Cookie Notice

Our purpose

Zenith creates accessible, carefully framed information about food and men’s health. We write for readers who want useful context without pressure, miracle claims or a sales pitch.

This notice explains the small text files and similar technologies that may support the website. Cookies help a browser remember limited settings, maintain a secure session and provide broad usage information. They do not reveal the contents of a reader’s private files.

Our work includes explainers, ingredient profiles, reading routes and practical questions for healthcare appointments.

Essential cookies may be used without consent where they are strictly necessary. Optional analytics or preference cookies are enabled only after a clear choice. A preference may be stored for up to 12 months, while a temporary session cookie normally expires when the browser closes.

Cookies used

Names can vary as hosting and consent tools are maintained, but the categories are stable. A consent cookie such as zenith_cookie_choice may last 12 months. A session identifier, where required for a form or security control, lasts for the current session. An analytics identifier, if enabled, may last up to 13 months and is configured to support aggregated reporting rather than advertising profiles.

Changing browsers, deleting site data or using private browsing may remove a preference. The website will then ask again where a choice is required. Blocking essential cookies can affect navigation or form security, although reading pages should remain available where technically possible.

Your choices

You can manage cookies through the banner or your browser settings. Browser help pages explain how to delete existing files, block future files or receive a notice before storage. Withdrawing optional consent does not make earlier lawful processing retroactive, so we stop future optional collection as soon as the setting is received.

For questions, contact [email protected] or 87 Greenleaf Avenue, Bristol, BS13 8XY. We aim to acknowledge enquiries within 5 working days and respond within one calendar month where the request concerns personal data.

Third parties and transfers

Hosting, form delivery and consent services may set or read limited identifiers on our behalf. We do not permit cookies for unrelated advertising profiles. Where a supplier processes information outside the UK, contractual safeguards or an adequacy arrangement are used where applicable.

This notice was reviewed on 5 October 2026. We will record material changes with a new date and explain any material change to optional cookies at the next relevant consent interaction.

Essential cookies support functions such as remembering a privacy choice, maintaining a short-lived form session and helping the site respond to security events. A cookie named zenith_cookie_choice may remain for up to 12 months, while a session identifier normally expires when the browser closes or within 24 hours. These items are not intended to build a profile of reading interests.

Optional analytics cookies, if enabled, help us understand broad page use such as approximate visits, referring pages and performance errors. They are configured to minimise direct identifiers and are not used to make decisions about individual readers. An analytics identifier may last up to 13 months, with event data retained for no longer than 14 months unless a shorter provider setting applies.

You can accept, reject or change optional choices through the site’s consent control, and browser settings can also block or remove cookies. Blocking essential cookies may affect forms or saved preferences, but the editorial pages should remain available. Clearing cookies on one device does not automatically change settings on another device or browser.

Hosting and consent providers may process limited technical data on Zenith’s behalf. Where services use infrastructure outside the UK, Zenith expects appropriate contractual safeguards and a documented transfer basis. Provider names and settings may change as the site is maintained; the categories and purposes remain the relevant explanation.

Questions about cookies can be sent to 87 Greenleaf Avenue, Bristol, BS13 8XY or 0117 496 0184. We aim to acknowledge questions within five working days. This notice was reviewed on 5 October 2026, and a material change to cookie categories, lifespan or purpose will be reflected in a later review entry.