My Dorset Companion

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the website remember your preferences and understand how you use the site. Cookies are widely used across the internet and are essential for many website features to work properly.

2. How We Use Cookies

My Dorset Companion uses a minimal number of cookies, and we prioritise your privacy. We use:

Essential cookies: These are necessary for the website to function correctly. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics cookies: We use privacy-respecting analytics (Umami) to understand how visitors use our site. This helps us improve our content and user experience. These analytics do not use personal identifiers and do not track you across other websites.

Preference cookies: These remember your choices (such as your preferred location within Dorset) to provide a more personalised experience.

3. Third-Party Cookies

If we display advertising on our site, our advertising partners may set cookies to deliver relevant adverts and measure their effectiveness. We work only with reputable advertising networks that comply with UK data protection laws.

4. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to: view what cookies are stored and delete them individually; block third-party cookies; block cookies from specific sites; block all cookies; and delete all cookies when you close your browser.

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

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