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COOKIE POLICY

Cookie Policy for Hereward Hits


Last updated: 13 March 2026

To help our website function properly, Hereward Hits uses small data files known as cookies. Most websites use cookies to improve the user experience and to help the website operate effectively.

This page explains what cookies are, how we use them, and what information they may collect when you visit the Hereward Hits website.


1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored by your web browser on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website.

They allow websites to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit, such as preferences or settings.

The Hereward Hits website uses cookies for a number of purposes, including improving the functionality of the site and understanding how visitors use it.

You can learn more about cookies and your rights from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website.


2. Location Preferences

When you first visit the website, you may be asked to provide your location or regional preference.

This information may be stored in a cookie so that the website remembers your choice during future visits. This helps prevent the website from repeatedly asking for the same information.

By providing this information, you consent to this cookie being stored on your device.


3. User Login Cookies

If you register for an account or log into parts of the Hereward Hits website, a cookie may be stored on your device to recognise you.

This login cookie contains a unique identifier that allows our system to confirm your identity when you access secure or personalised areas of the website.

The cookie itself does not contain personal information, but instead references a secure record stored on our system.


4. Advertising Cookies

Advertising displayed on the website may use cookies to help support the running of the radio station and the website.

These cookies may:

Advertising cookies do not contain personal information, but they may track browsing activity on the device being used.

This may result in seeing adverts related to websites or products you have previously viewed.


5. Website Usage and Analytics

We may use cookies to help us understand how visitors use our website.

These cookies collect anonymous information for statistical purposes, such as:

- This information helps us improve the website and our services.

These cookies do not identify individual users.


6. Social Media Features

Our website may include features that interact with social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly known as Twitter), YouTube, or other social networks.

If you are logged into one of these platforms while browsing our website, the platform may recognise your activity and display relevant content or interactions.

These services are operated by the social media platforms themselves, and Hereward Hits does not control or store the information collected by them.

For more information, please refer to the privacy policies of the relevant social media platforms.


7. Managing or Removing Cookies

You can control or delete cookies at any time through your web browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

Many browsers also offer Private Browsing or Incognito Mode, which limits the storage of cookies during your browsing session.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how the website functions.


8. Further Information

For more information about how we handle personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

Hereward Hits takes your privacy seriously and encourages all visitors to understand how their data is used online.