Cookie Policy

inbasingstoke.co.uk uses small files known as "cookies" to improve your experience, protect our systems, and ensure our website functions correctly as you browse our community guides and directories.

You will typically see a clear notification banner on our site before we store any non-essential cookies on your device. To understand how to control these files through your browser settings, you can read our comprehensive guide on managing cookie preferences.

We deploy cookies across our platform to handle two specific functions aimed at providing a seamless user experience:

• Measuring Website Usage: This analytics process tracks how visitors interact with our content so we can continually optimize our layouts and community tools based on actual user needs.
• Managing Notifications: We utilize cookies to remember if you have already acknowledged specific notifications, alert banners, or cookie consent prompts so we do not display them to you repeatedly.

We use Google Analytics software to gather aggregate information about how visitors navigate inbasingstoke.co.uk. This diagnostic data ensures our community guides meet local user needs and allows us to prioritize future feature updates.

Google Analytics records details regarding the specific directory pages you view, the exact duration of your stay on each template, the referral channels that brought you to us, and the specific outgoing links you click during your session.

Privacy & Data Protection: We do not collect or store core personal credentials (such as your name or address), meaning this anonymous data cannot be used to isolate your real-world identity. Furthermore, we explicitly restrict Google from using or sharing our platform's direct analytics data for third-party commercial activities.

The following tracking scripts run dynamically to manage traffic metrics across our local platform:

• _ga / _ga_7GQ2DE9Q08: Standard Google Analytics tracking scripts used to compile session engagement trends. (Expires: 1 year)
• __gads / __gpi: Google DoubleClick infrastructure elements used to safely track unique visitor frequencies. (Expires: 1 to 2 years)
• cookieconsent_UK-BAS: Our system cookie used to remember your preferred privacy preferences so you don't have to reset them. (Expires: 2 months)

If you prefer to browse without metrics tracking running in the background, you can easily opt out of Google Analytics cookies through your browser settings.

To handle core site behavior while you navigate through local listings or interact with features, our platform relies on basic technical sessions:

• PHPSESSID: A strictly necessary native cookie used to maintain your secure session state and securely remember functional interactions across different pages. (Expires: End of current browsing session)