Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 10 June 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how BudgetWise ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.budgetwise.co.uk ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, BudgetWise) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

2. Why do we use cookies?

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

3. Types of cookies we use

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described below:

3.1 Essential cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our Website functions.

Examples of essential cookies we use:

  • Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. They are used to keep track of your session on our Website.
  • Security cookies: These help maintain the security of our Website by preventing fraud and protecting user data.
  • Cookie consent cookies: These remember your cookie preferences and ensure we respect your choices.

3.2 Analytics cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Examples of analytics cookies we may use:

  • Google Analytics cookies: These help us analyze how users use the Website, so we can improve it.
  • Performance cookies: These collect information about how visitors use our Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often.

3.3 Marketing cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Examples of marketing cookies we may use:

  • Advertising cookies: These are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
  • Social media cookies: These allow you to share content from our Website on social media platforms and may collect data about your browsing habits.

4. How can you control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:

4.1 Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or delete certain cookies. Generally you can also manage similar technologies in the same way that you manage cookies – using your browsers preferences.

The following links provide information on how to modify your cookies settings in the most popular browsers:

Please note that if you choose to reject cookies, doing so may impair some of our website's functionality.

5. How often will we update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

6. Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

7. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • The right to be informed
  • The right of access
  • The right to rectification
  • The right to erasure
  • The right to restrict processing
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object
  • Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

For more information about how you can exercise these rights, please see our Privacy Policy.

8. Contact us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or by post to:

BudgetWise
12 Stonehouse St
Stonehouse, Plymouth PL1 3PE
United Kingdom
Phone: +441752211041