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Cookie Policy
Last updated 25 August 2026
This policy explains how TADGT Digital Solutions Limited, publisher of Rail Industry Magazine, uses cookies and similar technologies on railindustry.co.uk. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. We also use comparable browser technologies such as local storage and session storage. Together they let the site remember you between page views, keep sign-in secure and measure how the publication is read.
2. Categories we use
- Strictly necessary: required for the site to function, including authentication, security and load balancing. These cannot be switched off through the site because the service would not work without them.
- Functional: remember choices you make, such as dismissing the newsletter invitation.
- Analytics: help us understand aggregate readership. These are only set where permitted and are configured to avoid cross-site tracking.
- Advertising and third-party tracking: we do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or social media tracking pixels on this site.
| Cookie / storage | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session / authentication storageRail Industry Magazine (first party) | Strictly necessary | Keeps newsroom users signed in and protects admin pages from unauthorised access. | Session, or up to 30 days if you choose to stay signed in |
| Security and rate-limiting tokensRail Industry Magazine / hosting provider | Strictly necessary | Protects forms and sign-in from abuse, spam and cross-site request forgery. | Session to 12 months |
| Newsletter popup stateRail Industry Magazine (local storage) | Functional | Remembers that you have subscribed or dismissed the newsletter invitation so it is not shown again. | Up to 12 months |
| Reading preferencesRail Industry Magazine (local storage) | Functional | Stores lightweight preferences such as saved articles and dismissed notices. | Until you clear site data |
| Aggregate readership measurementPrivacy-conscious analytics processor | Analytics | Counts article views and page performance in aggregate so we can see which coverage is useful. No cross-site advertising profiles. | Up to 13 months |
3. Your legal choices
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations we may set strictly necessary cookies without consent. Functional and analytics technologies are only used where you have agreed or where they are genuinely required to deliver a feature you have asked for. You can withdraw agreement at any time by clearing site data in your browser.
4. Controlling cookies in your browser
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies and clear local storage from its privacy or site-settings menu. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent sign-in and may break forms. You can also use private browsing, or a browser-level tracking-protection setting, to limit storage automatically.
5. Third-party services
Where a page embeds content from another provider (for example a video or map), that provider may set its own cookies once the content loads. We keep embeds to a minimum and, where possible, load them only after you interact with them.
6. Changes
As our technology stack changes we will update the table above. Please check this page periodically; the revision date at the top shows the current version.
7. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to TADGT Digital Solutions Limited through the contact page.