Use of cookies.
The padelpulse.co.uk website uses cookies and other similar mechanisms (hereinafter referred to as “cookies”). A cookie is a small file stored on the user’s computer that allows us to recognise them. Collectively, cookies help us improve the quality of our website, by allowing us to monitor which pages our users find useful and which they do not. Cookies are essential to the functioning of the Internet, offering countless benefits in the provision of interactive services and making it easier to browse and use our website. Please note that cookies cannot damage your computer and that, in return, having them enabled helps us identify and resolve errors.
Types, purposes and operation of cookies.
Cookies, depending on how long they last, can be divided into session cookies or permanent cookies.
Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in your browser’s cookie file until you leave the website, so that none of them remains stored on the user’s hard drive. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyse web traffic patterns. In the long term, this allows us to provide a better experience by improving the content and making it easier to use.
Permanent cookies: are stored on your hard drive and read by our website each time you visit again. A permanent cookie has a fixed expiry date. The cookie will stop working after that date. We generally use them to facilitate shopping and registration services.
In addition, depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
Performance cookies: this type of cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found within the services, so that you do not have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. Examples of this type of cookie include:
The volume settings of video or audio players. The preferred video resolution. The video bit rates compatible with your browser.
Geolocation cookies: these cookies are used to determine the country you are in when you request a service. This cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help target content based on your location.
Registration cookies: registration cookies are generated once the user has registered or subsequently logged in, and are used to identify you on the services for the following purposes:
To keep the user identified so that, if they close a service, the browser or the computer and, at another time or on another day, enter that service again, they continue to be identified, thereby making it easier to browse without having to identify themselves again. This functionality can be removed if the user clicks on the “log out” function, so that this cookie is deleted and the next time the user accesses the service they will have to log in to be identified. To check whether the user is authorised to access certain services, for example to take part in a competition.
In addition, some services may use connectors with social networks such as Facebook or X (formerly X (formerly X (formerly Twitter))). When the user signs up for a service with login credentials from a social network, they authorise the social network to store a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and allows them to access the services until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to the services via social networks by updating their preferences on the social network they have specified.
Analytics cookies: each time a user visits a service, a tool from an external provider (Google Analytics 4 and others that may be added to this list should they differ from the current ones) generates an analytics cookie on the user’s computer. This cookie, which is only generated during the visit, will serve, on future visits to padelpulse.co.uk’s services, to identify the visitor anonymously. The main objectives pursued are:
To allow the anonymous identification of users who browse through “cookies” (which identify browsers and devices, but not individuals) and therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors and their evolution over time. To anonymously identify the most visited content and therefore the most attractive content for users. To know whether the user accessing the site is a new or a returning visitor.
Important: unless the user decides to register for a Padel Pulse service, the cookie will never be associated with personal data that could identify them. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes to help optimise the user’s experience on the site.
Advertising cookies: this type of cookie makes it possible to expand the information about the adverts shown to each anonymous user within the Padel Pulse services. Among other things, they store the length of time or frequency with which advertising positions are viewed, the interaction with them, or the user’s browsing patterns and/or behaviour, as they help to build an advertising interest profile. They thus make it possible to offer advertising tailored to the user’s interests.
Description of the cookies:
Padel Pulse cookies
Padel Pulse User: Authentication of the Padel Pulse user.
Google Analytics: __utmb, __utmc, __utmz and __utma cookies: they allow us to count page views and traffic sources in order to measure and improve the performance of the site. Google stores the information collected by the cookies on servers located in the United States. Google may pass this information on to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
Managing cookies.
As an additional safeguard to those described above, the storing of cookies may be made subject to your acceptance when installing or updating the browser used, and this acceptance may be revoked at any time by means of the content and privacy configuration options available. Many browsers allow you to enable a private mode in which cookies are always deleted after your visit. Depending on the browser, this private mode may have different names. Below is a list of the most common browsers and the different names for this “private browsing mode”:
Edge (modern Chromium-based); InPrivate Opera 10.5 and above; Private Browsing Google Chrome 10 and above; Incognito Safari 2 and above; Private Browsing FireFox 3.5 and above; Private Browsing
Important: please read your browser’s help section carefully to find out more about enabling “private browsing mode”. You will still be able to visit our websites even if your browser is in “private browsing mode”, but your browsing on our website may not be optimal and some utilities may not work correctly.
How to disable cookies in the main browsers
It is generally possible to stop accepting browser cookies, or to stop accepting cookies from a particular service. All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the options or preferences menu of your browser. You can also configure your browser or email manager, as well as install free plug-ins to prevent web bugs from being downloaded when you open an email. We offer the User guidance on the steps to follow to access the cookie configuration menu and, where applicable, private browsing in each of the main browsers:
Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings. Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings. Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced settings -> Privacy -> Content settings. Safari: Preferences -> Security.