Cookie policy
1. Introduction
This cookie policy explains how Mediamiclipcottag Publishing Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on mediamiclipcottag.sbs. It should be read with our privacy policy. We use a fixed banner that lets you accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or open granular preferences. Your decision is stored in localStorage under a site-specific key so the banner does not repeatedly interrupt navigation.
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2. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies include localStorage, sessionStorage and pixels that store or read identifiers. Some are essential for core behaviour; others help us understand aggregate traffic or remember optional settings. We classify technologies as essential, analytics or functional.
3. How we use consent
Essential technologies run because the site cannot provide a stable service and remember legal choices without them. Analytics and functional categories are off until you choose “Accept All” or enable them in Preferences and save. “Reject Non-Essential” keeps essentials only. You can change your mind later by clearing site data or contacting us for guidance on resetting the stored choice.
4. Cookie tables
Essential cookies and storage
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| mmc_cookie_consent | Stores whether you accepted, rejected or customised cookie categories so the banner can stay hidden. | localStorage | Until cleared by user |
| mmc_cookie_prefs | Stores analytics and functional toggle values when you save custom preferences. | localStorage | Until cleared by user |
| mmc_session_routing | Optional host-level session token used by some hosting stacks for load routing and basic integrity; contains no marketing profile. | First-party session cookie (if present) | Session |
Analytics cookies
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| mmc_analytics_id | Random identifier to distinguish repeat visits from unique visits in aggregate traffic reports. | First-party cookie | up to 12 months |
| mmc_analytics_page | Records non-identifying page-view path metrics for popular guide reporting. | First-party cookie | 24 hours |
| _mmc_perf | Lightweight performance timing sample flags to detect broken layouts or slow loads. | First-party cookie | 7 days |
Functional cookies
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| mmc_reduced_motion_pref | Remembers if you asked the site UI to prefer reduced decorative motion beyond system settings. | localStorage | Until cleared by user |
| mmc_form_draft | Optionally keeps a draft of contact-form text on your device if you enable functional cookies and leave mid-entry. | sessionStorage | Session |
| mmc_theme_contrast | Stores an optional higher-contrast UI preference if offered in future interface updates. | First-party cookie | 6 months |
5. What each category means in practice
Essential: required for security, consent storage and basic delivery. These do not require optional consent under common UK/EU interpretations when strictly necessary.
Analytics: help us understand which guides attract interest and whether pages load reliably. They are configured to avoid selling personal data and are only set after consent.
Functional: enhance convenience such as remembering optional interface preferences or draft form text; they are not required to read the guides.
6. Browser controls and opt-out instructions
You can control cookies through your browser. Typical paths include:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data → see all site data and permissions, then remove mediamiclipcottag.sbs entries or block cookies.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data → Manage Data, search for our domain, remove, or use Enhanced Tracking Protection.
- Safari (macOS): Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data, locate our domain and remove; or block all cookies (may affect essential storage).
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data.
- Mobile browsers: open site settings or privacy menus and clear site data for mediamiclipcottag.sbs; also clear localStorage if your browser exposes site storage controls.
Blocking all cookies may prevent us from storing your consent choice, which can cause the banner to appear more often. Rejecting non-essential cookies via our banner is usually the lighter-touch option if you still want consent memory to work.
Global Privacy Control or similar browser signals, where legally required to be honoured, will be treated as a request to reject non-essential cookies when we detect them.
7. Third parties
If we embed privacy-oriented analytics or hosting beacons in the future under the analytics category, they will appear in an updated table and will still respect the consent banner. We do not load advertising networks on this editorial site in its default configuration.
8. Updates
We may revise this cookie policy when our technologies change. The effective date will be updated accordingly. Material changes to categories will be reflected in the banner or preferences panel where practical.
9. Company contact
Mediamiclipcottag Publishing Ltd, 42 Helios Yard, Bristol, BS1 5TT, United Kingdom. Company No. 14185732. Email: [email protected].