Cookie Policy
Last updated: [insert date]
This Cookie Policy explains how What’s On Birstall uses cookies and similar technologies on this website.
Website: https://whatsonbirstall.co.uk
Contact: [insert contact email]
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites work properly, remember settings, understand how visitors use the site, and sometimes support advertising or embedded content.
Similar technologies may include tracking pixels, tags, scripts, local storage or other tools that store or access information on your device.
2. How we use cookies
What’s On Birstall may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- make the website work properly;
- keep the site secure;
- remember your cookie choices;
- understand how visitors use the website;
- improve pages, content and navigation;
- support embedded content such as maps, videos, booking links or social media features;
- measure advertising performance, if this is added in future.
We do not use cookies to sell personal information.
3. Types of cookies we may use
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are needed for the website to work properly. They may be used for security, page loading, form protection, remembering cookie preferences, or basic WordPress functionality.
These cookies cannot usually be switched off through our cookie banner because the website may not work correctly without them.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, such as which pages are visited, how people find the site, and which content is most useful.
We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics or a privacy-friendly alternative.
If we use Google Analytics or another tool that sets analytics cookies, these cookies will only be used where required after you have given consent through the cookie banner.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies may be used to remember choices you make, improve your experience, or support optional website features.
These are not essential to the basic operation of the website.
Marketing or advertising cookies
We may use advertising or marketing cookies in future to help measure advert performance or understand how people interact with adverts on the website.
If used, these cookies will only be set where required after you have given consent through the cookie banner.
4. Third-party cookies
Some pages may include content or links from third-party services. These may include:
- Google Analytics;
- Google Maps;
- YouTube or embedded video services;
- social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram;
- ticketing, booking or event websites;
- payment providers;
- advertising or sponsorship tools.
These third-party services may set their own cookies or collect information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
We do not control third-party cookies set by external websites.
5. Cookie consent
When you first visit the website, you may see a cookie banner. This allows you to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies may still be used because they are needed for the website to function.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie settings link or button provided on the website.
6. Managing cookies in your browser
You can also manage or block cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to:
- view cookies;
- delete cookies;
- block cookies;
- block third-party cookies;
- clear cookies when you close the browser.
Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.
Useful browser guidance can usually be found in your browser’s help section.
7. Cookies currently used on this website
The cookies used on this website may change depending on which features, plugins and third-party services are active.
At the time this policy was prepared, the website may use cookies for:
- WordPress functionality;
- website security;
- cookie consent preferences;
- contact or submission forms;
- analytics, if enabled;
- embedded content, if used.
Cookie Banner Pro may provide a cookie scan or cookie table. Where available, the details from that scan should be used to keep this policy up to date.
8. Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- pages visited;
- time spent on the website;
- device and browser type;
- approximate location;
- how visitors arrived at the website.
If Google Analytics is used, it should be configured to respect cookie consent choices and only load where required after analytics cookies have been accepted.
You can also find more information about Google’s use of data in Google’s own privacy and cookie information.
9. Privacy-friendly analytics
Instead of Google Analytics, we may use a privacy-friendly analytics tool that does not use cookies or track individuals across websites.
If we use a cookieless analytics tool, it may collect basic anonymous usage information such as page views, referrers, device type and approximate country, without placing cookies on your device.
10. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, especially if we add new website features, analytics tools, advertising tools or third-party integrations.
The latest version will always be available on this page.