Last updated: 10 June, 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Living Sports Magazine LTD ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website: www.livingsports.com. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them in accordance with UK data protection laws, including the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to site owners.

Cookies do not typically identify you as an individual but may store a unique identifier for your device or browser.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several reasons:

  • To ensure the website operates as expected.
  • To enhance and personalise your user experience.
  • To analyse traffic and user behaviour to improve our services.
  • To provide relevant marketing or advertising content.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

a) Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas or use shopping baskets.

b) Performance & Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website, so we can measure and improve performance. We use services such as Google Analytics for this purpose.

c) Functionality Cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to our website, enabling us to personalise content for you or remember your preferences.

d) Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. This information may be shared with third-party advertising partners (e.g., Meta Pixel) to provide you with targeted adverts on other sites.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party cookies (such as Google Analytics, Meta Pixel) to gather statistics on how you use our site and deliver targeted advertisements.

Please note that third parties (including advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

For more information on these third-party cookies, please refer to the privacy policies of these services.

5. Your Choices

In accordance with UK law, we require your consent before placing any cookies that are not strictly necessary.

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner explaining that we use cookies, and you will be asked to accept or manage your preferences.

You can also control cookies by adjusting your browser settings. You may block or delete cookies, but some parts of our website may not function correctly if you do so.

For more information on how to manage cookies, visit:

6. Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)

For non-essential cookies, we rely on your explicit consent as our legal basis under Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR.

For strictly necessary cookies, our legal basis is our legitimate interest in ensuring the functionality and security of the website.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, or our business operations. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

8. Contact Us

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

Living Sports
Website: www.livingsports.com
Email: hello@livingsports.com