Cookie Policy

Effective date: 10 April 2026. This Policy describes how kitchencomparer.com uses cookies and similar technologies.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Local storage and session storage are similar technologies that can hold small amounts of data in your browser. Together, they can remember preferences, support security features, attribute referrals in pseudonymous form, and help publishers understand aggregate traffic patterns without necessarily knowing your identity.

2. How we use cookies

1. Strictly necessary. Required for basic functions such as remembering age-gate acknowledgement within a browser session, maintaining security-related tokens where applicable, and loading balanced content from infrastructure. These are typically exempt from consent under PECR where they are essential to provide a service explicitly requested by you.
2. Preferences. Remember choices such as whether you accepted or rejected non-essential cookies, so we do not repeatedly show the same prompt on every page view where our implementation stores that decision locally.
3. Analytics (optional). If you consent, we may deploy first-party or third-party analytics cookies or SDKs to measure page views, scroll depth, or referral sources in aggregate. Where used, we aim to minimise data collection and configure tools to reduce persistent identifiers where possible.
4. Affiliate attribution (where applicable). Some outbound partner links may rely on cookies or query parameters to record that a visit was referred from this Site. Those mechanisms are often controlled by the destination operator or network; their policies apply after you leave.

3. Third-party cookies

When you follow links to external gambling operators, payment providers, or regulators, those organisations set and read their own cookies, pixels, or tags. We do not control their inventories, retention periods, or legal bases. You should read each operator’s cookie and privacy notices before registering, depositing, or opting into marketing.

4. Managing cookies

Use our on-site banner to accept or reject non-essential cookies where offered. You can also use browser settings to block or delete cookies. Modern browsers let you block third-party cookies, clear data on exit, or use private browsing modes. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the Site from working correctly, including session continuity for the age gate where implemented with storage.

5. Cookie durations (general)

Session cookies expire when you close the browser. Persistent cookies remain until they reach an expiry date set by us or a partner, or until you delete them. Consent records may be stored locally for a period consistent with regulatory guidance so we can demonstrate compliance. Analytics cookies, if used, typically range from short-lived session identifiers to persistent IDs lasting up to twenty-four months depending on vendor defaults, which we seek to shorten where configuration allows.

6. Similar technologies

We may use local storage items for lightweight UI state (for example, remembering that a banner was dismissed) where they provide a clearer user experience than HTTP cookies. The legal treatment under PECR aligns with cookies when the technology stores or accesses information on the user’s device; non-essential use will follow the same consent approach as optional cookies.

7. Analytics and performance

If analytics cookies are enabled, we use them to understand which articles or sections are read most often, approximate device categories, and whether traffic arrives from search, direct visits, or referrals. Reports are generally aggregated. We do not use analytics to determine your real name from the data we directly control unless you voluntarily email us.

8. Cross-border placement

Some analytics or security vendors may process limited technical data in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other regions. Where data leaves the UK, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses as required by applicable law.

9. Changes to technologies

Industry tools evolve (for example, privacy-preserving advertising proposals or server-side measurement). If we adopt new technologies that access information on your device for non-essential purposes, we will update this Policy and, where required, refresh consent prompts.

10. Children

The Site is not directed at individuals under eighteen. We do not knowingly use cookies to profile minors. If you believe a minor has interacted with the Site in a way that concerns you, contact us and we will review available logs in line with our Privacy Policy.

11. Law enforcement and compliance

We may preserve or disclose cookie-related logs if required to comply with lawful requests from public authorities, to enforce our Terms, or to protect rights, safety, and security. Such disclosures will be limited to what we reasonably believe is necessary.

12. Your choices summary

You can accept or reject optional cookies via our banner, adjust browser controls, use industry opt-out pages where available for specific ad networks (effectiveness varies by region), and contact us for clarification. Rejecting optional cookies will not block access to informational content on the Site except where a feature genuinely requires a stored preference you declined.

13. Updates

We may revise this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, vendor configuration, or regulation. The effective date at the top will change when we publish a new version. Continued use after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy regarding cookie practices described herein.

14. Contact

Questions about cookies or this Policy: info@kitchencomparer.com.