1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, SDKs, tags and scripts. These tools help websites recognise devices, remember settings, understand how visitors use the service, and support security and advertising functions.
2. How Welsh Singles Dating uses cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as:
- keeping you signed in and maintaining your session;
- remembering settings such as cookie consent, language, and display preferences;
- protecting the service against abuse, fraud, spam, and suspicious logins;
- measuring site traffic, performance, and feature usage;
- understanding which pages and campaigns are effective;
- delivering relevant marketing where permitted.
3. Types of cookies we may use
Strictly necessary cookies
These are required for core site functionality such as login, security, form handling, account access, fraud prevention, and network management. Without them, the site may not function properly.
Preferences cookies
These remember your choices, such as consent preferences, language, or interface settings, so you do not have to re-enter them each time you visit.
Analytics cookies
These help us understand how visitors and members use the platform, including which pages are visited, how long sessions last, where errors occur, and which features are popular.
Marketing cookies
Where enabled and permitted, these may be used to measure marketing campaigns, limit repeated adverts, or build audiences for advertising platforms. These cookies are only used where appropriate consent has been obtained, unless another lawful basis applies.
4. Third-party technologies
Depending on how your site is configured, third parties such as analytics providers, advertising platforms, payment services, social media platforms, video hosts, or anti-fraud providers may place cookies or receive information through scripts or tags on our pages.
This may include services linked to Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel, payment processors, chat tools, or verification services where such tools are active on the site.
5. Managing cookies
You can control certain cookies through our consent tools where available, through your browser settings, and through device preferences. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, blocking necessary cookies may affect site functionality, including sign-in, messaging, account security and profile browsing.
6. Browser controls
You can usually manage cookies through your browser’s help or settings menu. The exact steps vary by browser, but common options include deleting stored cookies, blocking third-party cookies, setting site-specific permissions, and clearing local storage.
7. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no uniform industry standard for how to interpret these signals, our site may not respond to them in every case.
8. Updates to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in law, guidance, technology, or the way our site operates.
9. Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies or consent tools, please email support@welshsingles.co.uk.