Cookie Policy
How The Finer Edit uses cookies and similar technologies.
This Cookie Policy explains how The Finer Edit uses cookies and similar technologies on thefineredit.com.
Cookies help the website work properly, understand how readers use the magazine, remember preferences, support security and, where relevant, display advertising.
Last updated: 16.06.2026
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites recognise your device, remember choices, understand usage and provide certain features.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, device identifiers and other tools that store or access information on your device.
How We Use Cookies
The Finer Edit may use cookies and similar technologies to:
Make the website function properly
Remember your cookie preferences
Protect the website from spam, fraud or abuse
Understand how readers use the site
Improve content, layout and performance
Measure traffic and engagement
Support newsletter, form or embedded content features
Display and measure advertising
Support affiliate links and referral tracking where relevant
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are needed for the website to work properly.
These may support functions such as page loading, security, cookie consent choices, spam protection, form functionality and basic site operation.
These cookies do not usually require consent because they are necessary for the website to function.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how readers use The Finer Edit.
They may tell us which articles are being read, how visitors arrive at the site, which pages are popular, how long readers stay and whether the website is working properly.
Analytics provider: Google Analytics
Where required, analytics cookies will only be used with your consent.
Advertising Cookies
The Finer Edit may use Google AdSense and other advertising partners to display adverts on the website.
Advertising cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
Show adverts
Measure advert performance
Limit how often an advert is shown
Help prevent fraud and abuse
Understand whether adverts are useful
Serve personalised or non-personalised adverts depending on your consent choices, location and settings
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve adverts based on your previous visits to The Finer Edit and/or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve adverts to users based on visits to The Finer Edit and other sites on the internet.
Where required, we will ask for your consent before using advertising cookies or similar technologies.
For users in the UK, EEA or Switzerland, The Finer Edit will use an appropriate consent management solution where required for Google advertising.
You may be able to manage personalised advertising through your Google advertising settings, your browser settings and the cookie choices available on this website.
Affiliate Cookies
Some articles may contain affiliate links.
Affiliate cookies or tracking technologies may be used to record that you clicked from The Finer Edit to a retailer, booking platform or partner website. If you make a purchase or booking, The Finer Edit may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate links will be disclosed in relevant articles.
Embedded Content Cookies
The Finer Edit may include embedded content from third-party websites, such as maps, videos, social media posts, booking tools, restaurant websites, hotel platforms, galleries, museums or other external sources.
These third-party services may use their own cookies or tracking technologies. We do not control all cookies set by third-party websites.
You should review the privacy and cookie policies of those third-party services for more information.
Social Media Cookies
If The Finer Edit embeds or links to social media content, those platforms may use cookies or similar technologies to track interactions, remember preferences or personalise content.
This may apply to platforms such as Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube or others if used.
Cookie Consent
When you first visit The Finer Edit, you may see a cookie banner or consent message.
This allows you to accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies where required.
You can change your choices at any time by using the cookie settings tool on the website, if available.
Cookie consent provider/plugin: Google + Cookies Approver
Managing Cookies In Your Browser
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete existing cookies, refuse third-party cookies or receive a warning before cookies are placed.
If you block all cookies, parts of the website may not work as intended.
Google AdSense and Advertising Choices
The Finer Edit may display adverts through Google AdSense.
You can manage how Google uses information to personalise adverts through your Google advertising settings.
You may also be able to opt out of certain third-party personalised advertising through recognised industry opt-out tools, depending on your location and the advertising providers involved.
Please note that opting out of personalised advertising does not necessarily mean you will stop seeing adverts. It usually means the adverts may be less personalised.
Cookies We May Use
The exact cookies used on The Finer Edit may vary depending on your consent choices, browser settings, location, the pages you visit, and the Google services active on the website.
The table below sets out the main Google-related cookies and technologies we may use.
Google may set additional advertising, measurement, security or functionality cookies depending on the services used, the adverts shown, the visitor’s consent settings, whether personalised advertising is enabled, and whether the visitor is signed into a Google account.
Where required, analytics and advertising cookies will only be used after consent has been given through the cookie banner or consent tool on this website.
| Cookie / Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration |
| _ga / Google Analytics | Used to distinguish one visitor from another and help us understand how readers use the website. | Analytics | 2 years |
| _ga_<container-id> / Google Analytics 4 | Used to persist session state for Google Analytics 4 reporting. | Analytics | 2 years |
| _gid / Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users for analytics reporting. | Analytics | 24 hours |
| _gat or _gat_<customname> / Google Analytics | Used to manage request rate for Google Analytics. | Analytics | 1 minute |
| _gcl_au / Google AdSense / Google Ads | Used by Google advertising services to store and track conversions and advertising interactions. | Advertising | 90 days |
| __gads / Google AdSense | Used by Google to support advertising, ad delivery, ad measurement and ad security. | Advertising | 13 months |
| __gpi / Google AdSense / Google Ad Manager | Used by Google to support advertising and ad security. | Advertising | 13 months |
| __eoi / Google AdSense | Used by Google to support ad security and advertising services. | Advertising / Security | 6 months |
| test_cookie / Google DoubleClick | Used to check whether the browser supports cookies. | Advertising / Functionality | 15 minutes |
| IDE / Google DoubleClick | Used by Google advertising services to show ads, measure ad performance, limit how often ads are shown and support ad security. | Advertising / Security | 13 months in the UK, EEA and Switzerland; 24 months elsewhere |
| id / Google DoubleClick | Used by Google advertising services to remember advertising preferences and support ad delivery. | Advertising / Functionality / Security | 13 months in the UK, EEA and Switzerland; 24 months elsewhere, unless used for opt-out preference |
| DSID / Google DoubleClick | Used to identify a signed-in Google user on non-Google sites and respect advertising personalisation settings. | Advertising / Functionality / Security | 2 weeks |
| NID / Google | Used by Google for preferences, security, analytics and advertising on Google services. | Functionality / Security / Analytics / Advertising | 6 months |
| FCCDCF / Google Funding Choices, if used | Used to store cookie consent and privacy choices when Google’s consent management tools are active. | Essential / Consent Preference | 13 months |
| FCNEC / Google Funding Choices, if used | Used by Google Funding Choices in connection with consent and privacy-choice management. | Consent / Analytics | 365 days |
Changes To This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as the website develops, new tools are added, or legal requirements change.
The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown above.
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