Last updated: July 27, 2026
This policy explains how Standby Team uses cookies and similar technologies on Standby Team, what each one does, how long it lasts, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your computer, phone or tablet. The file holds a short piece of information — often just a random reference number — which the site can read back the next time you visit a page. Cookies cannot run programs, cannot read other files on your device, and cannot carry viruses.
Websites also use technologies that behave like cookies without technically being one: local storage and session storage (larger stores kept in your browser), pixels or web beacons (tiny invisible images that report back when a page or email is opened), and device fingerprinting (identifying you from the combination of your browser settings). Wherever this policy says "cookies", it means all of these.
First-party and third-party cookies
First-party cookies are set by this website and can only be read by us. Third-party cookies are set by another company whose content or service appears on our pages — an embedded video, a map, a live chat window, an analytics tool or an advertising network. Those companies can generally recognise your browser across every site that uses them, which is why they need your consent.
Session and persistent cookies
A session cookie is deleted as soon as you close your browser. A persistent cookie stays on your device for a set period — anything from a few minutes to two years — so the site can recognise you when you come back. The tables below show exactly how long each cookie lasts.
Why we need your consent
Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and the UK and EU General Data Protection Regulation, we may only store cookies on your device without asking if they are strictly necessary for a service you have requested. Everything else — analytics, personalisation and advertising — requires your prior, informed and freely given consent. That is why non-essential cookies stay switched off until you turn them on, and why refusing is exactly as easy as accepting.
The categories we use
- Strictly necessary always active
- These cookies are required for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set only in response to actions you take, such as logging in, filling in a form, or setting your privacy preferences. They do not store any directly identifying information.
- Functional
- These cookies enable extra functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your choices, embedded videos, live chat and maps. If you do not allow them, some or all of these features may not work properly.
- Analytics
- These cookies let us count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve how the site performs. They tell us which pages are the most and least popular and how visitors move around the site. All information is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
- Advertising
- These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly identifying information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and device.
The cookies we use
Strictly necessary
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
bcc_consent | www.standby.team | Stores your cookie preferences so we do not ask again on every page. | 182 days |
PHPSESSID | www.standby.team | Keeps your session state on the server while you browse. | Session |
wordpress_logged_in_* | www.standby.team | Keeps you signed in as you move between pages of the site. | Session / 14 days |
wordpress_sec_* | www.standby.team | Authenticates you in the site administration area over a secure connection. | Session / 14 days |
wordpress_test_cookie | www.standby.team | Checks that your browser accepts cookies before showing the login form. | Session |
wp-settings-* | www.standby.team | Remembers your personal admin screen layout preferences. | 1 year |
wp-settings-time-* | www.standby.team | Records when your admin screen preferences were last changed. | 1 year |
Functional
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
comment_author_* | www.standby.team | Remembers your name and email so you do not have to retype them when commenting. | 1 year |
Analytics
No cookies in this category are currently in use.
Advertising
No cookies in this category are currently in use.
Changing or withdrawing your consent
You can change your mind at any time, and withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it. Use the button below to reopen your cookie preferences. Your new choices take effect immediately: any cookies you switch off are deleted from your browser and the scripts that set them are stopped.
We store your choice for 182 days. After that we will ask again. We will also ask again if we add a new type of cookie to the site, because your original consent did not cover it.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat that as a refusal of all non-essential cookies automatically and will not show you the banner.
Controlling cookies in your browser
Separately from the controls on this site, every major browser lets you see, block and delete cookies. Blocking all cookies will stop parts of most websites working, including logging in and shopping baskets.
To opt out of interest-based advertising across many networks at once, see youronlinechoices.eu (Europe) or optout.aboutads.info (United States).
Your rights
Where cookies collect personal data, you have the right to ask us for a copy of that data, to have it corrected or erased, to object to how we use it, and to withdraw your consent. We keep a record of the consent you gave — the date, the categories you chose and the version of this policy in force at the time — so that both of us can rely on it. That record contains no directly identifying information: your IP address is stored only as an irreversible one-way code.
Contact and complaints
Questions about this policy should go to Standby Team at [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk, or to your national data protection authority.
