This page explains how aspone.co.uk uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our Fatpirate information portal. We've written this in plain terms so you know exactly what happens when you browse our site, what gets stored on your device, and how you can control it all.
Cookies in plain terms
A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device – your computer, phone or tablet – when you visit. It helps the site remember things about your visit: your language preference, whether you've seen a notice before, or how you moved through the pages.
Cookies do not carry viruses, and they cannot access other files on your device. They simply hold a string of letters and numbers that the site reads when you return.
What is stored and for how long
Necessary cookies keep the portal working. They remember your consent choices and maintain your session as you move between pages. These stay active for the length of your visit, or until you close your browser. We do not ask permission to set them because the site cannot function without them.
Analytics cookies tell us which pages get read, how long visitors stay, and where the traffic comes from. We use this data to improve the content and the layout. These cookies are set only after you give consent through the banner that appears on your first visit. They typically remain on your device for up to two years.
Advertising cookies help us measure whether a campaign brought readers to the portal. Third-party services may place these when you interact with embedded content. Again, we ask for your consent before any advertising cookie is set. Lifespan varies by provider – most last between 30 days and one year.
| Category | Purpose | Consent required | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Session, consent record | No | Session or 1 year |
| Analytics | Traffic and behaviour | Yes | Up to 2 years |
| Advertising | Campaign tracking | Yes | 30 days to 1 year |
Embedded third parties
Some pages on this portal embed content from external platforms – video players, social-media widgets, or analytics dashboards. When you load a page carrying one of those embeds, the third party may set its own cookies on your device, governed by that provider's privacy policy rather than ours.
We have no control over what those services store or how long they keep it. If you want to block third-party cookies entirely, the browser settings below will help.
Declining without breaking the site
You can refuse analytics and advertising cookies through the consent banner, and the portal will still work normally. Only the necessary cookies – the ones that keep your session alive and remember that you declined the rest – remain active.
You can also manage cookies directly in your browser. Here's how to reach the controls in the four most common ones:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. Choose "Block third-party cookies" or "Block all cookies" – the second option will log you out of most sites.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Select "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" or use the Custom settings to block trackers.
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Block all cookies, or just "Prevent cross-site tracking" to stop third parties while leaving first-party cookies in place.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies. You can block all cookies or only third-party ones.
Blocking all cookies will break login systems and shopping baskets across the web, so the "block third-party" option is usually the practical middle ground.
Updates to this policy
We review this cookie policy every six months and update it whenever we add a new analytics tool or change how consent works. The revision date sits at the bottom of this page. Significant changes – a new third-party embed, a longer retention period – will be flagged in a notice on the homepage for two weeks after we publish them.
You will not receive an email when we update this text. If cookie practices matter to you, check back here occasionally or subscribe to the site's RSS feed, which announces every content change we make.
Contact
Questions about cookies, consent or anything on this page can be sent to [email protected]. We reply within 48 hours on weekdays.
Last updated: 6 January 2026
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