Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which cookies Stenlow Gazette uses on this website, and how you can manage your cookie preferences at any time.
Stenlow Gazette is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday nutrition practices and weight awareness. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, to improve efficiency, and to provide information to the operators of the site. Cookies are not programs and cannot execute code or carry viruses.
Cookies can be “session cookies” (deleted when you close your browser) or “persistent cookies” (stored on your device for a set period or until you delete them). They can be “first-party” (set by this website) or “third-party” (set by a domain other than this website).
2. How We Use Cookies
This website uses cookies for three purposes: to ensure the website functions correctly (essential cookies), to remember your cookie consent preference (functional cookies), and optionally to gather anonymised data about how the website is used in order to improve it (analytics cookies). Analytics cookies are only set when you give your consent through the cookie banner.
3. Cookie Categories
Essential cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of the website. They do not collect personal data and cannot be switched off. Without them, services such as navigation and form submission would not work.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Maintains session state for form submission across pages | Session |
| sg_cookie_consent | Records your cookie consent choice so the banner is not shown on every visit | 12 months |
Functional cookies allow the website to provide enhanced features and remember your preferences between visits. Declining these cookies may affect the performance of certain interactive elements on the site.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| sg_ui_prefs | Stores interface preferences such as accordion states and scroll positions | 6 months |
| sg_last_visit | Records the date of last visit to support session continuity | 30 days |
Analytics cookies collect information about how visitors interact with the website in an anonymised form. This data helps the editorial team understand which content is most useful and how the site can be improved. No personal data is collected through these cookies, and the data cannot be used to identify individual visitors.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics — distinguishes users (anonymised) | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics — persists session state | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics — distinguishes users within a single day | 24 hours |
4. Third-Party Cookies
Certain third-party services embedded in this website may set their own cookies. These include:
- Google Fonts: fonts loaded from fonts.googleapis.com may result in a request log entry on Google's servers. Google's privacy policy governs this.
- Google Maps: the contact page embeds a Google Maps iframe which may set cookies associated with the Maps service. Google's privacy policy governs this.
- CDN resources: JavaScript and CSS libraries are loaded from jsDelivr, cdnjs, and unpkg. These CDNs may log requests but do not set tracking cookies.
5. Managing Your Preferences
When you first visit this website, a cookie consent banner is displayed. You may choose to:
- Accept All — enables essential, functional, and analytics cookies.
- Accept Selected — enables essential and functional cookies only.
- Essential Only — only strictly necessary cookies are set.
You may change your preference at any time by clicking Cookie Settings in the footer of any page.
You may also control cookies directly through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies from specific websites. Note that blocking all cookies may affect the functioning of some website features.
6. Changes to This Policy
Stenlow Gazette may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies used on the site or changes in applicable legislation. The date at the top of this page reflects when the policy was last reviewed. Where changes are significant, a notice will be displayed on the website.
7. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact the editorial team:
58 Sebastian Street, London EC1V 0HE, United Kingdomdom
[email protected]
+44 20 7294 8361