Last updated: 2nd June 2026
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how Make It Your Business (“MIYB”, “we”, “our”, “us”) uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website, makeityourbusiness.co.uk.
As a not-for-profit initiative, we respect your digital privacy. We do not track you for advertising purposes, and we do not use third-party marketing pixels. This policy outlines what cookies we do use and how you can manage them.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or tablet when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, improve user experience, and provide basic, anonymous website performance data to the site owners.
3. How We Use Cookies
We only use cookies to ensure our WordPress website runs smoothly, stays secure, and to understand in a general, non-identifiable way how visitors interact with our content.
We break our cookies down into two simple categories:
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies (Always Active)
These cookies are essential for the core functionality of our website. Without them, the website cannot function correctly.
- Purpose: They handle basic security protocols (such as firewalls), help the Divi theme display layout assets correctly, and remember your privacy preferences (such as whether you have accepted or declined non-essential cookies).
- Data collected: Anonymised technical data. They do not store any personally identifiable information.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies (Optional)
We use Google Analytics to gather anonymous information about how visitors use our site. This helps us see which pages are popular, how long people stay, and if any links are broken.
- Purpose: To improve our platform, optimize user journeys, and measure the reach of our community ecosystem.
- Data collected: Anonymised IP addresses, browser types, and page viewing patterns.
- Advertising Opt-Out: These cookies are strictly restricted to performance measurement. Because MIYB does not run paid advertising or commercial marketing campaigns, this data is never used for behavioral tracking, remarketing, or profiling, and is never shared with third-party advertising networks.
4. Third-Party Services
While we keep our site as lean as possible, we use a few trusted tools to run our network:
- WordPress & Divi: Standard technical cookies to manage session performance.
- MailerLite: If you interact with our embedded subscription forms, standard functional cookies may be used to ensure the form submits correctly and to prevent duplicate sign-ups.
5. Managing and Controlling Your Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject optional cookies.
- Our Cookie Banner: When you first visit our website, you will see a pop-up banner asking for your consent to use performance cookies. You can choose to accept all, decline optional cookies, or manage your preferences.
- Your Browser Settings: You can configure or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies at any time. If you choose to reject strictly necessary cookies, some areas of our website may not function perfectly.
To adjust your browser settings, look in the “Options”, “Settings”, or “Preferences” menu of your preferred browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox).
6. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technology we use or for legal and regulatory reasons. Any updates will be posted directly on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or your choices, please contact us:
- Organisation: Make It Your Business (MIYB)
- Email: hello@makeityourbusiness.com
- Website: makeityourbusiness.co.uk