Cookie Details
Cookie Policy
The Pubs Code Adjudicator website uses cookies to enhance your experience, improve our services, and understand how you interact with our content. This page explains what cookies are, the cookies we use, how we manage user consent, and how you can control your cookie preferences.
About Cookies
Cookies are small files sent by web servers to your web browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser loads a website page from the same server. This enables a web server to identify and track individual web browsers.
There are two main kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.
Cookies We Use
The Pubs Code Adjudicator website uses certain essential cookies which are needed to enable the provision of our website’s core service, such as ensuring the website functions correctly and securely. In addition to these essential cookies, the additional cookies we use are not necessary to provide the core service but do help us to improve our website experience.
We use non-essential analytical cookies from Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to collect anonymous data about how visitors use our website. These cookies help us understand user behaviour and optimize our content and services. Below is a list of the analytical cookies we use:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
| _ga_ga | Identifies unique users for traffic analysis, storing an anonymous identifier. | 2 years | Analytical |
| _ga_XXXXXX | Associates user activities with a specific Google Analytics 4 session. | 2 years | Analytical |
| _gid | Tracks daily user activities, distinguishing visitors within a 24-hour period. | 24 hours | Analytical |
| Note: In rare cases, a "_gat" cookie may be used to limit request rates, with a duration of 1 minute, but this is not typically used with GA4’s enhanced measurement settings. | |||
Consent Mode and Cookie Management
We use Google Consent Mode to ensure that cookies are only set with your explicit consent, in line with data protection regulations. Consent Mode uses two settings to manage cookies:
- analytics_storage: Controls whether analytical cookies, such as those listed above (_ga, _ga_XXXXXX, _gid), are enabled. When you accept analytical cookies via our cookie banner, analytics_storage is set to "granted," allowing these cookies to collect anonymous data about your website usage
- ad_storage: Controls advertising cookies, which are used for personalized ads and tracking. As our website does not currently use advertising cookies, ad_storage is set to "denied" by default and does not affect your experience.
You can opt out of the analytical cookies by choosing "Reject additional cookies" in the cookie banner that appears when you first visit the website. You can also manage your preferences at any time by clicking the "Manage Cookies" button in the website’s footer.
Why We Use Cookies
The Google Analytics 4 cookies help us:
- Understand the number of visitors and the most visited pages, such as our guidance and arbitration resources.
- Measure time spent on the site and navigation paths to improve accessibility.
- Identify traffic sources (e.g., organic search, referrals) to enhance our outreach to pub tenants and businesses.
All data collected is anonymous and does not personally identify you.
Data Protection Compliance
The Pubs Code Adjudicator is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The GA4 cookies are only activated with your explicit consent, and you can withdraw consent at any time via the cookie preferences settings. For more information on your data protection rights, visit the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Contact Us
If you have questions about our Cookie Policy or how we handle your data, please contact the Pubs Code Adjudicator at [email protected]