing platforms (marketing). These categories are described in the table below.

3. Cookies We Use

4. Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are set only in response to your actions on the site — such as acknowledging the cookie notice — and do not track you for marketing purposes. Because these cookies are required for the site to work, we do not ask for your consent to set them.

5. Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. The data is collected anonymously and used in aggregate form — we cannot identify individual users from this data. We use Google Analytics to process this information. Google's data processing terms apply, and the data may be transferred to Google's servers in accordance with their privacy policy.

You may decline analytics cookies using the preference panel further down this page, or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are set by third-party platforms — Meta and Microsoft — to help us understand, at an aggregate level, how effective our online presence is. These cookies do not reveal your identity to us. We do not use them to build profiles of individual users or to deliver targeted advertising directly.

If you prefer not to have these cookies set on your device, you can decline them using the preference panel below, or adjust your settings through the relevant platform:

7. Manage Your Cookie Preferences

You can adjust your preferences for analytics and marketing cookies at any time using the panel below. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the site to work correctly.

You can also manage cookies directly in your browser. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings menu. Note that disabling cookies may affect how some websites display or function.

8. Third-Party Cookies and External Services

Our homepage includes an embedded Google Maps frame to help visitors locate our office. Google may set cookies when you interact with the map. These are governed by Google's Privacy Policy. We do not control the cookies set by Google's map service.

We do not embed social media feeds or other third-party content that would set cookies independently of those already listed above.

9. Changes to This Policy

If we introduce new cookies or change how we use existing ones, we will update this page and revise the "Last Updated" date. Where changes are material, we will display a brief notice on the homepage inviting you to review the updated policy.

10. Contact

If you have questions about how we use cookies, please write to us: