Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Black Hive Digital Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on this website and how you can control them.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can help a website operate, remember choices, understand how it is used and improve the visitor experience. Similar technologies, such as local storage or tracking pixels, may perform related functions.

Who we are

This website is operated by Black Hive Digital Ltd, a company registered in Northern Ireland under company number NI702221. Our registered office is 6a Glenavy Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, BT28 2PE.

Questions about our use of cookies can be sent to hello@blackhivedigital.com.

How we use cookies

We may use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for core website functions, security, network management and remembering your privacy choices. The website cannot operate properly without them, so they do not require consent where the law permits them to be used.

Analytics cookies

With your consent, analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors find and use the website. They may record information such as pages visited, approximate location, device type, referral source and interactions. We use this information in aggregated form to improve content, navigation and performance.

Functional cookies

These support optional features or remember choices that are not strictly necessary. They may be set by us or by a service included on a page.

Marketing cookies

If marketing or advertising technologies are introduced, they will require your consent before being activated. They may be used to measure campaigns or make advertising more relevant. Black Hive Digital does not currently rely on marketing cookies as an essential part of this website.

Cookies that may be used

The exact cookies present depend on the features enabled and your consent choices. The following table describes cookies commonly associated with the website’s planned configuration:

Cookie or technology	Provider	Purpose	Typical duration
Cookie-consent preference	Black Hive Digital / consent provider	Stores the privacy choices you make so the website can respect them.	Up to 12 months
wordpress_test_cookie	WordPress	Checks whether the browser supports cookies. It is normally associated with the WordPress login area.	Session
wordpress_logged_in_*	WordPress	Authenticates logged-in website administrators or authorised users.	Session or up to 14 days
wp-settings-* and wp-settings-time-*	WordPress	Stores administration-interface preferences for logged-in users.	Up to 12 months
_ga	Google Analytics	Distinguishes visitors and supports aggregated website-usage reporting. It is set only where analytics is enabled and consent has been provided.	Up to 2 years
_ga_*	Google Analytics	Maintains session and measurement information. It is set only where analytics is enabled and consent has been provided.	Up to 2 years

Third-party content

Pages may occasionally contain content or services supplied by another organisation, such as video, maps or external scheduling tools. These services may use their own cookies or collect technical information. Where those technologies are not strictly necessary, they should remain blocked until you provide the relevant consent. The third party’s own privacy and cookie information will also apply.

Your cookie choices

When optional cookies are available, the website will provide controls that allow you to accept or reject them. Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the core website.

You can change or withdraw your choice using the cookie-settings control provided on the website. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking all cookies may affect some website functionality.

Managing cookies in your browser

Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies. Instructions are normally available in the privacy or security section of your browser settings. Browser-level controls operate separately from the consent choices offered by this website.

Personal information

Where information collected through cookies can identify or relate to an individual, it is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the website, the services it uses or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page.