Cookie Policy: Why cookies may be used and how to control them

Essential cookies

Essential cookies may support WordPress security, login sessions, form protection, load balancing, consent records and other functions necessary to deliver the website. Blocking these cookies can prevent parts of the site from working correctly. Essential cookies are not intended to create a personal trading profile.

Preference cookies

Preference storage may remember choices such as consent status, interface settings or whether a notice has already been dismissed. These features reduce repeated prompts and make the website easier to use. Deleting the cookie can cause the preference to be requested again.

Analytics and performance cookies

Analytics tools may use cookies or similar identifiers to understand aggregated visits, page performance, referral sources, device categories and navigation problems. This information helps identify slow pages, broken links and tools that readers find useful. Where required or configured, non-essential analytics should follow the visitor’s consent choice.

Advertising cookies

If advertising is enabled, an advertising provider may use cookies to deliver, cap, measure or personalise ads. The available behaviour depends on the provider, the visitor’s region and consent choices. An advertising cookie does not give an advertiser access to the private text of a contact-form message.

Embedded and external content

A chart, video, social embed or external widget can make requests to another service and may set its own cookies. The external provider controls those technologies under its own policy. We aim to use embeds only when they add useful context, but cannot control every change made by the provider.

Consent controls

When a consent banner or preference centre is available, use it to accept, reject or adjust non-essential categories. A consent tool itself may store a necessary record of the choice. Consent settings can vary by location and by the technology active on the page.

Browser and device controls

Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies. You may also use private-browsing modes or device-level advertising controls. Blocking all cookies can affect login, security, forms, consent memory and embedded content. Browser menus change over time, so consult the help section for the browser you use.

Retention

Cookie duration varies. A session cookie may expire when the browser closes, while a preference or measurement cookie may remain longer. Third-party providers set their own durations. Periodically deleting cookies can remove saved choices and require consent or preferences to be selected again.

Changes and questions

We may update this Cookie Policy when website services or consent practices change. For questions, use Contact Us or email [email protected]. Additional information about personal data is available in the Privacy Policy.

Frequently asked questions

Can I delete cookies?

Yes. Most browsers allow you to delete cookies, although saved consent and preferences may then be requested again.

Are all cookies used for advertising?

No. Some cookies are essential for security, forms, login or remembering a consent choice.

Can an external widget set cookies?

It may. Embedded services operate under their own policies and can receive ordinary browser-request information when they load.