Cookie Notice

A cookie is a small data file sent from a website to your web browser. It is stored in your web browser’s cache and allows a website, or a third party, to recognise your browser or mobile device, and to obtain data about your browsing activity. .

Mobile devices and browsers can be shared by a number of people, so cookies do not always relate to particular individuals. 

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What types of cookies do we use?

We use four main types of cookies: essential, functional, analytic, and personalisation, 

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Essential Cookies

These cookies are essential to provide you with the services that you have requested from us; because of their essential nature, they cannot be switched off.

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Functional Cookies

These cookies enable us to remember some important information, such as your computer or mobile device when you visit a website, your registration and login details, and your settings and preferences.

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They are used by us to ensure that you don’t have to log in every single time you want to comment on our articles and to ensure our interactive services work effectively.

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Analytic Cookies

Analytic cookies retain information as you view different pages on our Sites, and they help us to paint a picture of how our readers use our Sites.

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Additionally, these cookies help us to make the website work as efficiently as possible and provide better content and services in the future.

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We may also use analytics cookies to measure the effectiveness of advertising on the Sites and the Apps and elsewhere on the internet.

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Personalisation Cookies

These cookies enable us to recommend content we think you’ll be interested in, based on what you’ve looked at before.

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Why do we use cookies?

The information generated from your browsing helps us to understand how people use our websites, how we can improve them, and also to make sure that adverts are more relevant to you.

Examples of what we use cookies for include:

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• If we can see that more users from Manchester prefer sports content on a Saturday Morning than Sunday morning, then we can change when and how much content we produce for Manchester football teams on a weekend as opposed to weekdays;

• When we run a poll on a particularly contentious local issue, we can use cookies to prevent a device or browser from voting hundreds of times to influence the poll results;

• If a browser or device is recognised to enjoy lots of content about celebrities, we and/or our partners may show adverts that relate to relevant lifestyle, tech and consumer goods.

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Residents of California

If you are a resident of California, you may opt out of the “sale” of your personal information through the use of our website cookies by selecting the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link located on the footer, header or a pop-up on each webpage. It's that easy!

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How long do cookies last?

Cookies are stored on your device until you delete them or until they expire, as a general rule we will not retain any data that has been captured through their use for any longer than necessary.

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Are there any third parties involved?

When you provide us with permission, we will share data collected through the use of cookies and similar technologies on our Sites and Apps with selected third-party partners.

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Ad Blocker Detection

We, or our advertisers, may use code on our Sites to detect if you are using an ad blocker. If we detect that you are using an ad blocker, we may display a warning message describing how this may affect your experience using the Sites and ask that you disable it.

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Cookie Notice last updated

This Notice was updated on 25/07/2024.