Cookies Policy
Welcome to the SoundWave Central Cookies Policy. This policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, SoundWaveCentral.co.uk. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies help websites to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
Why Do We Use Cookies?
We use cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our online properties. We use cookies for:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.
- Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use our website. This information is used to improve the user experience and to analyze the performance of our website.
Types of Cookies We Use
The specific types of cookies we may use on SoundWave Central are described in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 2 years | |
| _gid | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. | 24 hours | |
| cookieconsent_status | Records the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 1 year | SoundWave Central |
| session_id | Maintains session state across page requests. Essential for site functionality. | Session | SoundWave Central |
| advertising_cookie | Tracks user behavior for advertising purposes. | 3 months | Third-party advertising partners |
How Can You Control Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by using the cookie consent tool provided on our website. You can also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
You can typically find these settings in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. Here are links to cookie management instructions for some popular web browsers:
Additionally, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or contact us at:
SoundWave CentralData Protection Office
12 Cavendish Square
London, W1G 0AN
United Kingdom
Our Data Protection Officer is Amelia Davies and can be contacted via the above email address.