Cookie Policy

Some tips on how to block or help prevent cookies

You'll see below that we use cookies on our site.

Please note: This site uses implied consent via a dismissible banner, but this does not meet the UK/EU standard of prior, explicit consent for non-essential cookies. All cookies listed below may load without your express permission.

If you're not comfortable with this, here are some links that may help you avoid being tracked by this site or third parties.

1. You can control your cookie settings through your web browser, including deleting cookies.

2. A good browser to consider is Brave, which blocks many cookies and trackers by default.

3. You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

4. For other tips, search online for how to block cookies. Duckduckgo is a more private search engine you can use for this.

If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at coaching {‘at’] paulbastonvoices.com (email obfuscated to reduce spam.)

What's a cookie?

• A "cookie" is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.

• Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

UK and EU law requires that we obtain explicit consent before setting non-essential cookies. At present, we use an implied consent model via a dismissible banner. Please see the top of this page for how to block cookies or opt out. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

How do we use cookies?

• We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.

• Cookies are either:

- Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or

- Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.

• Cookies can also be categorised as follows:

- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.

- Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.

- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.

- Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
- First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we embed videos from an external service such as YouTube, or use Facebook/Google Ads pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook or Google services such as Search and YouTube.

We use third party cookies on our website and these are set out in the table below.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Title & Name(s)	Purpose
Google Tag Manager Conversion Linker Tags _gcl_*	_gcl_* are conversion linker tags, which are used to help tags measure click data so that conversions are measured effectively. The conversion linker tag sets ad click information in cookies named _gcl_, such as _gcl_Is*
Google Analytics _ga ga* _gid gac	These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
YouTube cookies PREF* VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE* YSC remote_sid* consent SOCS	We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s standard embed method. This may result in YouTube (a Google service) setting cookies and collecting data on users when the page loads, regardless of whether the video is played. These cookies may be used for tracking and advertising purposes, and may include unique identifiers that track usage and viewing behaviour across sites. You can learn more about how YouTube uses cookies and personal data here: YouTube’s embedding videos info page and Google’s Privacy Policy. PREF - * Expires after eight months VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - expires after eight months YSC expires at the end of your session remote_sid - expires at the end of your session consent expires after ~2 years SOCS expires after ~13 months
Google Ads _gcl_au	_gcl_au stores info about ad click to measure conversion. We also use Google Ads Enhanced Conversions. If you sign up, book or purchase with us, we’ll hash (anonymise) and send limited personal data (like email) to Google to help us measure and optimise ads more accurately. Read more about this by viewing our Privacy Notice.
Thrive Themes [cookie names listed in next column]	Our website utilizes cookies set by Thrive Themes products to enhance user experience and track interactions. Below is a summary of these cookies: •Thrive Leads: Cookies like tve_leads_unique, tl_{group_id}_{form_id}_{variation_id}, and tl-conv-{content_id} are used to track form impressions, user interactions, and conversions. These cookies typically expire after 30 days to 1 year, depending on their specific purpose. •Thrive Optimize: Cookies such as top-variation-{event_type}-{test_id}-{page_id} and top_impression_{test_item_id} help in tracking user participation in A/B tests and page impressions. These cookies have expiration times ranging from 5 seconds to 30 days. •Thrive Quiz Builder: To monitor quiz interactions, cookies like tqb-impression-{page_id} and tqb-conversion-{page_id} are set. These cookies generally expire after 30 days. •Thrive Ultimatum: This product uses cookies like tu_campaign_impression_{campaign_id} and tu_campaign_end_{campaign_id} to manage campaign impressions
Quiz Cookies mlw_quiz_start_date1 mlw_time_consumed_quiz1	This site uses a plugin to allow functionality for interactive quizzes. These cookies store information based on how you interact with the quiz, in order for correct functionality and analytics.