Cookie Policy

Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how UKVent uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on the ukvent.online website. It forms part of our broader commitment to transparency about how we handle data, alongside our Privacy Policy.

When you first visit this website, you will be presented with a cookie consent notice. This notice allows you to choose which categories of cookies you are willing to accept. Your preferences are stored and respected on subsequent visits. You can update your preferences at any time using the method described in the "Managing Your Preferences" section below.

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits and remember certain information about your preferences or activity.

Cookies are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website operators. They do not typically contain information that directly identifies you, but they can be combined with other data to create a profile of your browsing behaviour.

Similar technologies include web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we mean all such technologies unless otherwise stated.

Legal Framework

Our use of cookies is governed by two key pieces of legislation applicable in the United Kingdom:

• The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR): PECR requires that, except for strictly necessary cookies, we obtain your informed consent before placing cookies on your device. We do this through our cookie consent banner, which gives you a genuine choice.
• The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018: To the extent that cookies involve the processing of personal data (for example, where analytics data can be linked to an identifiable individual), UK GDPR requirements also apply. Where we rely on consent as the legal basis for such processing, that consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous.

We review our cookie practices periodically to ensure ongoing compliance with guidance issued by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to function. They do not require your consent under PECR because they are required to provide a service you have explicitly requested. We cannot operate the website without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website. The data collected is aggregated and anonymised — it does not identify individual users. We use this information to improve the content, structure, and usability of the website.

Analytics cookies are only placed if you explicitly consent to them via the cookie consent notice. You may withdraw your consent at any time, and doing so will not affect your ability to use the website.

If you consent to analytics cookies, Google Analytics is configured with IP anonymisation enabled, meaning your full IP address is never stored by Google Analytics. Data is processed in accordance with Google's data processing terms, which include standard contractual clauses approved for UK GDPR compliance.

Third-Party Cookies

This website includes an embedded Google Maps iframe on the Contact page. When you interact with the map, Google may set its own cookies on your device. These are third-party cookies set by Google, not by UKVent. We do not control Google's cookie practices.

Google Maps is used solely to display a map of our office location. If you do not wish to have Google cookies set on your device, you can view our address details in the text on the Contact page without interacting with the map.

For information about how Google uses cookies, please refer to Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting cookies, or any cookies that track your behaviour across other websites for commercial purposes.

Managing Your Preferences

You can review and update your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" option in the website footer. This will reopen the cookie consent interface, where you can change which categories of cookies you accept.

Withdrawing consent for analytics cookies will prevent any new analytics cookies from being placed on your device. Any analytics cookies already placed will remain on your device until they expire or are deleted via your browser settings.

Changing your cookie preferences does not affect the availability or functionality of any content on the website. Strictly necessary cookies will continue to be used regardless of your preferences for other categories.

Browser-Level Controls

In addition to the consent mechanism on this website, all major browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings. You can typically:

• Block all cookies from being set on your device.
• Delete cookies that have already been placed on your device.
• Set your browser to notify you when a website attempts to set a cookie, allowing you to decide whether to accept it.
• Block third-party cookies specifically while allowing first-party cookies.

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites. In particular, if you block strictly necessary cookies, some features of the website may not work correctly.

Guidance on managing cookies in specific browsers is available from the ICO at ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies, and from individual browser providers.

Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in applicable law, or updated guidance from the ICO. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was most recently revised.

If we make changes that materially affect how we use cookies requiring your consent, we will seek fresh consent from you via the cookie consent banner on your next visit to the website.

Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

You may also contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you have concerns about our cookie practices: ico.org.uk