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How Do We Use Cookies?

We use cookies for multiple reasons. In most cases, there are no industry-standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features that they provide to the site. It is recommended that if you’re unsure whether you need to use cookies or not, to keep them enabled to avoid losing a service that they are providing.


Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. It’s advised that if you’re unsure of how to do so, consult with the Help section of your browser. Please note that disabling cookies will impact the functionality of many websites that you visit. Disabling cookies oftentimes result in the disabling of certain features or functionality of the site. It is recommended that in order to maximise your experience that you do not disable cookies.


The Cookies We Set

The types of cookies that we use on The Unedit are listed below:

  • Forms-related cookies: When you submit data through a form, such as those found on contact pages, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

  • Site preferences cookies: In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we often use the functionality whereby you select your own preferences (for example, choosing to disable a promotional pop-up). In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that these preferences can be acted upon every time you interact with the pages affected by them.


Third Party Cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you may come across through using this site.

This site uses Squarespace analytics (for more information about which of your personal data is processed, see our Privacy Policy), which uses cookies to track things like your browsing patterns and history on The Unedit. These cookies then allow us to continue to make The Unedit the best it can be for our readers.

The Unedit implements social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that you allow to connect across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more. For these features to work, the social media websites will set cookies through The Unedit, which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various proposed outlined in their respective privacy policies.

We also use third party services for supplying options such as email newsletters, which are currently operated via Mailchimp. You can read more about the types of cookies that Mailchimp set here.


More Information

You can learn more about cookies via the ICO.