COOKIE POLICY

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide secure browsing, and deliver reporting information to site owners.

2. How This Website Uses Cookies

www.beckstevens.com uses cookies to keep the site functioning smoothly, secure user sessions, and better understand how visitors interact with my content and book announcements.

I categorize cookies into the following groups:

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for you to move around the website and use its core features (such as secure page loading, form submissions, and basic navigation). The site cannot function properly without these cookies, so they do not require user consent under UK privacy laws.

B. Functional & Preference Cookies

These cookies allow the site to remember choices you make (such as preference settings or whether you have already dismissed a notification pop-up) to provide a more personalized experience.

C. Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use the site—for instance, which pages are visited most often or if error messages occur. All data collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous. It is used solely to improve site structure, layout, and performance.

3. Summary of Cookies Used

Cookie Name	Provider	Purpose	Type	Expiry
__cf_bm / session_id	Cloudflare / Web Host	Security, bot protection, and maintaining secure site traffic.	Strictly Necessary	Session / 30 mins
cookie_consent_status	Site Engine	Remembers your cookie preference choices across visits.	Functional	1 year
_ga / _gid	Privacy Analytics	Collects anonymized traffic statistics to improve site navigation.	Performance	24 hours – 2 years

4. How to Manage or Disable Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or decline cookies.

• Banner Preferences: When you first visit the site, you can choose to Accept All cookies or stick to Essential Only. You can update these choices at any time using the cookie manager on this site.
• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can configure your browser to block or delete cookies entirely. Please note that disabling essential cookies may impact the proper functionality of certain site pages.

For more information on managing cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

5. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please reach out via the Contact page.