Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Bask uses cookies and similar technologies such as browser storage. Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser.
Two kinds of cookie
Strictly necessary cookies are the ones the site needs to work securely. UK law does not require your consent for these, and you cannot switch them off in our banner.
Analytics cookies help us understand how the site is used. These are optional. We do not set them until you accept them in the cookie banner, and nothing analytics-related loads before that. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.
Strictly necessary
| Cookie or storage | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication / session | Keeps you signed in securely as you move around the site. | Session, or longer if you choose "remember me" |
| .AspNetCore.Antiforgery.* / XSRF-TOKEN | Protects against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| __cf_bm, cf_clearance | Set by Cloudflare, which protects the site from automated abuse. | Up to 30 minutes / up to 1 year |
| cookieyes-consent | Records the choice you made in the cookie banner so we do not ask again. | 1 year |
| Theme preference (browser storage, not a cookie) | Remembers your light/dark display choice on this device. | Until you clear it |
| Google sign-in | Set only if you choose to sign in with Google, to complete sign-in securely. | Session |
Analytics (only with your consent)
We use Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to see which pages are visited, how people arrive at the site and where they get stuck. It tells us about the site in aggregate; we do not use it to identify you or to build a profile of you.
| Cookie | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Distinguishes one visitor from another with a random identifier. | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Keeps the state of your current visit for Google Analytics. | 2 years |
Google processes this data on our behalf and may do so outside the UK, under its standard data-transfer safeguards. Google's own description of how it uses data from sites that use its services is at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Changing your choice
You see the cookie banner on your first visit, and your choice is remembered for a year. To change it, use the cookie settings control that stays available on the page, or delete the cookieyes-consent cookie and reload to see the banner again. Withdrawing consent stops new analytics cookies being set; you can remove existing ones through your browser.
You can also control or delete any cookie through your browser settings at any time, though blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site working.
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal data.
Last updated: 4 September 2026.