Cookie Policy for Third Moon Women (thirdmoonwomen.org.uk)

Effective Date: [Insert Date - e.g., 28 January 2026]

1. Introduction

Third Moon Women ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on thirdmoonwomen.org.uk (the "Website") to improve your experience, understand how you interact with our content, and for various other purposes outlined below.

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. When you return to the same website, your browser sends the cookie back to the server, allowing the website to recognize your device and preferences.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site or making donations. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

• Performance/Analytical Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Website, for instance, which pages you visit most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you directly. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our Website works. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.

• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize.

• Targeting/Advertising Cookies: [Choose ONE of the following paragraphs, or adapt as necessary. If you don't use these, remove this section.]

  • Option A (If you do not use advertising or tracking for personalized ads): We do not use targeting or advertising cookies on our Website.

  • Option B (If you use services like Google Ads, social media pixels, etc.): These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. This means that after you have been to our Website, you may see some advertisements about our charitable work elsewhere on the internet.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Website, refine our services, and for advertising. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors engage with the Website. You can find more information about Google Analytics cookies here:https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/

5. Your Cookie Choices

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:

• Browser Settings: You can set your web browser to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Please be aware that if you choose to reject cookies, some features of our Website may not function properly.

  • For Chrome:https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

  • For Firefox:https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

  • For Edge:https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57f9-a2d7241f6a79

  • For Safari:https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfari11470/mac

• Cookie Consent Tool: [If you use a cookie consent banner/tool, describe it here. Otherwise, remove this section.] When you first visit our Website, you will see a banner allowing you to manage your cookie preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on [link to re-open consent tool, if applicable, or describe how to access it].

• Opt-out of Google Analytics: You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

6. Changes to Our Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Cookie Policy periodically for any changes.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

• By email: [Insert Contact Email for Third Moon Women]

• By visiting this page on our website: [Insert Link to Third Moon Women Contact Page]

Key things you need to do to adapt this:

1. Insert the Effective Date: Make sure this is the date you implement the policy.

2. Review "How We Use Cookies" - Section 3:

   • Carefully read the different cookie types.

   • If you don't use targeting/advertising cookies, delete Option B and state clearly that you don't use them (Option A).

   • If you do use targeting/advertising cookies (e.g., if you run Google Ads, use Facebook pixels, or other ad tracking), then use Option B and ensure it accurately reflects your practices.

3. Review "Third-Party Cookies" - Section 4:

   • List any other significant third-party services that set cookies on your site (e.g., social media embeds, payment processors, other analytics tools). Provide links to their privacy/cookie policies if possible.

4. Review "Your Cookie Choices" - Section 5:

   • Crucially, if you are operating in the UK (and therefore under GDPR and PECR), you must have a cookie consent mechanism. This typically means a banner that appears when a user first visits, allowing them to accept, reject, or manage cookie preferences before non-essential cookies are placed. If you have such a tool, describe it and provide instructions on how users can revisit their choices. If you don't have one, I highly recommend implementing one.

5. Insert Contact Information - Section 7: Provide an accurate email address and/or a link to your contact page.

Additionally, please consider:

• Cookie Audit: Before finalizing, it's a good idea to perform a cookie audit on your website (there are online tools that can help with this) to ensure your policy accurately reflects all the cookies currently being used on thirdmoonwomen.org.uk.

• Link to Privacy Policy: Your cookie policy should ideally be linked from your main Privacy Policy.

• Consent Mechanism: As mentioned, a robust cookie consent mechanism is vital for UK compliance