Cookie Policy

1. About this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Blaydon Harrier and Athletics Club ("we", "us" or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit The Blaydon Race website at www.theblaydonrace.co.uk.

Blaydon Harrier and Athletics Club is the organiser of The Blaydon Race and is a registered charity (Charity Number 1138216).

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

They allow a website to recognise your device and can be used to provide essential functionality, maintain security and, where you give consent, understand how visitors use the website and measure the effectiveness of advertising.

3. How we use cookies

The Blaydon Race website is hosted on the Wix platform.

We use cookies and similar technologies for:

essential website functionality and security;
maintaining website stability;
measuring the performance and effectiveness of the website;
understanding how visitors use our website; and
measuring the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising.

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the website to operate and are used without requiring consent where permitted by applicable law.

Other cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies, are non-essential and are only activated after you have provided the appropriate consent.

Wix confirms that its platform uses essential cookies for security, stability and core website functionality and can also support additional cookies from third-party services and integrations.

4. Cookies used on our website

Based on the current configuration of The Blaydon Race website, the following cookies have been identified.

4.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are required for the website to operate correctly and securely.

CookieProviderPurposeDuration

hsWixSecurity and protection of the websiteSession

server-session-bindWixProtection of API communicationsSession

svSessionWixSecurity, stability and core website functionality12 months

XSRF-TOKENWixFraud detection and securitySession

bSessionWixSystem effectiveness measurement24 hours

consent-policyWixRecords the visitor's cookie consent preferencesPersistent

Wix identifies hs, server-session-bind, svSession, XSRF-TOKEN and bSession as essential cookies. Wix states that svSession has a 12-month duration and bSession has a 24-hour duration.

The consent-policy cookie is used in connection with the website's cookie-consent functionality.

Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they are not treated as optional analytics or marketing cookies.

4.2 Analytics cookies

With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use The Blaydon Race website and to help us improve the website.

The cookies identified are:

CookieProviderPurposeDefault duration

_gaGoogle AnalyticsDistinguishes users for website analyticsUp to 2 years

_ga_<container-id>Google AnalyticsMaintains Google Analytics session stateUp to 2 years

The actual cookie names and expiry periods may vary according to Google's configuration and browser restrictions.

Google states that _ga is used to distinguish users and _ga_<container-id> is used to persist session state. Google also notes that modern browsers may impose shorter limits on first-party cookie lifetimes.

Google Analytics may collect information including:

the number of visitors;
session information;
approximate geographical information;
browser information; and
device information.

We use these analytics cookies only where the required consent has been provided.

4.3 Marketing cookies

With your consent, we use the Meta Pixel to help us understand the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising activities.

The cookie identified on the website is:

CookieProviderPurposeCategory

_fbpMetaHelps Meta identify a browser and measure activity associated with advertising and website visitsMarketing

The Meta Pixel is a non-essential marketing technology and is therefore subject to our cookie consent mechanism.

5. Your cookie choices

When you first visit The Blaydon Race website, you may be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to control the use of non-essential cookies.

You can choose whether to allow optional cookies, including analytics and marketing cookies.

If you decline optional cookies, the corresponding non-essential cookies should not be placed on your device.

Essential cookies cannot be disabled through the cookie consent mechanism because they are required for the website to operate securely and correctly.

6. Withdrawing or changing your consent

You can change or withdraw your consent to optional cookies using the cookie settings available on our website, where provided.

You can also delete or block cookies through your web browser settings.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Please be aware that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality, security or performance of the website.

7. Third-party services

Our website uses services provided by third parties, including:

Wix
Wix provides the website hosting and underlying website platform and uses essential cookies to provide security, stability and core website functionality.

Google Analytics
Google Analytics provides website analytics and is used to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. Google explains that its standard Analytics implementation can collect information such as users, sessions, approximate location, browser and device information.

Meta Pixel
Meta Pixel is used for marketing measurement and is subject to the website's cookie consent controls.

These third parties may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.

8. Legal basis for cookies

We use cookies in accordance with applicable UK privacy and data protection legislation, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK GDPR, where applicable.

Strictly necessary cookies may be used where they are necessary for the operation or security of the website.

For non-essential analytics and marketing cookies, we seek consent where this is required by law.

Where we rely on consent, you are free to refuse or withdraw that consent.

9. Managing cookies through your browser

Most web browsers allow you to control, delete or block cookies through their settings.

You can generally:

view cookies stored on your device;
delete existing cookies;
block cookies;
allow cookies only from particular websites; or
receive a warning before a cookie is stored.

If you block all cookies, some parts of The Blaydon Race website may not function correctly.

10. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect:

changes to the cookies or technologies used on our website;
changes to our website or third-party services;
changes to applicable legislation; or
changes to our privacy and data-protection practices.

Any changes will be published on this page and the "Last updated" date will be amended accordingly.

12. Version control and review

Policy: The Blaydon Race Cookie Policy
Data Controller: Blaydon Harrier and Athletics Club (BHAC)
Version: 2
Effective date: September 2026