Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that uniquely identify your browser or device.
What are cookies used for?
Cookies allow a site or services to know if your computer or device has visited that site or service before. Cookies can then be used to help understand how the site or service is being used, help you navigate between pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.
What types of cookies does A1 Publishing use?
There are generally four categories of cookies: Strictly Necessary, Performance, Functionality and Targeting;
Strictly Necessary Cookies
The only strictly necessary cookie on our sites records your cookie consent choice (FCCDCF, set by Google's consent message on pages that show advertising). You can still usefully visit any of our pages with cookies disabled.
Performance Cookies
We use Google Analytics to collect statistics about how our pages are used, such as which pages are visited and how visitors arrive at them, solely so we can improve our sites. Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (_ga and _ga_<ID>) lasting around 13 months. It is configured so this data is not used for advertising: Google signals and data sharing with Google are switched off, and our Analytics account is not linked to any advertising account. Google processes this data on our behalf; see how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can object at any time, free of charge, by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (desktop browsers) or by blocking cookies for our sites in your browser settings (all browsers, including mobile).
Functionality Cookies
We use functional cookies to help us provide pages as you want them. For example, we currently use a cookie to remember whether you have requested to view pages on a particular type of device, eg., desktop, tablet or mobile.
Targeting Cookies
Targeted advertising is a form of advertising where online advertisers can use sophisticated methods to target the most receptive audiences with certain traits, based on the product or person the advertiser is promoting.
A1 Publishing, our advertising partners or other third party partners may use these types of cookies to deliver advertising that is relevant to your interests. These cookies can remember that your device has visited a site or service, and may also be able to track your device's browsing activity on other sites or services. This information may be shared with organisations outside A1 Publishing, such as advertisers and/or advertising networks to deliver the advertising, and to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign, or other business partners for the purpose of providing aggregate service usage statistics and aggregate service testing.
How to control and delete cookies?
Many sites give instructions on how to manage cookies on your devices. For example, WikiHow have a page detailing how to delete or disable cookies. You can find out more information about cookie settings at third-party information sites such as AllAboutCookies
Consent
In line with the UK GDPR, the EU GDPR and the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), pages that show advertising display Google's consent message, which asks for your choice before any advertising cookies are set. Your choice is remembered so you aren't asked on every visit; to change it, use the "Privacy and cookie settings" link (a shield icon or bar at the bottom of the screen) on any page that shows advertising. Performance cookies are used only for statistics about how our sites are used, and functionality cookies only to provide pages as you have asked for them; you can object to either as described above.
Our Advertising Partners
Providing Personalised Advertising:
Alphabet Inc. (Google Adsense)
- Find out how Google will use your personal data when you give consent: Google's Privacy & Terms
Providing Non-personalised Advertising:
