Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains how citizenspecials.com (the "Site") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies, what they do, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Statement, which explains more broadly how we handle personal data.

Last updated: 5 August 2026

Who we are

The Site is operated by ConversionMinds Ltd, Canalot Studios, Unit 222, 222 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN. If you have any questions about this policy, you can write to us at that address or email info@conversionminds.com.

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer, tablet or smartphone when you visit a website. It allows that device to be recognised again on a later visit. Alongside cookies, we and our partners may use similar technologies that work in comparable ways — including web beacons, tracking pixels, device identifiers and browser storage. Everything in this policy applies to those technologies too.

No cookie used on this Site is linked to sensitive data about you.

Session and persistent cookies

Cookies fall into two broad groups according to how long they last. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser or leave the Site. Persistent cookies remain stored in your browser for a set period, so that your preferences or your session can be recognised when you come back. Both types can be blocked or deleted through your browser settings, as described below.

Why we use cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Site to work at all. They support page navigation, security, fraud prevention, load balancing and the recording of the cookie choices you have made. Because the Site cannot function properly without them, they are set without asking for your consent; you can still block them in your browser, but parts of the Site will stop working.

Functional cookies remember choices you have made — such as language or display settings — so that your experience stays consistent between visits. They are not essential, and you may decline them.

Analytics cookies tell us how the Site is being used: which pages are viewed, how long visitors stay, which links are followed and where errors occur. We use this in aggregate to see what is working and to improve the service.

Advertising and profiling cookies are used to build a picture of your likely interests and to make the advertising you see more relevant, both here and on other sites. They can also limit how often you are shown the same advertisement and measure whether a campaign has worked. Some of them record your browsing across different websites over time.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies on the Site are set not by us but by other companies. These are typically agencies and technology providers that help us measure and improve the service, and advertising partners that show you products or content related to things you have already looked at, here or elsewhere. Where this happens, the advertising you see is profiled on you.

We do not control when or how these companies set cookies, and this policy does not extend to their use of them: each one acts under its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to read. The third-party services currently active on the Site, together with their purpose and duration, are listed in our cookie preference panel.

Your consent and how to withdraw it

Cookies that are not strictly necessary are placed only with your consent, which is asked for through the banner shown when you first visit. You can accept them all, refuse them all, or choose category by category. Refusing does not prevent you from using the Site, although some features may work less well.

You can change or withdraw your choices at any time through the cookie preference controls on the Site, and withdrawing consent does not affect anything that was done lawfully before you withdrew it.

Managing cookies in your browser

Every major browser lets you block cookies, delete those already stored, or be warned before one is set. You will find the relevant options in the settings or preferences section of Google Chrome (desktop and mobile), Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari (desktop and mobile).

All these browsers also offer a private or incognito mode, which lets you browse without cookies generated by the websites you visit being kept once the session ends.

Please bear in mind that these settings apply to the browser you are using at the time: if you use more than one device or browser, you will need to repeat the process on each. Deleting cookies also deletes the record of the preferences you have set.

Opting out of interest-based advertising

To check which advertising cookies are currently in your browser, and to opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies, you can use the industry tools at:

https://www.youronlinechoices.com/
https://optout.aboutads.info/

Most mobile operating systems additionally offer a device setting to limit ad tracking or reset your advertising identifier.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" signal. There is no common industry standard for how such signals should be interpreted, and the Site does not currently respond to them. You can still control tracking through the options described above.

How long cookies last

Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain for the period set by whoever placed them, which varies with their purpose — commonly from a few days for functional cookies up to two years for analytics and advertising cookies. The exact duration of each cookie is shown in our cookie preference panel. Your consent choices are stored for a maximum of six months, after which you will be asked again.

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic, and we share information about your use of the Site with our advertising and analytics partners. Non-essential cookies are placed only after you have given your consent, which you may withdraw at any time through the cookie preference controls.

Where information collected through cookies amounts to personal data, you have the right to request access to it, to have it corrected or erased, to have its processing restricted, to object to processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand. To exercise any of these rights, write to info@conversionminds.com or to the postal address above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country of residence.

California residents

Companies that collect personal information from California residents and disclose it to third parties for marketing purposes must either provide, on request, a list of the categories of information shared and the entities it was shared with, or offer a way to opt out. We have chosen the second option: you may ask that your personal information not be shared with third parties in this way by contacting us at info@conversionminds.com.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for instance when we introduce new technologies or when the applicable rules change. The version published on this page, showing the date on which it was last updated, is the one that applies.