Last updated: 17 July 2026
1. About This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how The Bridge Network Global Ltd, trading as The Pivot Conference, uses cookies and similar storage or access technologies on this website.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect and use personal information.
This policy applies to The Pivot Conference website. External services, including Eventbrite, may use their own cookies when you visit their websites or use their platforms.
2. Who We Are
The website is operated by:
The Bridge Network Global Ltd, trading as The Pivot Conference
Company number: 13064625
Registered in: England and Wales
Registered office: 20–22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU
Email: info@thepivotconference.com
3. What Cookies and Similar Technologies Are
Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on, or accessed from, a computer, mobile telephone, tablet or other device when a website or online service is used.
Similar technologies may include:
- pixels and web beacons;
- scripts and tags;
- local storage and session storage;
- browser or device identifiers;
- software development kits;
- embedded-media technologies;
- tracking links and link decoration;
- fingerprinting techniques; and
- other technologies that store information on, or access information from, a device.
In this policy, “cookies” includes these similar technologies unless the context requires otherwise.
4. The Rules That Apply
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (“PECR”) regulate the use of cookies and similar technologies in the United Kingdom. Where information collected through a cookie is personal data, the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 may also apply.
We must provide clear information about the cookies we use and what they do. Unless a legal exception applies, we must obtain valid consent before storing information on, or accessing information from, your device.
Strictly necessary technologies may be used without consent where they are essential to provide a service you have requested or to transmit a communication. They must not be used for additional optional purposes under that exception.
5. Categories of Cookies
We organise cookies into the following categories so that you can understand and control how they are used.
| Category | What it means | Consent position |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Required for website security, consent choices, fraud prevention, essential forms, load balancing, session management or another service requested by the visitor. | May be used without consent only where a PECR exception applies. |
| Functional | Supports optional features and preferences, such as language, display choices, enhanced forms or personalised functionality. | Used only with consent unless the particular technology is genuinely necessary for a requested function. |
| Analytics | Helps measure website use, navigation, errors, traffic sources and performance. | Used only after the required consent has been obtained, unless a specific legal exception clearly applies. |
| Marketing | Measures advertising, builds or measures audiences, attributes ticket purchases or visits to campaigns, and supports advertising on third-party services. | Used only after consent. |
| Embedded content | Enables content or functionality supplied by another provider, such as video, maps, social media, webinars, forms or embedded ticketing. | Blocked until the relevant consent is given where the provider stores or accesses non-essential information on the device. |
6. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies may be used to:
- protect the website and detect malicious or fraudulent activity;
- remember whether you accepted or rejected optional cookie categories;
- maintain an essential session;
- balance traffic and keep the website available;
- support an essential form or requested website function;
- provide accessibility or technical features requested by the visitor; or
- secure administrative access to the WordPress website.
Because these technologies are required for the service or security, they cannot normally be disabled through the cookie-preference panel. They may still be blocked through browser settings, but doing so can cause parts of the website to stop working.
7. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies support optional features and remember choices that improve the website experience.
They may remember:
- language or region;
- display and accessibility preferences;
- information previously entered in a form;
- media-player settings; or
- other optional preferences.
Where a functional technology is not strictly necessary for a service you requested, it will remain disabled until you consent to the functional category.
8. Analytics Cookies
Analytics technologies help us understand how the website is used and how it can be improved.
They may provide information about:
- the number of website visits and visitors;
- how visitors arrive at the website;
- pages viewed and the order in which they are viewed;
- approximate device, browser and location information;
- website speed and performance;
- errors or broken functions; and
- interactions with buttons, forms and links.
Analytics cookies will not be activated before the required consent is obtained. If an analytics provider is introduced, it must be named in the cookie-preference panel and the live cookie inventory before activation.
9. Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Marketing technologies may be used to:
- measure advertising and social media campaigns;
- understand whether an advertisement resulted in a visit, enquiry or ticket purchase;
- create, match or measure advertising audiences;
- limit how often an advertisement appears;
- support retargeting or similar advertising; and
- provide campaign reports.
Marketing technologies will not be activated before consent. This includes advertising pixels or tags from services such as Meta, LinkedIn or Google if those services are introduced.
Refusing marketing cookies will not prevent you from viewing the ordinary website or purchasing a ticket through the external Eventbrite platform.
10. Embedded Content
The website may include content or tools provided by third parties, such as:
- YouTube or Vimeo videos;
- maps;
- social media posts or feeds;
- Eventbrite ticketing features;
- webinar or livestream platforms;
- external forms; and
- other interactive content.
An embedded provider may attempt to store or access information on your device when its content loads. Where consent is required, the content should remain blocked until you accept the relevant category.
You may still be able to access the service by following an external link. Once you leave our website, the external provider’s own cookie and privacy terms apply.
11. Eventbrite Ticketing
Tickets for The Pivot Conference are purchased and processed through Eventbrite.
A normal link to Eventbrite does not by itself give us control over cookies placed on Eventbrite’s website. When you click the link and use Eventbrite, Eventbrite may use cookies and similar technologies under its own privacy and cookie practices.
If an Eventbrite widget, checkout or other feature is embedded directly on our website, it may be blocked until consent is given where it uses non-essential technologies.
You can review Eventbrite’s privacy information at Eventbrite Privacy Policy.
12. Your Cookie Choices
When you first visit the website, the cookie banner should offer a clear choice to:
- accept optional cookies;
- reject optional cookies; or
- manage individual categories.
Optional cookies must remain disabled until you make a positive choice where consent is required.
Consent will not be assumed from:
- silence;
- continued browsing;
- inactivity;
- a pre-selected option; or
- closing the banner without making a clear choice.
