Welcome to Speed Test UK.

This Cookie Policy explains how speedtestuk.com may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use our website.

Cookies can help websites work correctly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use a website, improve performance, and support advertising.

By continuing to use Speed Test UK, cookies may be placed on your device where permitted by your browser settings and applicable consent requirements.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites may store on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other internet-connected device through your web browser.

When you visit a website, cookies can help the website recognize your browser and remember certain information.

Cookies can have different purposes.

For example, they may be used to:

  • Make a website function correctly
  • Remember user preferences
  • Improve website performance
  • Understand website traffic
  • Measure website usage
  • Help protect a website
  • Support advertising
  • Provide personalized experiences where applicable

Cookies themselves do not normally contain information such as your password.

How Speed Test UK May Use Cookies

Speed Test UK may use cookies and similar technologies for several purposes.

These purposes can include:

  • Essential website functionality
  • Security
  • Preferences
  • Analytics
  • Performance monitoring
  • Advertising
  • Measuring advertising performance
  • Understanding website usage

The specific cookies used on the website can change as we add, remove, or update website features and third-party services.

Types of Cookies

Cookies can generally be grouped into several categories.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies may be necessary for certain website functions to operate.

They may help with:

  • Website security
  • Basic functionality
  • Form functionality
  • Session management
  • Remembering necessary settings
  • Preventing abuse

Because these cookies may be required for core functionality, disabling them may affect parts of the website.

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies can help remember choices made by visitors.

For example, they may help remember:

  • Website preferences
  • Language preferences, where applicable
  • Display settings
  • Other selected options

Not every preference feature will necessarily be available on every page.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors use Speed Test UK.

They can provide information such as:

  • Which pages are visited
  • How visitors navigate the website
  • How long pages are viewed
  • General traffic patterns
  • Website performance
  • Technical errors
  • General device or browser information

Analytics information can help us improve our website and create more useful content.

Analytics services may use their own cookies and technologies and may process information according to their own privacy policies.

Advertising Cookies

Speed Test UK may display advertisements from third-party advertising providers.

Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to:

  • Display advertisements
  • Measure advertising performance
  • Limit repeated advertisements
  • Understand advertising interactions
  • Personalize advertising where permitted
  • Provide relevant advertisements

The use of advertising cookies can depend on your location, consent choices, browser settings, and the advertising services available on our website.

Google Advertising Services

Speed Test UK may use Google advertising services, including Google AdSense, if advertising is enabled on the website.

Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to provide, measure, and personalize advertising according to applicable policies and user choices.

Google may process information according to its own privacy policies.

Advertising practices and available controls may vary depending on your location and the settings available to you.

For the most current information, users should review Google’s official privacy and advertising information.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services used on Speed Test UK.

Third parties may include providers for:

  • Analytics
  • Advertising
  • Security
  • Website performance
  • Content delivery
  • Embedded content
  • Other website functionality

Third-party cookies are controlled by the relevant third-party provider.

We do not control every cookie placed by third-party services.

You should review the privacy and cookie policies of those providers for additional information.

How Long Do Cookies Stay on Your Device?

Cookies can generally be divided into two types based on how long they remain.

Session Cookies

Session cookies are temporary.

They are generally removed when you close your web browser.

They can be used to support functions that are needed during a particular website visit.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until they are deleted.

They may be used to remember preferences, recognize returning visitors, measure website usage, or support other website functions.

The length of time a persistent cookie remains can depend on the service that created it.

Similar Technologies

In addition to cookies, websites may use other technologies such as:

  • Local storage
  • Tracking pixels
  • Web beacons
  • Browser identifiers
  • Similar measurement technologies

These technologies can be used for purposes similar to cookies, including analytics, security, performance measurement, and advertising.

Cookies and Speed Testing

The speed testing functionality on Speed Test UK may use technical information required to operate the test and display results.

Depending on the technology used by the speed-testing tool, information related to the test may include technical network information.

Cookies are not necessarily required for every part of an internet speed test.

The exact technologies used can depend on how the speed-testing tool is implemented and whether third-party services are involved.

Cookies and Contact Forms

If you use a contact form on Speed Test UK, cookies or similar technologies may be used by the website or contact-form provider for purposes such as:

  • Security
  • Spam prevention
  • Form functionality
  • Abuse prevention

The exact technologies can depend on the contact-form system installed on the website.

Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

Most modern browsers allow you to control cookies.

You may be able to:

  • Block cookies
  • Delete existing cookies
  • Allow cookies from selected websites
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Receive notifications when cookies are used
  • Delete cookies when closing your browser

The exact options depend on your browser.

You can usually find cookie controls in your browser’s privacy or security settings.

What Happens If You Disable Cookies?

Disabling cookies may affect the way some websites work.

On Speed Test UK, disabling certain cookies may result in:

  • Some preferences not being remembered
  • Some features not working correctly
  • Analytics information not being collected
  • Advertising preferences changing
  • Some third-party features becoming unavailable

Essential website functionality may continue to work, but this can depend on the cookies and services involved.

Consent and Cookie Choices

Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may be asked to provide consent before certain non-essential cookies are used.

Where applicable, cookie consent tools may allow you to:

  • Accept cookies
  • Reject non-essential cookies
  • Customize cookie preferences
  • Change your choices later

The options available may depend on your location and the technologies used on the website.

Personalized Advertising

Where permitted, advertising services may use cookies or similar technologies to provide personalized advertising.

Personalized advertising can depend on:

  • Your location
  • Consent choices
  • Browser settings
  • Advertising settings
  • Available advertising services
  • Third-party technologies

You may have options to control personalized advertising through relevant advertising providers or device settings.

Analytics and Privacy

Analytics cookies help us understand general website usage.

We may use analytics information to understand:

  • Which content is useful
  • Which pages receive traffic
  • How visitors navigate the website
  • Where technical problems occur
  • How website performance can be improved

Analytics information may be collected by third-party providers.

Those providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

Security Cookies

Security-related cookies or similar technologies may be used to help protect Speed Test UK from:

  • Spam
  • Automated abuse
  • Suspicious activity
  • Unauthorized access
  • Other security threats

Security technologies can change as website security systems are updated.

Third-Party Websites

Speed Test UK may contain links to external websites.

External websites may use their own cookies and tracking technologies.

Once you leave Speed Test UK, the cookie policies and privacy practices of the external website apply.

We recommend reviewing the cookie and privacy policies of external websites before using them.

Changes to Our Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

  • Website features change
  • New services are added
  • Cookies change
  • Analytics services change
  • Advertising services change
  • Privacy requirements change
  • Technology changes

When we make an update, we will change the Last Updated date at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

Our Privacy Policy

For more information about how Speed Test UK may collect and use information, please read our Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy provides additional information about:

  • Information collection
  • IP addresses
  • Analytics
  • Advertising
  • Contact information
  • Third-party services
  • Data retention
  • Privacy choices

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact us through our Contact Us page.

Website: Speed Test UK
Website Address: speedtestuk.com

We welcome questions and feedback about our privacy and cookie practices.

Important Notice

The exact cookies used on Speed Test UK may change as website features, plugins, analytics tools, advertising services, security systems, and other technologies are added or removed.

For this reason, this Cookie Policy describes the general categories and purposes of cookies rather than claiming that every listed technology is active on every page.

If a specific third-party service is added to the website, this policy may be updated to reflect its actual use.

By using speedtestuk.com, you acknowledge the practices described in this Cookie Policy, subject to any consent choices and rights that apply to you under applicable law.