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Cookie Policy

Ministry of Religion – United Kingdom
Last updated: 22 July 2025

About our use of cookies

This cookie policy explains how we, the Ministry of Religion (“MOR”), use cookies when you visit our webpage.

The MOR is a trading name of Religions House Ltd with company number 16596826 and registered office 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ

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Our website uses cookies to identify you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

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A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or on your computer or mobile device. Cookies hold data that is moved to the hard drive of your computer, phone, or tablet.

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To find out more about how we use your data, you can read our privacy policy or contact our Data Protection Officer by emailing info@ministryofreligion.org.

The types of cookies we use

We use four categories of cookies: required cookies, performance cookies, advertising cookies and functional cookies.

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Required cookies

These are cookies that are necessary for our website to run and can’t be switched off. You can set your browser to block these cookies, but some parts of our website won’t then work.

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We use these cookies for:

  • Security. We use cookies for keeping our website secure.

  • Identity management. We may use an identity management platform, which includes customised registration, so users can log into the website to manage their membership.

  • Content display. We use cookies to ensure that our correct contact details are displayed on the site.

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Performance cookies

These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our site and to see how visitors interact with our website. They help us improve the way our website works, for example, by helping you easily find what you are looking for. The data collected by the cookies is combined across all visitors so is anonymous.

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Our performance cookies may include:

  • Google analytics. We may use Google Analytics to understand how our website is performing, to deliver relevant content and to make improvements to the site. To find out more about these cookies, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

  • Adobe Analytics. We may use Adobe Analytics to measure the use and performance of our website. The anonymous data created by the cookie tells us how users reached our site, the pages they viewed, how many purchases they made, and the products they brought. We may also use Adobe to create unique visitor IDs which allows us to display more relevant content and improve the user experience. Read more at https://www.adobe.com/gr_en/privacy/cookies.html

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Advertising cookies

We may use these cookies to tailor advertising to your interests – both on our site and other sites you visit. If you disable them, you’ll still see adverts, they just won’t be tailored to you. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you’ve visited and the links you’ve followed.

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Our advertising cookies may include:

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Functional cookies

We use these to improve our site’s functionality for our users. They may be set by us, or by third party providers whose services we use on our site.

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Our functional cookies may include:

  • Trustpilot. We use Trustpilot so our visitors can see what our members say about our service and the Trustpilot rating we receive from customer reviews.

  • YouTube. We use YouTube to show you videos on our site.

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How to turn off cookies

You can turn off our performance, advertising, and functional cookies by managing your Cookie Preferences.

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You can also block cookies by changing the settings on your browser. If you use your browser settings to block all cookies, including our required cookies, you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

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Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

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To find out how to manage cookies on your browser, you can visit:

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Cookie lifespan

Not all cookies work for the same period. ‘Session cookies’ only operate temporarily and are erased when you close your browser. ‘Persistent cookies’ can last for much longer, in some cases many years, unless they’re manually deleted.

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Who sets the cookies on our site

Many of our cookies on our sites are set by us – these are called ‘first party cookies’. Some cookies are set by third party partner organisations and are known as ‘third party cookies’.

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Find out more about cookies

You can read more about cookies on the Information Commissioner’s Office website – https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/

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