Cookie Policy

Last updated: September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Shropshire Women in Business (“SWIB”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.

1. What are cookies?

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

They help websites function properly and can also be used to remember preferences, understand how visitors use a website and improve the overall experience.

Similar technologies may also be used to store or access information on your device.

2. How we use cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Make the website work correctly
Keep the website secure
Remember your preferences and choices
Enable features such as event bookings, memberships or forms
Understand how visitors use the website
Help us improve the website and user experience
Support embedded content or third-party services where applicable

Some cookies are necessary for the website to operate, while others are optional.

3. Essential cookies

Essential cookies are required for the basic operation, security and functionality of the website.

They may be used for purposes such as:

Website security
Maintaining sessions
Remembering cookie preferences
Enabling requested website functionality
Processing bookings, memberships or transactions where applicable

Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website and services you request, they may not require your consent.

4. Analytics and performance cookies

We may use analytics and performance technologies to understand how visitors interact with the SWIB website.

For example, these may help us understand:

Which pages are visited most often
How visitors move around the website
How visitors arrived at the website
Whether visitors encounter errors
How the website performs across different devices

This information helps us understand how the website is being used and where we can improve it.

Where consent is required, analytics and performance technologies will only be used after you have given permission through our cookie controls.

5. Functional cookies

Functional cookies may allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features.

These might include remembering preferences or enabling functionality provided by third-party services.

Where these cookies are not essential to providing a service you have requested, they will only be used where appropriate consent has been obtained.

6. Marketing and third-party cookies

We may use third-party services or content that place or access cookies or similar technologies on your device.

Depending on the services used on the website, these may include social media features, embedded content or marketing tools.

These technologies may be used by third-party providers to understand interactions with their services or, where applicable, measure or personalise content and marketing.

Where consent is required, these technologies will not be activated until you have chosen to allow them.

7. Third-party services

Our website is created and hosted using Wix.

Wix and other third-party services used through the website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide their functionality.

Where relevant, information collected through third-party technologies is handled in accordance with the privacy policies of those providers.

The third-party services used on the website may change from time to time as the website and SWIB services develop.

8. Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit our website, you may be given the option to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies.

You can change your preferences at any time using the cookie settings available on the website.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies.

Please be aware that blocking certain essential cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.

9. How long cookies remain on your device

Different cookies may remain on your device for different periods.

Some are session cookies, which are removed when you close your browser.

Others are persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

The duration of individual cookies depends on their purpose and the service that provides them.

Details of the cookies currently used on the website, including their purposes and duration where applicable, can be viewed through our cookie settings.

10. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the technologies we use or applicable legal requirements.

The latest version will be available on this website, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top of this page.

11. Contact us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact:

Shropshire Women in Business
Email: camilla@architectureventures.com