Great British Energy – Nuclear (“GBE-N”) is the data controller for this website. Our registered address is Renaissance House, Lakeside Drive, Warrington Centre Park, Warrington WA1 1QF. For questions about cookies or your personal data, contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@greatbritishnuclear.uk.
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers your data rights and how to complain to the ICO.
How we use cookies
When you first visit, our cookie banner asks you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. If you reject, the only cookie stored is gben_cookie_consent, which remembers your choice. No analytics code is loaded, no third-party embeds are shown, and no data is sent to third parties. You can change your preference at any time using the cookie link in the footer.
Essential and security cookies are needed to make the site work and keep it secure. They cannot be switched off. These are strictly necessary under PECR Regulation 6(4) and processed under UK GDPR Article 6(1)(e) – Public Task, reflecting that these cookies are required to operate and secure a public-facing public-sector website. Non-essential cookies require your consent under PECR Regulation 6 and UK GDPR Article 6(1)(a).
Essential cookies
Set in response to your actions, such as logging in or setting preferences.
With the exception of gben_cookie_consent, these cookies are only set for authenticated CMS users and are not set for anonymous public visitors.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
wordpress_logged_in_* |
Keeps you logged in. | Session / 14 days |
wordpress_sec_* |
Secures admin area authentication. | Session / 14 days |
wordpress_test_cookie |
Checks your browser accepts cookies. | Session |
wp-settings-* |
Remembers your dashboard preferences. | 1 year |
wp-settings-time-* |
Records when preferences were last set. | 1 year |
gben_cookie_consent |
Stores your cookie choice. | 1 year |
Security cookies
Set by Wordfence to protect against malicious activity and unauthorised access.
These cookies are only set for authenticated CMS users and are not set for anonymous public visitors.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
wfwaf-authcookie-* |
Lets the firewall identify logged-in users. | 12 hours |
wf_loginalerted_* |
Prevents duplicate admin login alerts. | Session |
wfCBLBypass |
Bypasses country blocking for authorised users. | Session |
Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site. No analytics cookies are set, and no data is sent to Google, unless and until a user explicitly opts in via the cookie banner.
GA4 does not store full IP addresses. Google acts as our data processor under a data processing agreement. Analytics data may be transferred outside the UK to the US; these transfers rely on the UK–US Data Bridge, under which Google LLC is a certified participant. You can read more about how Google handles analytics data and the Google Privacy Policy.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
_ga |
Tells us if you’ve visited before. | 2 years |
_ga_* |
Maintains your session. | 2 years |
_gid |
Identifies visitors within a 24-hour period. | 24 hours |
_gat_* |
Limits data collection rate on busy pages. | 1 minute |
All analytics cookies listed above are only set after you have provided explicit opt-in consent.
Third-party cookies
Some pages include an embedded Google Map. The map only loads if you accept cookies via our cookie banner. If you reject cookies or have not yet made a choice, the map is not shown and no data is sent to Google.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
NID |
Stores your preferences for embedded maps. | 6 months |
All third-party cookies listed above are only set after you have provided explicit opt-in consent.
Complaints and concerns
If you have any concerns about how we use cookies or handle your personal data, we encourage you to contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue. You can contact our Data Protection Officer using the details above.
If you remain dissatisfied, you also have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted here with an updated date.
Last updated: 8 April 2026