This Cookie Policy was last updated on 04/06/2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://www.uktech.news (hereinafter: "the website") uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Advertising cookies
On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to personalize the advertisements for you, and we (and third parties) gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your click and surfing on and outside https://www.uktech.news. With these cookies you, as website visitor are linked to a unique ID, so you do not see the same ad more than once for example.
Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.
5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.5 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Facebook, LinkedIn and X (Formerly Twitter) to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and X (Formerly Twitter). This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, LinkedIn and X (Formerly Twitter) and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Facebook, LinkedIn and X (Formerly Twitter) are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
Functional
persistent
Store cookie consent preferences
Functional
persistent
30 minutes
Read and filter requests from bots
Marketing
13 months
Provide functions across pages
Purpose pending investigation
criteo_fast_bid_standalone_expires
criteo_fast_bid_standalone
Statistics
1 year
Store and count pageviews
1 day
Store and count pageviews
2 years
Store and count pageviews
1 minute
Store a unique user ID
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
Provide functions across pages
Functional
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store information about cookies that have been detected on the site
365 days
Read to determine which cookie banner to show
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store accepted cookie policy ID
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
365 days
Store cookie consent preferences
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Marketing
persistent
persistent
Purpose pending investigation
persistent
Store if a message has been dismissed
session
Store and count pageviews
Functional
6 months
Provide spam protection
Marketing
session
Read and filter requests from bots
session
Read and filter requests from bots
persistent
Read and filter requests from bots
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
persistent
Store user preferences
session
Store browser details
persistent
Store user preferences
1 year
Store user preferences
session
Read if cookies can be placed
persistent
Store logged in users
session
Store language settings
session
Functional
1 year
Provide fraud prevention
Marketing
13 months
Store time of visit
13 months
Store and track a visitor's identity
Statistics
session
Store a unique session ID
Functional
30 minutes
Store anonymized statistics
Purpose pending investigation
__hs_cookie_cat_pref
messagesUtk
__hsmem
hs-messages-is-open
*_key
hs_ab_test
__hs_do_not_track
Functional
session
Provide functions across pages
Statistics
1 year
Store a unique user ID
Marketing
3 months
Store and track visits across websites
2 years
Store last visit
1 year
Store account details
3 months
Store a unique session ID
3 months
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
90 days
Store logged in users
2 years
Provide fraud prevention
30 days
Store a unique user ID
2 years
Store browser details
1 year
Store account details
Functional
1 week
Read screen resolution
90 days
Provide fraud prevention
session
Store and track if the browser tab is active
Marketing
expires immediately
Read user IP address
Functional
persistent
Provide load balancing functionality
Marketing
persistent
Store if the user has seen embedded content
Functional
session
Provide load balancing functionality
6 months
Store cookie consent preferences
10 years
Store privacy preferences
Marketing
30 days
Store and track visits across websites
90 days
Store and track a visitor's identity
1 month
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
90 days
Store and track a visitor's identity
30 days
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Statistics
30 days
Store and track a visitor's identity
30 days
Store and track visits across websites
Preferences
1 year
Store if a message has been shown
1 year
Store browser details
1 day
Provide load balancing functionality
1 year
Store logged in users
Marketing
1 month
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Marketing
expires immediately
Store information for remarketing purposes
Purpose pending investigation
Statistics
2 years
Store a unique user ID
Sharing data
This data is not shared with third parties.
Statistics (anonymous)
persistent
Store performed actions on the website
Sharing data
Sharing of data is pending investigation
Purpose pending investigation
__s3ga4_session_id
evolok:properties
_ccmdt
_ccmsi
favoriteTables
e_kit-elements-defaults
mtnc_upsell_shown_timestamp
__lxG__consent__v2_gdaisybit
__lxG__storage__
_kxurbnusa_data
ix_features
__lxG__consent__v2
evvnt-#evvnt-calendar-routerState
kxurbnusa_data
goog:cached:topics
os_pageViews
Console
__amuidpb
onetag_sid
_ccmaid
evolok:basket
mtnc_upsell_shown
snowplowOutQueue_plugin-tracker_post2.expires
loglevel
ev_did
__lxG__consent__v2_daisybit
lastExternalReferrer
lastExternalReferrerTime
tooltipPause
NavigationWidth
gads_privacy_sandbox_tcf_hash
ev_sid
snowplowOutQueue_plugin-tracker_post2
__gads
__eoi
evolok:ev_session
t1100_cl_layout_id
ev_ss
ex_ss
_cfuvid
.hsforms.com
zapier.visitor_id
operationCache
WP_DATA_USER_46916
li_adsId
mp_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9_mixpanel
mp_gen_new_tab_id_mixpanel_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9
mp_tab_id_mixpanel_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9
long_tasks_event_log
apolloLastRefreshInt
events_data
long_tasks_span_log
currentTabId
injectionTimeStart
persist:hs-beacon-44cc73fb-7636-4206-b115-c7b33823551b
wpr-show-sidebar
persist:hs-beacon-message-44cc73fb-7636-4206-b115-c7b33823551b
i18nextLng
wpr-hash
wistia
wistia-video-progress-7seqacq2ol
__mp_opt_in_out_150605b3b9f979922f2ac5a52e2dcfe9
wistia-video-progress-fj42vucf99
didPageRefresh
wistia-video-progress-j042jylrre
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rollupBannerImpressions
userConsent
7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save preferences", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.
7.2 Vendors
The TCF vendorlist is not available when JavaScript is disabled, like on AMP.
These are the partners we share data with. By clicking into each partner, you can see which purposes they are requesting consent and/or which purposes they are claiming legitimate interest for.
You can provide or withdraw consent, and object to legitimate interest purposes for processing your personal data. However, please note that by disabling all data processing, some site functionality may be affected.
7.2.1 Consent
Below you can give and withdraw your consent on a per purpose basis.
Statistics
Marketing
7.2.2 Legitimate Interest
Some Vendors set purposes with legitimate interest, a legal basis under the GDPR for data processing. You have the "Right to Object" to this data processing and can do so below per purpose.
Statistics
Marketing
7.2.3 Special features and purposes
Special features
For some of the purposes we and/or our partners use below features.
Special purposes
We and/or our partners have a legitimate interest for the following two purposes:
Features
For some of the purposes above we and our partners
7.2.4 Vendors
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
9. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)).
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
Tech City News
124 City Roads, London, England, EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.uktech.news
Email: mydata@ex.comwearemvi.com
Phone number: 0208 150 8286
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