What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function properly, remember your choices, and provide information about how the site is used.
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customize Website content based on visitprs’s browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Some cookies are essential; others are optional and only set with your consent.
The Cookies We Use
| Type | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Make the site function and keep it secure | Session cookies, security and spam-prevention cookies |
| Preferences | Remember choices you’ve made | Cookie consent choice, comment form details |
| Analytics | Help us understand which posts and pages readers value | Google Analytics or similar (anonymised where possible) |
| Marketing & affiliates | Track affiliate referrals and measure ad performance | Retailer affiliate cookies, advertising network cookies |
| Recognize subscribers arriving from our newsletter |
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties whose services appear on our site – analytics providers, advertising networks, embedded content (such as videos or social media), and affiliate retailers. These parties may use cookies according to their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.
Your Consent
When you first visit the site, a cookie banner lets you accept or decline non-essential cookies. Declining will not stop you reading anything on the site; some features may simply work less smoothly. You can change your mind at any time by clearing your cookie preferences.
Managing & Deleting Cookies
Users may at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website. You can also control cookies through your browser settings – blocking them entirely, deleting existing cookies, or being alerted whenever one is set. However if users deactivate the settings of cookies in their Internet browser, not all functions of the Website may be entirely usable. Guidance for the major browsers:
- Chrome- Settings › Privacy and security › Cookies
- Safari – Preferences › Privacy
- Firefox – Settings › Privacy & Security
- Edge – Settings › Cookies and site permissions
For more independent guidance, visit aboutcookies.org or the ICO’s cookie advice at ico.org.uk.
More Information
Cookies that involve personal data are handled as described in our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about our use of cookies, contact us using the details below.
Questions about this page?
If anything here is unclear, or you’d like to exercise any of your rights, please get in touch: info@viviscosycorner.com. We aim to respond within 5 working days.
