1. About this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Becky’s Button uses cookies, local storage and similar technologies that store information on, or access information from, a visitor’s device. It also explains the choices available to you and how to change them.
UK rules on these technologies are primarily contained in the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR), as amended, alongside the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 where personal information is involved. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 changed some PECR rules and introduced additional exceptions for certain low-risk storage/access purposes. This policy should be read with our Privacy Notice.
2. What are cookies and storage/access technologies?
Cookies are small data files that websites can place on a device. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, SDKs, scripts, tags, device identifiers and other mechanisms that store or access information on a user’s device. The legal rules can apply regardless of whether the technology is technically called a “cookie”.
3. Our approach to consent and exceptions
- Strictly necessary technologies may be used where they are required to provide a service requested by the user, maintain security or perform another function covered by a lawful PECR exception.
- Optional analytics and functional technologies remain off unless the visitor has made the choice required by law.
- Visitors can accept, reject or manage optional categories and can revisit their choices later through the Cookie Preferences control.
4. Cookie/storage categories
| Category | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Necessary | Required for core site operation, security, accessibility, preference storage and essential features. These cannot always be switched off because the website or a requested feature may not work correctly without them. |
| Analytics | Help us understand how visitors use the website so we can improve content, performance and accessibility. These are switched off unless you consent. |
| Functional | Enable enhanced or personalised features that are not strictly necessary. Depending on the technology and purpose, consent may be required unless a specific exception applies. |
5. Current draft technology register
| Technology | Provider | Category | Purpose | Draft duration/status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consent preference record | Becky’s Button / local storage | Necessary | Stores the visitor’s cookie/privacy choices, including category selections and a timestamp/version so the preference centre can remember the decision. | Until local storage is cleared or the consent schema/version is replaced. |
| Website security / essential session technologies | Becky’s Button / hosting / authentication providers | Necessary | Security, authentication (including staff log-in sessions for the website administration area), abuse prevention and essential service operation where applicable. | Varies by technology; final register required. |
| Google Analytics | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 will only load if you accept analytics cookies. If enabled, it sets first-party cookies (such as _ga and _ga_<container-ID>) to distinguish visitors and sessions. | Consent required. | |
| Hosted video | Becky’s Button website | Necessary/functional as configured | Current Becky’s Button demonstration video is hosted with the website and is not intended to require third-party optional cookies simply to play. | Technical cache/storage may vary. |
| Enthuse | External donation provider | Third-party site | When a visitor follows a donation link, they leave the Becky’s Button site and Enthuse may use its own cookies/storage under its own policy. | Controlled by Enthuse on its domain. |
| Social platforms / external embeds | Relevant third party | Functional depending on implementation | A simple outbound link normally does not set third-party cookies on the Becky’s Button site; an embed may. We will review any embed before adding it and keep optional cookies switched off unless you consent. | Varies by provider. |
6. Analytics
We will only use Google Analytics or any other analytics service if you agree to analytics cookies. We do not use analytics for advertising or to build profiles of individual visitors.
7. Third-party websites and services
The website links to third-party services such as donation and social-media platforms. When you leave beckysbutton.org, the third party controls its own cookies, storage technologies and privacy practices. We encourage you to review the third party’s privacy and cookie information.
8. How to manage your preferences
- Use the cookie banner to Accept All, Reject Non-Essential or open Manage Preferences.
- After you have made a choice, use the persistent Cookie Preferences control to revisit and change it.
- You can also use browser/device settings to block or delete cookies or local storage. Doing so may remove your saved preference and cause the website to ask again.
You can withdraw your consent at any time, as easily as you gave it. A change applies from that point on and does not affect use that took place lawfully before you withdrew consent.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this policy when our website technologies or legal requirements change. We review our cookie register whenever we introduce a new analytics, advertising, embedded-content, authentication or marketing technology, and at regular intervals.
10. Contact us
For questions about cookies, storage/access technologies or privacy, please use the privacy contact route in our Privacy Notice.
Privacy contact: info@beckysbutton.org
Postal address: 4 New Street, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0AS