This Cookie Policy explains how The Boardroom uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. We use cookies to make the site work, improve performance, and show relevant content. This page covers types of cookies, what they do, and how to manage your settings.
At a glance
- We use essential, analytics, functional and advertising cookies
- You can manage your choices in our cookie banner or your browser
- We keep cookies only as long as needed for their purpose
- We don't sell your data, ever
What are cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a site. They remember things like your basket, sign in, and preferences. We also use similar tech, for example pixels, tags and local storage, to help measure site use and improve your experience.
Why we use cookies
We use cookies to:
- Keep the site secure and stable
- Let you sign in, add to basket, and check out
- Remember preferences, for example currency or store settings
- Understand what's popular, so we can improve
- Measure and improve our marketing
Types of cookies we use
- Essential, needed for security, core features and checkout. You can't switch these off.
- Analytics (performance), to see how the site's used and fix issues.
- Functional, to remember choices and improve features.
- Advertising (targeting), to show and measure relevant ads. You can opt out.
Consent
When you first visit, we ask for your cookie choices. You can change your preferences any time using our cookie banner or settings tool, if shown. Essential cookies run because the site won't work without them. For analytics, functional and advertising cookies, we rely on your consent.
Managing cookies
You're in control.
- Use our cookie banner or settings tool to update consent.
- Or block or delete cookies in your browser. Look for settings under Privacy or Security.
- If you block all cookies, some features may not work, for example basket and checkout.
Third-party cookies
Some cookies are set by our trusted partners, for example analytics, advertising, payment, and website hosting. These partners use cookies only for the purposes we've asked for or to meet legal duties. They may combine cookie data with other info they hold when you've agreed to this with them.
Cookie durations
- Session cookies disappear when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies stay for a set time. We keep them only as long as needed for their purpose.
You can see typical durations in the table below.
Cookies we use
This is a guide to the main cookies we may see. The exact list can change as we improve our site.
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration | Set by |
| [e.g. consent_status] | Stores your cookie choices | Essential | [e.g. 180 days] | The Boardroom |
| [e.g. session_id] | Keeps you signed in, keeps basket working | Essential | Session | The Boardroom |
| [e.g. preferences] | Remembers language, store or display options | Functional | [e.g. 30 days] | The Boardroom |
| [e.g. analytics_id] | Measures visits and popular pages | Analytics | [e.g. 1 year] | Analytics partner |
| [e.g. ad_click_id] | Measures ad performance and limits repeats | Advertising | [e.g. 90 days] | Advertising partner |
Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a Do Not Track setting. Our site isn't set to respond to this signal today. Please use our cookie banner or your browser settings to manage tracking.