📋 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember information about your visit and can be used for various purposes including keeping you logged in, remembering preferences, and gathering analytics data.

We also use related technologies including local storage and session storage which work similarly to cookies.

⚖ Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), you have the following rights regarding cookies:

• Right to consent or refuse — You can accept or reject non-essential cookies.
• Right to object to legitimate interest processing — Under Article 21 UK GDPR, you can formally object to any processing carried out under a "legitimate interest" legal basis. We must comply unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests.
• Right to withdraw consent — You can change your preferences at any time using the "Manage Preferences" button above.
• Right to erasure — You can clear cookies at any time via your browser settings.

We do not use dark patterns, pre-ticked boxes, or any mechanism designed to nudge you toward accepting cookies.

🍪 Cookies We Use

⚖ Legitimate Interest — Your Right to Object

When you use our cookie preference centre and toggle off "Legitimate Interest Claims", we treat this as a formal objection under Article 21 UK GDPR. We will not load those third-party resources for your session.

The third parties claiming legitimate interest on this site are:

• SignalSafe UK — propagation data feed (legitimate interest: operational data provision)
• RadioID.net — callsign lookup API (legitimate interest: amateur radio identification services)
• Google LLC (Fonts) — web font delivery (legitimate interest: website performance)

You can object to these at any time via the preference centre. Your objection is recorded in your browser's local storage.

🔧 How to Control Cookies

In addition to our preference centre, you can control cookies through your browser:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data

Note that blocking all cookies will prevent you from logging in to the members area.

📬 Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact the Liverpool RAYNET Group Controller via the support request form or via RAYNET-UK.

For complaints about how we handle your data, you can contact the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.