Last Updated: 20/10/2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Manchestertime.co.uk (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, manchestertime.co.uk (the “Website”), and your choices regarding cookies.
By continuing to browse or use our Website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies in the manner described in this policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.
2. How We Use Cookies
Manchestertime.co.uk uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for several purposes:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site or maintaining your session. Without these cookies, services like logging in or basic site navigation cannot be provided.
- Performance / Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Website, such as which pages you visit most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. They help us understand and improve how our Website performs. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. We typically use tools like Google Analytics for this purpose.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, they might be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on an article.
- Advertising / Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers.
3. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties’ cookies to report usage statistics of the Website, deliver advertisements on and through the Website, and so on. These third-party cookies are set by external services and are subject to the respective third parties’ privacy policies. Examples include:
- Google Analytics: For website traffic analysis.
- Google AdSense/Ad Manager: For serving advertisements.
- Social Media Plugins: (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) for sharing content and tracking interactions if you use their sharing buttons.
- Embedded Content: (e.g., YouTube videos) which may set cookies from their respective domains.
We do not have control over the information collected by these third-party cookies or how they use it.
4. Your Choices Regarding Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through the following methods:
- Cookie Consent Banner: Upon your first visit to Manchestertime.co.uk (or periodically thereafter), you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept all cookies, customize your preferences, or reject non-essential cookies. You can usually revisit these settings at any time by clicking a “Cookie Settings” or “Manage Cookies” link, often found in the website footer.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
- Opt-out Tools: You can opt-out of interest-based advertising from many third-party ad networks through tools like the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Page or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) Opt-Out Page.
5. More Information About Cookies
To learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
6. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us:
- Email:
privacy@manchestertime.co.uk