1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — computer, tablet or mobile phone — when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences and to provide information to website operators.

Cookies do not contain information that personally identifies you, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

2. Our Websites

This Cookie Policy applies to all websites operated by Straight Forward Group and its subsidiaries, including straightfwdgroup.com, straightfwdmusic.com, straightfwdpublishing.com and straightfwdagency.com.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies on our websites:

Strictly Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for our websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. Without these cookies, parts of our websites will not work properly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Examples include session cookies that keep you logged in during a visit and cookies that remember your cookie consent preference.

Performance and Analytics Cookies These cookies allow us to count visits and measure traffic so we can measure and improve the performance of our websites. They help us understand which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

We use Google Analytics to collect this information. Google Analytics places cookies on your device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is processed in a way that does not identify anyone individually. You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting google.com/settings/ads or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Functional Cookies These cookies enable our websites to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your language preference or the region you are visiting from. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Targeting and Marketing Cookies These cookies may be set through our websites by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not directly store personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.

We may use Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel), Google Ads remarketing tags and similar technologies on our websites. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Social Media Cookies These cookies are set by social media services — including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Spotify and Twitter/X — that we have added to our websites to enable you to share our content with your networks. These cookies can track your browser across other sites and build a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

4. Cookie Consent

When you first visit any of our websites, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are placed automatically as they are required for the website to function.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of any page on our websites.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and user experience of our websites.

5. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

In addition to the cookie settings on our websites, most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences directly. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The following links provide information on how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers:

• Google Chrome — support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• Mozilla Firefox — support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
• Safari — support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
• Microsoft Edge — support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge

Please note that if you choose to refuse all cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of our websites.