Cookie Policy A clear note on website cookies

1. About this policy

This Cookie Policy applies to the website operated by DIOGENES MUSIC LTD, company number 06149311, at diogenesmusic.services.

Our website provides information about music event planning consultation and allows visitors to send enquiries about planning support. We primarily communicate through documents and written correspondence; the website does not advertise a requirement to book a fixed meeting as part of the standard enquiry process.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how personal information may be handled when you contact us.

The technologies actually used on the website depend on its current configuration, including its hosting environment, WordPress installation, plugins, embedded content and any tools added later. We review this policy when those arrangements materially change.

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website may store on your computer, mobile phone or other device. Related technologies can also store information on, or access information from, your device.

Depending on their purpose, these technologies may help a website to:

• maintain basic website functionality and security;
• remember a choice you have made, where that feature is provided;
• understand how visitors use pages, if an analytics tool is enabled;
• support external media or other third-party features, if embedded.

Not every website uses every category. The presence and purpose of individual cookies should be confirmed against the website’s actual configuration rather than inferred from this general description.

3. Cookie categories

Strictly necessary technologies

These are used where they are essential to provide a function that you have requested or to support the secure operation of the website. Depending on the configuration, they may help with basic page delivery, security, form functionality or the storage of your privacy preferences. Technologies that are merely useful or convenient are not automatically strictly necessary.

Preference technologies

Where enabled, these may remember settings you choose, such as a display preference or a saved privacy choice. They should only be used for the stated purpose and handled in accordance with the applicable consent requirements.

Analytics and performance technologies

If analytics tools are installed, they may provide information about page visits, navigation patterns, device or browser characteristics, and website performance. These technologies are not treated as strictly necessary merely because they help us understand or improve the website.

Marketing or advertising technologies

If marketing or advertising tools are introduced, they may be used to measure campaigns or support targeted advertising. Such tools must be disclosed accurately and must not be activated before the required consent has been obtained.

4. How we may use cookies

Where applicable to the website’s current configuration, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

• deliver pages and maintain essential website functions;
• protect website forms and reduce misuse;
• remember cookie preferences and consent choices;
• measure site performance and visitor activity, where consent permits;
• display external content or provide features supplied by another provider.

We do not describe analytics, advertising or other optional tracking as essential simply because it is useful for website administration. Where consent is required, the relevant technology should remain inactive until a visitor has made a valid choice.

5. Third-party technologies

Some website features may be supplied by external providers, for example hosting and security services, form-related tools, embedded media or analytics services. Whether any of these providers sets cookies or accesses device information depends on which features are installed and enabled.

Where third-party technologies are used, we should identify the relevant providers, explain their purposes and provide links to their privacy information where appropriate. Their handling of information may also be governed by their own policies.

We do not assume that a particular analytics, advertising or embedded-media provider is active. The live website should be checked before this policy is published, and the wording updated whenever the actual providers or purposes change.

6. Consent and preference management

Under applicable UK rules, technologies that store or access information on a visitor’s device generally require clear information and consent unless a relevant exemption applies. Strictly necessary technologies may be exempt from consent in appropriate circumstances. The classification depends on their actual function.

Where non-essential cookies are used, visitors should be given a meaningful choice before those technologies are activated. The choice should be freely given, specific and informed, and should not rely solely on continued browsing or a pre-selected acceptance option.

If a cookie preference tool is provided, you can use it to accept, reject or adjust optional categories. You should also be able to revisit your choice later, for example through a clearly accessible “Cookie Settings” link or button, where that function is available.

If the website’s use of cookies changes materially, the information provided and any consent mechanism should be reviewed. Fresh consent may be required where the applicable rules demand it.

This policy itself does not activate a consent banner or block cookies. Those functions must be implemented and tested through the website’s cookie-management configuration where required.

7. Managing cookies through your browser

Most web browsers allow you to view, restrict or delete cookies through their settings. The available controls vary by browser and device. You can consult the support information for your browser to find the relevant options.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

• delete cookies already stored on your device;
• block some or all cookies from future visits;
• receive alerts when certain cookies are set;
• clear site data when you close the browser.

Blocking all cookies may affect website functions, including preference storage or form-related features. Browser controls do not necessarily replace a website’s consent mechanism, particularly where a visitor needs to make a category-specific choice.

8. How long cookies remain on your device

A session cookie is generally removed when the relevant browsing session ends. A persistent cookie remains for a defined period or until it is deleted, depending on its settings and your device.

The duration varies according to the cookie’s purpose and the provider that sets it. We do not assign a single retention period to all cookies, and this policy does not claim that any particular cookie duration applies unless it has been verified on the live site.

Where required, cookie records should identify the relevant cookie or technology, its purpose, provider, category and duration. The information should be reviewed when the website configuration changes.

9. Cookies and personal information

Some cookie-related information may qualify as personal data, particularly where it can be linked to an identifiable person or combined with other information. Where this is the case, we handle that information in accordance with applicable data protection law and our Privacy Policy.

Information submitted through our enquiry form, such as your name, email address and event requirements, is distinct from cookie information, although website technologies may support the operation or security of the form.

We use enquiry information to review and respond to requests for music event planning support. Please see our Privacy Policy for further details about the purposes, lawful grounds, retention and rights relevant to personal information.

10. Security and policy updates

We take reasonable steps to manage the website and any associated technologies appropriately. No website or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure in every circumstance.

We may update this Cookie Policy when website functionality, technology providers, our practices or applicable requirements change. The revised version will be published on this page and will take effect upon publication, unless a different effective date is expressly stated.

We review the policy when material changes are made to the website’s cookie use and periodically as part of website administration. Where a change requires renewed consent, publication of an updated policy alone will not replace that consent.

11. Contact details

If you have a question about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on our website, please contact us using the details below.

This policy describes our intended approach and should be checked against the cookies and similar technologies actually operating on the website.