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This Cookie Policy explains how Mums in Science Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on The Women in STEM Network website.
The Women in STEM Network is owned and operated by Mums in Science Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 14418391.
This policy applies to visitors using our website in the United Kingdom.
Our website, womeninstemnetwork.com, uses cookies and related technologies to operate the website, provide membership and payment functions, remember preferences, understand how the website is used and, where permission has been given, support marketing activity.
Some cookies are placed directly by us. Others may be placed by third-party services used within the website.
In this policy, we use “cookies” to describe cookies and similar technologies, including pixels, scripts, local storage and comparable tools that store or access information on your device.
A cookie is a small file stored on your computer, phone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can allow a website to remember actions or preferences between pages and visits. They may be used to keep you signed in, retain items in a shopping basket, process payments, remember cookie choices, measure website use or support advertising.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser. These are known as session cookies. Others remain for a defined period or until you delete them. These are known as persistent cookies.
A script is a piece of code that helps a website function or enables an external service to operate within it.
A pixel, sometimes called a web beacon or tracking pixel, is a small element that may record information such as whether a page was visited, a link was followed or an action was completed.
Cookies, scripts and pixels may involve the processing of information such as your device type, browser, approximate location, IP address, pages visited and interactions with the website.
These cookies are required for the website or a service you have requested to function.
They may be used to:
Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent, but we provide information about them in this policy.
Blocking these cookies through your browser may prevent important parts of the website from working.
Preference cookies remember choices that are not essential to the basic operation of the website.
They may remember display settings, previously shown messages or other preferences. Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be used after you have given permission.
Analytics cookies help us understand how people use the website. They may collect information about pages visited, time spent on the website, navigation between pages and whether technical errors occur.
We use this information to evaluate and improve the website.
Analytics cookies will not be placed unless you have given permission through our cookie settings.
Marketing and tracking technologies may be used to measure advertising, understand whether a visitor completed an action after seeing an advert, create audiences or support relevant advertising on other platforms.
These technologies may track activity across websites or services.
Marketing and tracking cookies will not be placed unless you have given permission through our cookie settings.
Depending on the pages and features you use, our website may use services provided by:
The complete cookie inventory below identifies the cookies currently detected on the website, their purposes and, where available, how long they remain on your device.
Services should only appear in this policy when they are active on the website. The inventory is reviewed and updated through our cookie-scanning system.
Keep the automatically generated “Placed cookies” section here.
This section should continue to list:
Cookies marked “purpose pending investigation” should be reviewed. They should not remain unidentified indefinitely, particularly where they may be used for analytics, embedded media or marketing.
Some pages may contain videos, social-media content or other material provided by external services.
When this content is activated, the relevant provider may place cookies or receive information about your visit. Depending on the provider and your account settings, that information may be connected with an account you hold with that service.
External providers may include YouTube, Wistia, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or X. We will not activate non-essential embedded content or related tracking until the required permission has been given.
Information processed by third-party providers may be transferred outside the United Kingdom. Details of how each provider handles information should be available through its own privacy notice.
When you first visit the website, you will be shown a cookie notice that allows you to:
Strictly necessary cookies remain active because they are required to provide the website and services you request.
Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent you from accessing the main website, although some embedded content or optional features may be unavailable.
Continuing to browse the website does not, by itself, constitute consent to optional cookies.
You can change or withdraw your cookie choices at any time by selecting the cookie settings link or button displayed on the website.
Withdrawing consent will prevent the relevant optional cookies from being used in future. It may not automatically delete cookies already stored on your device. You can remove those through your browser settings.
Your cookie settings control should remain available from every page, normally through the website footer or a persistent cookie-preferences control.
Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies through their settings.
You can usually configure your browser to:
Blocking all cookies may prevent account, membership, shopping basket, checkout and other essential website functions from operating correctly.
The help section of your browser should explain how to manage these settings.
Some information collected through cookies may constitute personal data.
Information about how we use personal data, our lawful bases for processing, data retention, international transfers and your rights is available in our Privacy Policy.
Depending on the circumstances, your rights may include:
You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
We may update this Cookie Policy when:
The updated version will be published on this page with a revised date.
Questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies should be sent to:
Mums in Science Ltd
Registered office:
7a High Street
Barnet
United Kingdom
EN5 5UE
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 8242 1799
Last updated: October 2026