Cookies and similar storage

How this website approaches cookies, and why linked organisations set their own.

Cookies are small text files, or similar storage, placed on your device when you use a website. This note describes how pimedia.org.uk approaches them. It sits alongside the privacy policy.

Categories

Types of storage you may meet. Exact names depend on the tools enabled in production.
Category Typical purpose
Strictly necessary Security, load balancing, or remembering a choice required for the page to function.
Preferences Remembering a display choice you made, where such a control exists.
Measurement Understanding which pages are used, in aggregate, if analytics are enabled.

You can remove cookies in your browser settings and block new ones. Blocking strictly necessary storage may stop parts of the site from working. Guidance from the ICO explains the UK expectations for cookie transparency.

Third-party pages we link to — including BeGambleAware, GamCare, GAMSTOP and the Gambling Commission — set their own cookies when you visit them. Their policies apply once you leave pimedia.org.uk.