Cookie Policy

All Cookies Policies will include the same basic information:

• That cookies are in use on your website
• What cookies are
• What kind of cookies are in use (by you and/or third parties)
• How and why you (and/or third parties) are using the cookies
• How a user can opt out of having cookies placed on a device

Let’s look at some examples of Cookies Policy clauses that address the above information.

You Use Cookies, and What Cookies Are

Most Cookies Policies start by letting users know that cookies are in use, and telling them what cookies are. Simple, easy-to-understand language should be used here so that everyone is able to understand what the policy is saying.

Below is an example of the introduction from The Guardian’s Cookies Policy. Note how it starts with a short, simple definition of what cookies are: