How this website may store or access information on your device, and how you can control optional technologies.
Updated 13 November 2026
1. What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small files that websites may store on devices. Similar storage and access technologies can include browser storage, embedded content, pixels, identifiers and local data. They can support website operation, security, preferences, measurement and other functions. This policy complements the Privacy Policy.
2. Categories used to assess website technologies
Strictly necessary: security, login sessions, abuse prevention, essential form or checkout functions and storing your cookie choices, where the legal conditions for an exception are satisfied.
Preferences: optional choices or personalisation that are not strictly necessary to provide the requested service.
Statistics: measurement and analytics; whether consent or a specific statutory exception applies depends on how the technology is used and the applicable legal conditions.
Marketing: advertising, cross-site tracking, conversion measurement or personalised promotional technologies.
A technology is not automatically exempt from consent simply because it is labelled “analytics” or “functional”. We assess its actual purpose and applicable legal requirements.
3. Consent and choices
When consent is required, optional technologies should be disabled until you make an informed, positive choice. A cookie notice should offer practical ways to accept, reject and manage optional categories, without making access unnecessarily difficult. You can change or withdraw consent through the website’s cookie preferences control after the consent manager is configured. Necessary technologies may still operate where the law permits an exception.
You can review or change your consent choices at any time. Our cookie inventory is still being verified. For assistance, email info@thebaoffice.co.uk.
Current status: AcceptedCurrent status: Denied
4. Third parties and embeds
Our website may include WordPress and hosting tools, forms, spam protection, social links, embedded media and newsletter services. Some third parties may set cookies or otherwise access device information when their functionality is loaded. Where required, those services should be held until you consent. We assess their processing alongside any independent privacy notices.
5. Cookie inventory and retention
Names, providers, purposes and lifetimes depend on the services actively in use. We have implemented the Complianz consent-management plugin and are carrying out its service and cookie inventory review. The dynamic category inventory will be finalised after the website-wide scan, and the notice will be updated when technologies or legal requirements change.
Inventory status: verification in progress. This page must not be read as an assertion that all technologies have been scanned, blocked or categorised already.
6. Your browser controls
You can also manage or clear cookies through your browser or device settings. Removing necessary cookies may affect logins, forms or site functionality. Browser controls do not replace consent mechanisms for website-controlled non-essential technologies where consent is required.
7. Contact and changes
For questions about cookies, your consent choices or a provider’s processing, contact info@thebaoffice.co.uk. We may update this notice when the cookie inventory or legal position changes.
Your privacy matters
We use essential cookies to keep this website secure and functional. With your permission, we may also use optional technologies for site improvement and third-party services. You can accept all, reject optional cookies, or manage your preferences. Learn more in our Cookie Policy.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
