Website Cookie Notice

1. Understanding cookies and similar tools

Cookies are small text or data files stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website. They are commonly used to help websites function properly, improve performance, and provide website owners with usage and reporting information.

Cookies placed by the website owner are known as first-party cookies. Cookies placed by other organisations are referred to as third-party cookies. Third-party cookies allow external features and services, such as advertising, analytics and interactive content, to operate on or through the website. These third parties may recognise your device when it visits this website and certain other websites.

2. Reasons we use cookies

We use first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. Some cookies are required for technical reasons and allow the website to function; these are commonly called essential or strictly necessary cookies. Other cookies help us understand user interests, improve the website experience, and support advertising, analytics and related third-party functions.

• Persistent cookies: these remain on a device for the period set in the cookie and are activated whenever the user returns to the website that created them.
• Session cookies: these link a user's actions during a single browser session. A session begins when the browser window is opened and ends when it is closed, and these cookies are deleted once the browser is closed.

3. Cookie choices and preference controls

You can choose whether to accept or decline cookies. The cookie consent manager allows you to manage your preferences and select which categories of cookies to allow or reject. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be turned off because they are required for the website and its core services to operate.

You can access the cookie consent manager through the notification banner and on our website. If you reject cookies, you may still use the website, but some features or areas may not work fully. You can also use your browser settings to accept, refuse, block or delete cookies.

4. Consent requirements

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without asking for your consent because they are required for the website to operate. For performance, functionality, targeting and social media cookies, we request your consent before placing them on your device. You may give consent by continuing to use our website, selecting the relevant option on the cookie banner, or updating your choices in the cookie preference centre.

If you do not wish to give consent, or if you later decide to withdraw it, you should delete, block or disable the relevant cookies through your browser settings, or update your preferences in the cookie preference centre. Disabling these cookies may affect how the website works and may limit access to certain features.

5. Changing or withdrawing consent

You may withdraw your consent at any time by deleting cookies through your internet browser settings, or by selecting the cookie button at the bottom of this policy and changing your preferences.

6. Cookie categories used on our website

Strictly necessary cookies allow you to move around the website and use essential services, including secure areas. Without these cookies, requested services cannot be provided. We use them to recognise when you are logged in and verify your access, ensure you are connected to the appropriate service when the website is updated, and support security and protection measures. If these cookies are blocked, we cannot guarantee that the website or its security features will work correctly during your visit.

Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, including pages viewed and errors encountered. They do not collect information that directly identifies you. We use them for website analytics, supplying anonymous statistics about website usage, and for error monitoring. Some performance cookies are managed by third parties on our behalf, and we do not allow those third parties to use the cookies for other purposes.

Functional cookies allow us to provide enhanced features and personalised experiences. They may be placed by third-party providers whose services appear on our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some services may not work as intended.

Targeting-related tools may support content sharing and similar services, for example when users share our stories on social networks through a third-party sharing service. Social media cookies are placed by social media services that we include on the website so you can share our content with your networks. These cookies may track your browser across other websites and build a profile of your interests, which may affect the content and messages shown to you elsewhere. A single cookie may be used for more than one of the purposes described in this policy.

7. Details of cookies used on this website

These cookies collect information that may be used in aggregated form to help us understand website usage, measure the effectiveness of our marketing activities, and customise the website experience for you.

8. Managing cookies through your browser

Cookie controls differ between browsers. For guidance on refusing or managing cookies, please consult the help menu of your browser, whether that is Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera or another browser.

9. Contact and further enquiries

If you have any questions, comments or requests about this cookie notice, please contact us at support@inmind.media.