Cookie Policy
What cookies Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation use and why
Cookies are small text files which often include a unique identifier. They are sent by a web server to your computer, mobile phone, or other internet-enabled device when you visit a website.
Cookies are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide business and marketing information that helps us make informed decisions about the development of our websites.
Types of cookies we use
Essential cookies
Necessary cookies help make the website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Performance cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the website. This information is used to improve how the website works.
Preference cookies
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the site behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or region.
Statistics cookies
Statistic cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display advertisements that are relevant and engaging for individual users.
Cookies in use
_cfuvid
Provider: Cloudflare
Purpose: Used for load balancing, delivery of website content, and serving DNS connections for website operators
Type: Essential
Duration: Session
CookieConsent
Purpose: Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain
Type: Essential
Duration: 1 year
1.gif
Purpose: Used to count the number of sessions to the website and to optimise product delivery
Type: Essential
Duration: Session
fbssls_#
Purpose: Collects data on the visitor’s use of the website comment system and which blogs or articles have been read. This information may be used for marketing purposes
Type: Marketing
Duration: Session
How to withdraw consent, control, or delete cookies
You can remove cookies or block them from recording information. You also have the option to block third-party cookies only.
These settings are usually found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser, within the privacy section. Each browser is slightly different and regularly updated.
For more information, consult your browser’s help menu.
Guidance on managing cookies in popular browsers can be found at:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Opera
To find information relating to other browsers, please visit the browser developer’s website.
Further information
UK ICO guidance on cookies and similar technologies:
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies/
General information about cookies:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org
This policy is provided to demonstrate our commitment to cookie legislation and transparency, ensuring you understand what cookies we use and why we use them.
Last updated: 11 September 2025
