Cookies Policy
Last updated: April 2025
Contents:
1. Introduction
This Cookies Policy explains how Pen And I Publishing ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at penandipublishing.co.uk ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
This Cookies Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions.
2. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Pen And I Publishing) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
2.1 Types of Cookies
Based on their duration, cookies can be classified as:
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser. They enable websites to recognize you as you navigate between pages.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them manually. They help websites remember you as a returning visitor.
Based on their function, cookies can be classified as:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly.
- Preference Cookies: Enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks.
- Statistics Cookies: Help website owners understand how visitors interact with their website.
- Marketing Cookies: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements.
3. Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies for the purposes set out below:
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our Website and to enable you to use some of its features. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| session_id | Manages user session | Session |
| csrf_token | Prevents cross-site request forgery | Session |
3.2 Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make when you use our Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit our Website.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| user_preferences | Remembers user preferences | 1 year |
| language_selection | Remembers language preferences | 1 year |
3.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies
These cookies are used to collect information about traffic to our Website and how users use our Website. The information gathered does not identify any individual visitor. It includes the number of visitors to our Website, the websites that referred them to our Website, the pages they visited on our Website, what time of day they visited our Website, whether they have visited our Website before, and other similar information.
We use this information to help operate our Website more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information, and to monitor the level of activity on our Website.
We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses its own cookies. You can find out more information about Google Analytics cookies here and about how Google protects your data here.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
3.4 Marketing Cookies
These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your browsing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with our permission, third-party advertisers can place cookies to enable them to show adverts which we think will be relevant to your interests while you are on third-party websites.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver advertisements | 3 months |
| ads_prefs | Used to store ad preferences | 1 year |
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Website, deliver advertisements on and through the Website, and so on.
4.1 Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or "like" button on our Website or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. The social network will record that you have done this.
4.2 Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
We use:
- Google AdSense
- Amazon Associates
- Other advertising networks
For more information about how these advertising networks use your information, please see our Advertising Policy.
4.3 Analytics Providers
We partner with the following analytics providers, who may set cookies on our Website:
- Google Analytics
- Hotjar
5. Managing Cookies
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
5.1 Cookie Preference Center
When you first visit our Website, you will be shown a cookie banner which allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our Website.
5.2 Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
5.3 Opting Out of Specific Cookies
For Google Analytics, you can opt out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
For Facebook, you can control advertising cookies through your Facebook ad settings.
You can also visit www.youronlinechoices.com to opt out of some advertising cookies.
6. Changes to This 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. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
You are advised to review this Cookies Policy periodically for any changes.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us at:
Email: admin@penandipublishing.co.uk