Cookie Policy

Last updated: 8 April 2026. This Cookie Policy explains how listenlanarkshire.com (“we”, “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website, how you can control them, and how this interacts with privacy law in the United Kingdom, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR principles where applicable.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags. They can help pages load efficiently, remember preferences, maintain security, and understand how visitors use a site in aggregate or pseudonymous form.

2. Who sets cookies?

First-party cookies are set by us. Third-party cookies may be set by partners whose technology appears on our pages (for example embedded content or analytics, if deployed). Third parties are responsible for their own practices; we describe categories below at a high level.

3. Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for the Site to function, for example to remember that you have confirmed your age for the current browser session where implemented, to store security tokens where relevant, or to remember cookie consent choices. They do not require consent under PECR, though we still explain them here for transparency.

4. Functional cookies

Where we use optional functionality cookies to remember layout preferences or similar non-essential conveniences, we will only activate them if you consent through our banner or settings where offered.

5. Analytics cookies

If we deploy analytics to understand traffic volumes, navigation paths, and error rates, we will configure tools to minimise personal data, use IP anonymisation where available, and rely on consent where the technology is not strictly necessary. Aggregated statistics do not identify you directly.

6. Storage duration

Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain for a defined period to remember choices between visits. Maximum lifetimes depend on the specific cookie and are kept under periodic review.

7. Your choices

You can use our cookie banner to accept or reject non-essential cookies where offered. You can also adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies; blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the Site from working correctly. Browser help pages describe how to manage storage per site.

8. Do Not Track

There is no consistent industry standard for “Do Not Track” browser signals. We configure privacy settings based on UK requirements and the choices you make through our banner rather than on unsupported signals alone.

9. Updates

We may revise this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our practices. Please review this page periodically; the date at the top indicates the latest revision.

10. More detail on categories

We classify cookies so you can understand their role: (a) strictly necessary for core operations; (b) functional for enhanced usability where you opt in; (c) analytics for aggregated insight where you opt in; (d) marketing only if we ever use such technologies and you provide explicit consent. We do not use cookies to circumvent your choices.

11. Third-party links

When you follow links to external gambling operators or regulators, those sites may set their own cookies governed by their policies. Review their notices before continuing if you are concerned about tracking.

12. Contact

Questions about cookies: info@listenlanarkshire.com.