Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are a specific technology that store information between website visits. They are small pieces of information, normally consisting of just letters and numbers, which online services provide when users visit them. Software on the user’s device (for example, a web browser) can store cookies and send them back to the website next time they visit.
Cookies can be useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
How we use cookies
The prideofportsmouth.co.uk website uses two kinds of cookies:
- Necessary cookies – to enable the website to function.
- Optional cookies – to help us understand how our customers use our website and improve the user experience.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable necessary cookies by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
The Pride of Portsmouth website uses necessary cookies to control cookie preferences. These cookies remember a user’s choices about cookies so the website does not ask users to set their cookie preferences on each visit.
Optional cookies
When you first visit the website, you’ll be asked if you want to accept optional cookies or view cookie settings. You can choose whether to accept or not accept cookies and submit your preferences. Optional cookies are not activated until you provide consent.
You can continue to use the website without accepting cookies. Not accepting cookies won’t affect your experience.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to track page visits, navigation, and traffic sources. This information helps us improve the user experience.
Google Analytics processes anonymised information such as:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on each page
- How users arrived at the site
- What users click while visiting the site
We do not store personal information through Google Analytics and will not identify you from analytics data or combine it with other data to identify you.
Session cookies
Session cookies allow websites to recognise and link user actions during a browsing session. These are temporary cookies that remain in your browser until you leave the site. This information is not stored after your visit.
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through the browser settings.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
You can also opt out of tracking by Google Analytics across all websites.
Google Maps
Some visual components of WP Google Maps use third-party libraries such as Google Maps, Open Street Map, jQuery DataTables, and FontAwesome. These services may receive your IP address and User Agent string when resources are loaded.
Please refer to the privacy policies of these services for details on data use and GDPR compliance.
WP Google Maps uses jQuery DataTables to display sortable, searchable tables. In some cases, it uses a cookie to save and recall table state (e.g., search term, sort column, current page). This data is stored locally and can be cleared manually. No information is transmitted to third parties.
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We do not send any personally identifying information or unique device identifiers to API providers.
