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Cookie Policy

Cookies and similar technologies. Rave Archive UK uses Complianz to provide cookie choices and to help prevent non-essential technologies being used before the required consent has been given.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored on or read from your device when you use a website. Similar technologies can include local storage, pixels and scripts. They can be used to make a site work, remember preferences, measure use or support embedded third-party services.

2. How Rave Archive UK uses them

Functional

These support core site functions, security, WordPress operation and remembering consent choices. Some are necessary for the service requested by the visitor.

Preferences

These can remember choices or settings that improve how parts of the website behave for returning visitors.

Statistics

Analytics technologies may be used to understand how visitors use the archive and which pages are useful. Where consent is required, these should not be activated until consent has been given.

Embedded & external media

Services such as Mixcloud, Twitch, YouTube and other embedded or linked services may use their own cookies or similar technologies when their content is loaded or used.

3. Services used by the site

The technologies encountered on Rave Archive UK can change as the archive develops. Current site services can include WordPress/Jetpack, Complianz consent management, Google Analytics, security and anti-spam services, Mixcloud, Twitch, YouTube, MediaFire and third-party shop or media providers.

Third-party services have their own privacy and cookie practices. Opening an external site or interacting with an embedded service may therefore cause that provider to process information under its own terms.

4. Consent

Where UK rules require consent for a cookie or similar technology, Rave Archive UK uses its consent banner to ask for that choice. Simply continuing to browse is not treated as consent for non-essential technologies where active consent is required.

You can accept or reject available categories through the consent controls and change your choice later.

5. Google Analytics

Rave Archive UK uses Google Analytics to help understand website use. Analytics should operate in accordance with the consent choices presented to visitors and applicable cookie rules. Information processed by Google is also subject to Google’s own privacy terms.

6. Embedded media

Some archive pages contain or link to audio, video, live streams or social-media content. Providers may set cookies, use local storage or receive technical information when their content is loaded or when you interact with it. Blocking a category may prevent some embedded features from working until consent is given.

7. Managing cookies in your browser

You can also use your browser settings to delete or block cookies. Blocking all cookies may affect website functions, logins, embedded services or preference storage.

8. Your privacy rights

Where information obtained through cookies or similar technologies is personal data, the rights explained in the Privacy Policy may apply.

9. Changes to this policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated when technologies, providers, consent settings or legal requirements change.

Last updated: 28 August 2026.

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