Cookie Policy (EU)

Last updated: 22 September 2026. This policy applies to visitors from the European Union and EEA.

1. What this policy covers

This policy explains how southside-digital-music.com ("the website") uses cookies and similar technologies, and how you can control them.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser. Some are needed for a site to work; others help the owner understand how the site is used.

3. Cookies we use

Strictly necessary

Cookie	Purpose	Expires
cc_cookie	Remembers your cookie choices so we don't ask again on every page.	6 months

These cookies don't need your consent.

Analytics (only with your consent)

We use Google Analytics 4, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to count visits and see which pages are popular. These cookies are only set after you choose "Accept all" or turn on Analytics in Cookie settings.

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Expires
_ga	Google	Distinguishes one visitor from another	2 years
_ga_*	Google	Keeps track of the current session	2 years

We use Google Consent Mode. If you decline, Google Analytics sets no cookies and only receives basic, cookieless signals, which Google uses for aggregated modelling.

Marketing (only with your consent)

If we run advertising campaigns (for example Google Ads), these cookies help us measure them. They are off unless you accept them.

Embedded players

Our Videos and Up and Coming pages show YouTube and SoundCloud players. They don't load until you press play. YouTube videos use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). Once a player loads, YouTube or SoundCloud may set their own cookies under their own policies:

4. Changing your choice

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using , which is also linked at the bottom of every page. You can also delete cookies in your browser settings.

5. Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, email info [at] southside-digital-music [dot] com.