BrightValley
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They are widely used to make sites work, to remember your choices, and to help website owners understand how their pages are used. We also use similar technologies, such as your browser’s local storage, which work in much the same way.
2. How & why we use them
BrightValley Link is an educational cycling and active-mobility publication. We use cookies sparingly — to keep the site working, to remember preferences such as your cookie choices, and to understand which guides readers find most useful so we can improve them. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles or to sell your data.
3. Cookie categories
We group the cookies and storage we use into three categories:
Essential (always on)
These are necessary for the website to function and to remember your cookie choices. They cannot be switched off in our system. They do not store information used for marketing.
Preferences
These remember choices you make — such as interface settings — so the site behaves the way you expect on your next visit. Switching these off may make some features less convenient.
Analytics
These help us understand, in aggregate, how visitors use the site — which pages are read, and where readers come from — so we can make our content better. The information is collected in a way that does not identify you to us.
4. Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be set by trusted third-party services we use, such as an analytics provider, when you have allowed the relevant category. These providers process information under their own privacy terms. We do not permit them to use the data for their own advertising purposes.
5. Managing cookies in your browser
In addition to the controls below, you can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block or remove cookies and warn you before they are set. The “Help” menu of your browser, or the privacy settings on your device, will explain how. Note that blocking essential cookies may stop parts of this site from working.
6. Your cookie preferences
Use the controls below to choose which categories you allow. Your choice is stored locally on this device under the key bv-cookie-consent — it is not sent to us as an account, and clearing your browser storage will reset it.
Essential
Required for the website to work and to remember your cookie choices. Always on.
Preferences
Remembers your settings so the site behaves the way you expect next time.
Analytics
Helps us understand, in aggregate, which guides are useful so we can improve them.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in the law. The “last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.
8. Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at hello@brightvalleylink.com. For how we handle personal information more broadly, see our Privacy Policy.