Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy for British Universities and Colleges Sport

Effective Date: February 2024

Welcome to the Cookies Policy for British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS). This policy outlines how we use cookies on our website and other online platforms. By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the website owners.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use the following types of cookies for the purposes described:

- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate our website and use its features.

- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around the site. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.

  - Examples: Google Analytics

  - Purpose: To analyze website traffic and usage patterns

- Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (such as your choice of language or region).

- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

3. Third-Party Cookies

We may also use third-party cookies, such as Google Analytics, to analyze the use of our website. These third-party cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, which pages are visited most often, and any error messages encountered. The information collected is used to improve the website and enhance the user experience.

4. Managing Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

5. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the revised policy on this page with an updated effective date.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at [email protected]

By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.