What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, improve user experience, and provide information to website owners.
Cookies may be session cookies, deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, stored until they expire or are deleted. We may also use similar technologies such as pixels, tags and scripts; for simplicity all are referred to as cookies here.
How we use cookies
Grand Publishers uses cookies to ensure the website functions correctly, improve performance and usability, understand how visitors interact with our website, measure and optimise advertising campaigns, prevent fraud and abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
We do not use cookies to sell personal data, track you across unrelated websites without consent, or collect sensitive personal information.
Types of cookies we use
Strictly necessary cookies enable page navigation, secure areas of the website, form submissions and cookie consent management. These do not require consent.
Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, collecting pages visited, time spent, error messages and anonymised traffic sources. Legal basis: consent.
Advertising and marketing cookies measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, track conversions, prevent repeated ad displays and support fraud prevention. These do not identify you personally. Legal basis: consent.
Functional cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering preferences. Legal basis: consent.
Third-party cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties that provide services on our behalf, such as analytics, advertising, or embedded content. We do not control third-party cookies directly; their use is governed by the respective third party’s policies. We ensure that third-party providers comply with applicable data protection laws.
Cookie consent
When you first visit our website you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or manage your preferences.
Non-essential cookies will not be set unless you give consent. You may change or withdraw your consent at any time.
Managing and disabling cookies
Most browsers allow you to see what cookies are stored, delete cookies, and block cookies entirely. Blocking cookies may affect website functionality.
You can also update your cookie preferences via our consent banner.
International data transfers
Some cookies and analytics tools may involve transferring data outside the UK or EU. Where this occurs we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, and secure processing arrangements.
Compliance
This Cookies Policy is designed to comply with UK GDPR, EU GDPR, the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), and the EU ePrivacy Directive. We apply a consent-first approach for non-essential cookies, as required by law.
