Cookie Policy
This policy explains what cookies are, how Mumsnet uses cookies, and how you can prevent us from setting them on your device.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which websites may store on your computer or mobile device when you visit a site or page. The cookie will help the site to recognise your device the next time you visit.
Cookies serve many functions. For example, they can help Mumsnet to remember your login and preferences, and help us analyse how well our site is performing. Certain cookies contain personal information: for example, if you click to "remember me" when logging in, a cookie will store your registration number on your device.
Mumsnet's use of cookies
Mumsnet uses the following kinds of cookies...
Essential cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of our site. For example, some cookies allow us to identify that you are logged in and can access member-only pages. If you disable cookies, we won't be able to log you in.
Functionality cookies
We use functionality cookies to allow us to remember your preferences. For example, your preferences for which forum layout and colours you prefer may be stored in a cookie, so that we can identify which colours you like to see when you first visit the site, and before you log in.
Performance and analytics cookies
We use cookies on our site to analyse Mumsnet's performance and popularity. This allows us to do things such as capacity-planning, and to identify which areas of the site are most popular, so that we can focus our efforts on adding to those areas and making them work better.
Advertising cookies
Mumsnet is supported by advertising. We host some adverts ourselves, and others come from third-party ad networks. Mumsnet and its partners may use cookies to ensure you limit the number of times you see a particular advertisement. Advertising networks may also use cookies to allow them to serve advertisements that they believe are relevant to you and your interests, based on your activity on our site and others.
We at Mumsnet don't pass personal information about you to advertisers without your express permission.
Other cookies you may encounter on our site
Mumsnet uses Google Analytics to analyse the site's performance. Google Analytics sets cookies on your computer. Some pages on Mumsnet carry buttons linked to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest. These sites may set cookies on your computer when you visit Mumsnet pages carrying those buttons.
Pages on Mumsnet may set cookies from Skimlinks. This is an affiliate programme that allows us to earn a commission when you click links to products from Mumsnet.
How do I turn cookies off?
It is usually possible to stop your browser accepting cookies, or to stop it accepting cookies from a particular site. If you turn off cookies for Mumsnet, various parts of the site won't work. For example, you won't be able to post on Talk, as we can't tell if you are logged in or not without using cookies. The links below show how to disable cookies in the most popular browsers: