{"id":10009,"date":"2025-04-23T20:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdasociety.org.uk\/?page_id=10009"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:08:16","slug":"cookies-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pdasociety.org.uk\/pda2025staging\/our-policies\/cookies-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookies Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;gcid-9868c831-dc08-4be7-96b8-e0cb537cb9dc&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;80px||80px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-9868c831-dc08-4be7-96b8-e0cb537cb9dc%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Cookie policy&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_heading_font||||||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;80px||80px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_body_font||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||16px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer\u2019s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or remembers your preferences when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.<\/p>\n<p>We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.<\/p>\n<p>You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. Please visit:\u00a0<span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Disable-Cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Disable-Cookies<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to learn how to do this.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Cookies on our website&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_heading_font||||||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||8px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;&#8211;et_global_body_font||||||||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||16px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>The PDA Society website uses cookies for the following purposes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To store login and account information for user accounts.<\/li>\n<li>To track visitor numbers and metrics.<\/li>\n<li>To provide extra security against CRSF attacks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our website also uses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cookies set by Google that store information on how visitors use our website and provide analytics.<\/li>\n<li>Cookies set by YouTube that provide video functionality and anonymous statistical data for embedded YouTube videos on our website. 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