Last updated: 1st January 2024

1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

Our website, tedxporthtowanwomen.co.uk (the "Site"), uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

2. Cookies We Use

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website (such as the admin dashboard).
• Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your accessibility settings).

Specifically, our site is built using Next.js and Firebase, which use cookies for their core functionality:

• Firebase Authentication: Firebase uses cookies to manage user authentication sessions. When an administrator logs in, a cookie is stored to keep them signed in. These are essential for the security and functionality of the admin area.
• Accessibility Widget: Our accessibility widget may use `localStorage` (which is similar to cookies) to remember your chosen settings, such as text size or contrast mode, across different pages and visits.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, providers of external services like web traffic analysis services.

• Google Fonts: We use Google Fonts to display fonts on our website. Google may use cookies to collect usage data.
• YouTube: If we embed videos from YouTube, YouTube may set cookies on your device once you click on the video player.

4. How to control and delete cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

5. Changes to our Cookie Policy

Any changes we may make to our Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, you can contact us at hello@tedxporhtowanwomen.co.uk.