Last updated: 4th December 2025

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    1  INTRODUCTION

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1.1  Our Website (www.pianomatch.com) uses cookies and similar technologies. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website.

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1.2  Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device (e.g. your computer or smartphone). Cookies contain uniquely generated references which are used to distinguish you from other users. They allow information gathered on one webpage to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing our Website to provide you with a personalised experience (like remembering your favourites) and provide us with statistics about how you interact with our (and sometimes third party) Website.

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1.3  Cookies are not harmful to your devices (like a virus or malicious code) but some individuals prefer not to share their information (for example, to avoid targeted advertising).

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    2  DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES

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2.1  Session vs. persistent cookies: cookies have a limited lifespan. Cookies which only last a short time or end when you close your browser are called sessions cookies. Cookies which remain on your device for longer are called persistent cookies (these are the type of cookies that allow websites to remember your details when you log back onto them).

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2.2  First-party vs. third-party cookies: cookies placed on your device by the website owner are called first-party cookies. When the website owner uses other businesses' technology to help them manage and monitor their website, the cookies added by the other business are called third-party cookies.

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2.3  Categories of cookies: cookies can be grouped by what they help the website or website owner do:

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• Necessary cookies are cookies which help the website to run properly (when they are strictly necessary cookies it means their only function is to help the website work);

• Performance/functionality cookies help a website owner understand and analyse how a user uses a website, in order to personalise content and remember user preferences;

• Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, etc.;

• Marketing/advertising cookies tailor online adverts to reflect the content you have previously browsed and help inform companies about your interests so they can show you relevant adverts.

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    3  WHAT DO WE USE COOKIES FOR?

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3.1  We use cookies:

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a)  to track how visitors use our Website;

b)  to record whether you have seen specific messages we display on our Website;

c)  to keep you signed into our Website;

d)  where we post content and links to content, we use cookies to capture and analyse information such as number of views and shares.

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    4  WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

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4.1  The cookies we use on our Website are:​

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Cookie Purpose Category

 

_s   This cookie is used to store for temporary session   Analytics

mp_   This cookie is used to store a user's unique identifier   Analytics

consent-policy   Use for cookie banner parameters   Functional

_consentik_cookie_   Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain   Functional

ts   This cookie is generally provided by Paypal and supports payment services on the website   Functional

cst_cached   

mpaSessionId

XSRF-TOKEN   This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

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​_s   This cookie is used to store for temporary session

mp_   This cookie is used to store a user's unique identifier

consent-policy   Used for cookie banner parameters

_consentik_cookie_   Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain

ts   This cookie is generally provided by PayPal and supports payment services on the website

_consentik_cookie   Essential

XSRF-TOKEN   Cookie for fraud detection of calls   Essential

hs   Security Cookie for Hive (legacy)   Essential

svSession   Session cookie for identification   Essential

SSR-caching   Performance cookie for rendering   Essential

TS*   Cookies for attach detection   Essential

bSession   Used for system effectiveness measurement   Essential

fedops.logger.sessionId   Tracking session errors and issues (resilience)   Essential

_wixAB3|*   Cookie for site experiements   Essential

server-session-bind   Cookie for API protection   Essential

client-session-bind   Cookie for API protection   Essential

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4.2  We can only use cookies with your permission (you will be prompted by a message when you first visit our Website, also known as a cookie banner, where you can choose to accept or decline our cookies).

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4.3  You can update your cookies settings and permissions on our Website in the cookies banner when you visit our Website.

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4.4  You can choose to decline cookies but if you turn off necessary cookies, some pages and functions on our Website may not work properly. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings or device settings (your user manual should contain additional information). You may wish to visit https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-cookies ⧉ to find out how to disable cookies on different browsers.

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4.5  you can also delete cookies and opt-out of being tracked by certain cookies directly with the relevant third-parties (for example, you can disable Google Analytics on their website ⧉

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4.6  If you have any questions about our cookies, or how we otherwise use your personal data, please visit our Privacy Notice (www.pianomatch.com/legal/privacy-notice) for further details.

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Download PianoMatch Cookies Notice

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