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Cookie Policy

Explains how Forth Valley Unity uses cookies on its website to improve user experience and ensure functionality.

Updated 7 May 2025 5 min read
Contents

1. Introduction

Forth Valley Unity ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to enhance your user experience, analyse site performance, and provide personalised content. This policy is designed to comply with the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and other applicable privacy laws in Scotland and the wider UK. This Cookie Policy forms part of our overall Privacy Policy.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or other electronic devices) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot function correctly.
  • Functional Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify a visitor.
  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how our website is performing by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
  • Advertising 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 as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

4. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Ensure the proper functioning of our website.
  • Enhance your browsing experience by remembering your preferences and settings.
  • Analyse website traffic and usage patterns to improve our services.
  • Provide personalised content and advertisements based on your interests.
  • Facilitate social media sharing and interactions.

5. 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. These third-party cookies are governed by the respective privacy policies of the third parties.

6. Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website, but your ability to use some features or areas of our website may be limited.

In addition to managing cookies through your browser settings, a cookie preferences menu is available at the bottom of every page on fvu.org.uk where you can adjust your cookie options at any time.

Here’s how you can manage cookies in your browser:

For detailed instructions on how to manage cookies in your specific browser, please refer to your browser’s help documentation.

By continuing to use our website without changing your browser settings, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy.

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner where you can choose to accept or customise your cookie preferences. You can change your consent preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings in your browser or via the cookie preferences menu available at the bottom of every page on our website.

We may update this 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 significant changes by updating the date of the policy and providing a prominent notice on our website.

9. Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data collected through cookies:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes, including direct marketing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Email: info@fvu.org.uk

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