What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work properly, improve performance, and provide information to site owners.

How We Use Cookies

Music Tech Hub uses cookies on this website (musictechhub.org) for the purposes set out below. Our browser-based web applications (hosted separately via Cloudflare) may also use cookies or local storage to maintain your session – see Section 4.

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to actions you take, such as logging in or filling in forms.

These cookies do not require your consent as they are strictly necessary.

Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use our website. This helps us improve our content and user experience.

Google Analytics sets cookies that collect:

• Pages visited and time spent
• How you arrived at the site (search, direct, referral)
• Approximate location (country/region – not precise)
• Device type and browser

These cookies are only set with your consent. You can accept or decline them via our cookie consent tool when you first visit the site, and change your preference at any time.

Google processes analytics data on servers that may be located outside the UK, under Standard Contractual Clauses. For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy.

You can also opt out of Google Analytics entirely using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality such as remembering your display preferences. They may be set by WordPress or eMember.

4. Cookies in Our Web Applications

Our browser-based music applications (accessed via Cloudflare Pages) may use browser localStorage to maintain your session state during a class. This data is stored locally on your device only and is not transmitted to our servers. It does not identify individual users and is cleared when the session ends or the browser is closed.

No tracking or advertising cookies are used in our web applications.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can manage or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time:

• Via our cookie consent tool: Use the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of this website
• Via your browser: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies in their settings. Note that blocking essential cookies may affect how the website works.
• Google Analytics opt-out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example if we add new tools or services to the website. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect any changes.