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Cookie policy
This policy explains what Tender Gazette stores on your device when you visit www.tendergazette.com, why we store it, and how you can control it. It sits alongside our privacy policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally, and our terms of service.
Who we are
www.tendergazette.com is operated by Tender Gazette, an unincorporated body, of 9-10 Cross Street, Preston, England, PR1 3LT. In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" mean Tender Gazette.
If you have a question about anything in this policy, email privacy@tendergazette.com.
The short version
Tender Gazette is free to read and carries no advertising network, no behavioural tracking and no third-party marketing tags. We set three things on your device, and only one of them requires your permission:
- an analytics cookie set by Google Analytics, which is set only if you press Accept on our cookie banner;
- a preference cookie recording the reader persona you chose, set only if you choose one;
- a record of your cookie choice itself, so we do not ask you again on every page.
If you press Reject, no analytics cookie is set, and the site works exactly as it did before.
What cookies and similar technologies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. It is sent back to the website on later visits, which is how a site can remember something about you or your visit.
We also use your browser's local storage, which works in a similar way but is not a cookie. We use it for one purpose only: to remember whether you accepted or rejected analytics.
The law that governs this in the United Kingdom is regulation 6 of, and Schedule A1 to, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 with effect from 5 February 2026. Where the storage we use falls within one of the exceptions in Schedule A1, we do not ask for consent, but we still tell you about it here and you can still object.
Everything we store on your device
Analytics: consent required
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google (Google Analytics 4) | Distinguishes one browser from another so we can count visitors and see which coverage is read. It does not tell us who you are. | 2 years | Yes. Set only after you press Accept. |
_ga_15RREP9CLS |
Google (Google Analytics 4) | Maintains the state of your visit for our specific Google Analytics property, so that pages viewed in one sitting are counted as one visit rather than several. | 2 years | Yes. Set only after you press Accept. |
We use Google Analytics for one reason: to see which stories, guides and glossary entries readers actually find useful, so that we can commission and write more of what works. We do not use it for advertising, we do not use it to build profiles of individual readers, and we have not enabled Google Signals, advertising features or audience sharing.
Our site loads Google Analytics with Google Consent Mode v2. Before you make a choice, and if you press Reject, the following are all set to "denied": analytics storage, advertising storage, advertising user data and advertising personalisation. That means no analytics cookie is written to your device unless and until you accept. We have verified this behaviour on the live site.
We ask for your consent to these cookies rather than relying on the statistical purposes exception in paragraph 5 of Schedule A1 to the 2003 Regulations. That exception is only available where the information collected is not shared with anyone else except to help improve the service, and we take the cautious view that a third-party analytics platform of this kind does not comfortably meet that condition. Asking you is the safer and more honest course.
Google Analytics is provided by Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited. See Google's privacy policy and its description of how it uses information from sites that use its services. You can also install Google's browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics on every website you visit.
Preferences: no consent required, but you can object
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Duration | Consent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
bi_persona |
Tender Gazette | Records the reader persona you selected on the homepage, so that the sections most relevant to you are ordered first when you come back. It stores a single word, such as "supplier". It identifies nobody. | 1 year | No. Set only if you actively choose a persona. |
tg_consent (browser local storage, not a cookie) |
Tender Gazette | Records whether you accepted or rejected analytics, so that we honour your choice and do not show you the banner on every page. | Until you clear your browser storage | No. |
Both of these record a choice you made on the site. We treat them as falling within the exceptions in Schedule A1 to the 2003 Regulations: bi_persona maintains a record of a selection you made on the website, and adapts how the site appears to your stated preference; tg_consent exists solely to give effect to the choice you made about cookies. We do not ask for separate consent for them, but you can object to either at any time by clearing your browser storage for this site, or by using your browser settings to block cookies from www.tendergazette.com.
What we do not use
We want to be precise about the things we are not doing, because most sites of this kind do them:
- no advertising cookies, no retargeting pixels and no advertising networks;
- no social media tracking pixels or share-button trackers;
- no session recording, heatmaps or scroll trackers;
- no cross-site tracking, and no sale or sharing of your data with data brokers;
- no cookies at all until you either accept analytics or choose a persona.
Our sponsorship model is disclosed in our advertising and sponsorship page. Sponsorship is sold directly and is not served by an advertising network, so it sets nothing on your device.
How to control what is stored
Change your mind about analytics. Clear this site's cookies and local storage in your browser, then reload the page. The banner will appear again and you can choose differently.
Remove your persona preference. Clear this site's cookies, or choose a different persona.
Block everything. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies and site data. The relevant instructions are published by Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari. Blocking all cookies and site data will not stop you reading Tender Gazette, but the site will forget your cookie choice and your persona, so it will ask you again on every visit.
Third-party services that make the site work
Some of the services we rely on to serve the site could, in principle, set cookies for security or load-balancing reasons. We have checked the live site and, as at the date of this policy, the only cookies present are the ones listed above. If that changes, we will update this policy before the change goes live. The suppliers concerned are our hosting and content delivery providers, and they are named in our privacy policy.
Cookies and personal data
Some of the identifiers above, particularly the Google Analytics cookies, may amount to personal data even though they do not carry your name. Where they do, our handling of them is governed by our privacy policy, and the legal basis is your consent.
Changes to this policy
We keep this policy under review and will update it whenever we change what we store on your device. The version number and date at the top will change when we do.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we use cookies, please tell us first at privacy@tendergazette.com so that we have the chance to put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK regulator, at ico.org.uk.