Rejecting optional cookies should be as easy as accepting them. Refusing optional cookies will not prevent access to ordinary website content, although some optional media or interactive features may remain unavailable.
13. Changing or Withdrawing Consent
You may change or withdraw your cookie choices at any time by selecting Cookie Settings in the website footer.
Withdrawing consent will prevent the relevant optional technologies from being used in the future. It does not make earlier processing unlawful where valid consent existed at the time.
Where technically possible, the consent tool may remove optional cookies that it previously placed. Some cookies may need to be removed through browser settings or by the relevant third-party provider.
14. Cookies and Technologies Used on This Website
The exact cookies used can change when website plugins, forms, analytics, embedded media, security tools or advertising services are added, removed or updated.
The live cookie-preference panel should identify the current cookies and technologies, their providers, purposes, categories and durations. The table below records the technologies currently known or anticipated from the website setup. It must be checked against a live cookie scan before publication and after any material website change.
| Technology or service | Provider | Purpose | Category | Typical duration or position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie-consent record | The website’s selected consent-management provider | Remembers the visitor’s cookie choices so the banner does not repeatedly ask for the same decision. | Strictly necessary | Provider-specific; commonly retained for several months. The exact name and duration must be shown in Cookie Settings. |
| WordPress security and session technologies | WordPress and the website host | Protects administrative access, maintains authorised login sessions and supports website security. | Strictly necessary | Usually session-based or limited-duration. Administrative cookies are generally set only for authorised website users. |
| WordPress preference technologies | WordPress | Remembers dashboard or interface preferences for authorised users. | Strictly necessary or functional, depending on context | Provider-specific; some may last up to one year and usually apply only to logged-in administrators. |
| Elementor website functionality | Elementor | Builds and displays website pages and may store technical or preference information where particular Elementor features are enabled. | Strictly necessary or functional, depending on the feature | Exact technologies depend on the enabled Elementor features and must be confirmed by the live scan. |
| Eventbrite links | Eventbrite | Sends visitors to the external ticketing and payment platform. | External service | Cookies used after visiting Eventbrite are governed by Eventbrite. A simple external link does not normally set Eventbrite cookies on this website. |
| Eventbrite embedded features, if enabled | Eventbrite | Displays ticketing or checkout functionality within the website. | Embedded content / functional / analytics | Must remain blocked until consent when non-essential technologies are used. Provider-defined duration. |
| Video or media embeds, if enabled | For example, YouTube or Vimeo | Displays video or other media content. | Embedded content | Provider-defined. Must remain blocked until consent where required. |
| Analytics tools, if enabled | Provider to be confirmed | Measures website use and performance. | Analytics | Not to be activated until the provider, cookies, purpose and duration are listed and consent is obtained. |
| Advertising pixels or tags, if enabled | Provider to be confirmed | Measures campaigns and supports advertising audiences. | Marketing | Not to be activated until the provider, cookies, purpose and duration are listed and consent is obtained. |
| Form, spam-prevention or security tools, if enabled | Provider to be confirmed | Processes forms, prevents abuse and protects the website. | Strictly necessary, functional or embedded content depending on the tool | The provider, legal status and exact duration must be confirmed before publication. |
A generic policy cannot replace a live scan. The cookie table and the cookie settings panel must be updated if Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, embedded video, maps, newsletter tools, external forms, payment features or another provider is introduced.
15. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
A first-party cookie is set by the website you are visiting. A third-party cookie is set by, or made available to, another organisation through content, tools or services used on the website.
Where third-party technologies are used, the provider may receive device or usage information and may use it under its own terms. We seek to configure third-party tools in a privacy-conscious way and to prevent non-essential technologies from loading before consent.
The current third-party providers must be identified in Cookie Settings and in the live cookie inventory.
16. How Long Cookies Last
Session cookies normally expire when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies remain for a set period or until they are deleted.
The appropriate duration depends on the purpose. We will seek to avoid keeping cookies longer than reasonably necessary and will review provider defaults when selecting and configuring website tools.
The exact duration of each current cookie should be displayed in the live cookie inventory or Cookie Settings panel.
17. Browser Controls
Most browsers allow you to view, block and delete cookies. The steps differ by browser and device, so you should use the browser’s help or privacy settings for current instructions.
Blocking all cookies may affect website security, forms, preference controls, embedded content and other essential or requested functions.
Browser controls do not replace the website’s responsibility to obtain consent before using non-essential cookies.
18. Personal Information Collected Through Cookies
Some cookie identifiers, IP addresses, device details and usage information may be personal data because they can identify, distinguish or be linked to a person or device.
Where cookie information is personal data, it will be handled as explained in our Privacy Policy. This includes information about purposes, lawful bases, sharing, international transfers, retention and your rights.
Where PECR requires consent to store or access information on a device, we will use consent for that activity. Any later use of personal data must also have an appropriate basis under data protection law.
19. International Processing
Some technology providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where we are responsible for a restricted transfer of personal data, we will use an appropriate transfer mechanism as described in our Privacy Policy.
External providers may also process information under their own international-transfer arrangements and privacy terms.
20. Updates to This Policy
We may update this policy when:
- website functionality changes;
- cookies or similar technologies are added or removed;
- providers or retention periods change
- the consent-management tool changes; or
- Legal or regulatory requirements change.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated date. We will also update the Cookie Settings panel and live cookie inventory where necessary.
21. Contact Us
Questions or concerns about cookies may be sent to:
The Bridge Network Global Ltd, trading as The Pivot Conference
Company number: 13064625
20–22 Wenlock Road
London
England
N1 7GU
Email: info@thepivotconference.com