Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can help a website work properly, remember your choices, improve performance, or collect information about how the website is used.

Similar technologies may include local storage, pixels, scripts and tags.

2. How we use cookies

The MHSA Summer Fair website uses cookies and similar technologies to:

• keep the website working securely
• remember your cookie choices
• support ticket payments and donations
• understand website usage through Google Analytics
• support marketing or advertising tags where consent has been given
• support social media embeds where consent has been given

3. Essential cookies

Essential cookies are needed for the website to work properly. These may include cookies used for security, page navigation, payment flow, booking flow, or remembering your cookie choices.

Essential cookies do not require consent, but we explain them so you know they are used.

4. Optional cookies

Optional cookies include analytics, marketing and social media embed cookies.

We only use optional cookies where you have given consent. You can accept all optional cookies, reject optional cookies, or manage your choices.

You can change your cookie choices later by using the Cookie settings link in the website footer.

5. Third-party cookies

Some services used by the website may set their own cookies. These include:

• Google Analytics, if analytics consent is given
• Google marketing or advertising tags, if marketing consent is given
• SumUp, when you use a SumUp payment flow
• PayPal, when you use a PayPal donation or payment flow
• social media platforms, when you choose to interact with embedded social content

Sponsor logos may link to sponsor websites. If you follow an external sponsor link, that sponsor's website will be responsible for its own cookies and privacy practices.

6. Managing cookies in your browser

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

Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works, including ticket booking, payment, donation links or social media embeds.

7. Cookie list

• Cookie or service: mhsa_cookie_consent
  Purpose: remembers your cookie choices.
  Type: essential.
  Duration: 6 months.
• Cookie or service: Google Analytics, including _ga and related Google Analytics cookies
  Purpose: helps MHSA understand how visitors use the website.
  Type: optional analytics.
  Duration: up to 2 years, depending on the Google Analytics setting and cookie type.
• Cookie or service: Google marketing or advertising tags, including Google conversion or campaign cookies where used
  Purpose: measures marketing or advertising activity where consent has been given.
  Type: optional marketing.
  Duration: commonly up to 90 days for campaign cookies, depending on the Google service used.
• Cookie or service: SumUp
  Purpose: supports ticket payment processing when visitors use SumUp.
  Type: third-party payment.
  Duration: set by SumUp.
• Cookie or service: PayPal
  Purpose: supports payment or donation processing when visitors use PayPal.
  Type: third-party payment or donation.
  Duration: set by PayPal.
• Cookie or service: Social media embeds
  Purpose: allows visitors to view or interact with embedded social media content where consent has been given.
  Type: optional third-party embed.
  Duration: set by the relevant social media platform.

8. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if the website changes or if we add, remove or change cookies.