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Manage how FiscalTime uses cookies on your device

Last updated: 1 April 2025

FiscalTime uses cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience, analyse site traffic, personalise content, and deliver relevant advertisements. This page explains what cookies are, what types we use, and gives you full control over your preferences.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners. Cookies cannot harm your device or the files stored on it.

Similar technologies include web beacons (invisible image pixels that track user activity), local storage (data stored directly in your browser), and session storage (temporary data deleted when you close your browser). References to "cookies" in this policy encompass all such technologies.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes: to ensure the site functions correctly, to remember your preferences, to measure how visitors use our site, and to deliver advertising. Below is a detailed breakdown of each category.

Your Cookie Preferences

You can update your preferences at any time using the controls below. Changes take effect immediately. Please note that refusing certain cookies may affect your experience on the site.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block these cookies, but parts of the site will then not work.

Examples: Session ID, CSRF token, cookie consent preference, login state.

Duration: Session (deleted when you close your browser) or up to 1 year.

Providers: FiscalTime (first party).

Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us understand which pages are most and least popular, how visitors move around the site, and what content resonates with our audience. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous.

If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Examples: Google Analytics (_ga, _gid, _gat), page view counters, scroll depth trackers.

Duration: Up to 2 years.

Providers: Google LLC (Google Analytics), FiscalTime (first party).

Marketing & Advertising Cookies

These cookies are set through our site by our advertising partners and networks, including Taboola. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They work by uniquely identifying your browser and device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

We work with advertising networks to fund the free content we produce. By enabling marketing cookies, you help support our editorial team.

Examples: Taboola (_taboola), conversion pixels, retargeting tags.

Duration: Up to 13 months.

Providers: Taboola, Inc., Google Ads, Meta Platforms, Inc.

Preference Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your display preferences, language settings, and previously read articles. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Examples: Language preference, newsletter category selection, dark mode toggle.

Duration: Up to 1 year.

Providers: FiscalTime (first party).

Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

In addition to the controls above, you can manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, block, or delete cookies. Please note that blocking all cookies will impact your experience of most websites, including ours.

For more information about managing cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org or the ICO's guidance at ico.org.uk.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our Site are set by third parties. We do not have direct control over these cookies. The third parties who may set cookies on our Site include:

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these providers directly for information about the cookies they set and how to opt out.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to check back periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: