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Cookie Policy

Last reviewed July 2024.

In accordance with Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 ("PECR"), this cookie policy ("Cookie Policy") is intended to inform you how we use "cookies" and similar technologies on this Website at "www.bluecove.com" ("this Website") and to assist you in making informed decisions when using this Website. Our use of cookies includes necessary cookies to enable website functionality, as well as non-essential cookies that may track user behavior for analytics purposes. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and offer full transparency regarding cookie use on our site. Please take a moment to read and understand this Cookie Policy. This Cookie Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions.

What are cookies?

Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code, which often include an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to store this file on your computer or mobile device and access information from it. Information gathered through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of visits and how you are using the particular website or mobile application. On their own cookies do not contain or reveal any personally identifiable information. Cookies are used by us as part of this Website and they are also used by some of our third-party partners.

For more details on cookies and similar technologies, please visit All About Cookies. For the purposes of the remaining sections of this Cookie Policy, we will refer to all technologies using the above features as "cookies".

Cookies used on this Website

We only use analytics cookies on this Website which, along with other information, allow websites to calculate the aggregate number of people using a website and which features of a website are most popular. These cookies don't collect any information that could be used to identify you - all the information collected is anonymous. This information is generally used to improve the website.

The table below sets out more information about the individual cookies we may use on this Website, the purposes for which they are used and the retention schedule.

Google Analytics (prefixed with _ga)

Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. More information about Google Analytics can be found at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Retention: 2 years

Website Settings (prefixed with bc.)

Required for proper functioning of the Website.

Retention: 1 year

Our Legal basis to use Cookies

Your privacy is important to us. We employ cookies on our website to provide our users with a seamless and personalized experience and to support the effectiveness of our website.

We rely on your consent as legal basis for the processing of your personal data through the use of cookies when you visit our website.

We obtain your consent through the following actions:

  • Actively clicking the “Accept” button on our cookie consent banner;
  • Configuring your internet browser settings to actively accept our cookies;
  • Continued browsing on our website after having been fully informed about our use of cookies via our cookie banner.

We ensure that your consent is freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, as prescribed by applicable data protection laws.

Refusing, blocking and deleting cookies

You have the right to accept or decline non-essential cookies. We only deploy non-essential cookies with your explicit consent, which you might give or withdraw at any time. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, you may do so by altering your browser settings to refuse cookies. For more information on cookie management and blocking or deleting cookies for a wide variety of browsers, visit All About Cookies.

Cookies used in emails

Please note that any emails you receive from us may contain cookies or similar technologies to help us to see if recipients have opened an email and understand how recipients have interacted with it.

If you do not wish to accept cookies from any one of our emails, simply close the email before downloading any images or clicking on any links. You can also set your browser to restrict cookies or to reject them entirely. These settings will apply to all cookies whether included on websites or in emails.

In some instances, depending on your email or browser settings, cookies in an email may be automatically accepted (for example, when you've added an email address to your address book or safe senders list). Please refer to your email browser or device instructions for more information on this.