Cookie Policy
This policy explains the cookies and browser storage Build My Event uses and why. We keep both to the minimum needed to run the service.
Last updated: 10 September 2026 · Version 2026-09-10
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They let a site remember your actions and preferences, such as keeping you signed in between pages.
2. Cookies we use
We use essential cookies, which are required for the service to function and do not need consent under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). We also set one functional cookie, and only if you arrive through a Growth Partner invite link, to credit the referral.
| Cookie | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
Authentication session bme_session | Keeps you signed in to your account | Essential | Up to 24 hours |
Sign-in security bme_oauth_nonce | A single-use value that ties a sign-in you started to the one that completes, protecting the sign-in flow against cross-site attacks | Essential | 10 minutes |
Re-authentication flag bme_reauth | Set when you sign out, and after a sign-in that could not be completed, so the next attempt asks you to log in again rather than silently signing the last account back in on a shared device | Essential | 10 minutes |
Cookie consent bme_cookie_consent | Remembers the cookie choice you made in the notice | Essential | 12 months |
Referral attribution bme_ref | Records which Growth Partner referred you, so the introduction can be credited. Set only when you arrive through an invite link. | Functional | 60 days |
The referral cookie (bme_ref) is only set when you click a Growth Partner invite link. It records which partner introduced you so that referral can be credited for up to 60 days, and it is not used for advertising or cross-site tracking.
3. Browser storage
As well as cookies, the site keeps a few small values in your browser's own storage (“local storage” and “session storage”). The law treats these the same way as cookies. We use them only to keep work you have not finished and to remember choices you make in the interface; none is used for advertising or to follow you across other sites. They stay in your browser, and only this site reads them back.
| Stored item | Purpose | What it holds | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| bme.onboarding.supplier.v1Local storage | Keeps your supplier sign-up form if you leave part-way through | What you have typed: your name, business name and type, services, company number, base location, travel radius and any referral code | Until you finish signing up, or someone else signs in on the same browser |
| bme.onboarding.organiser.v1Local storage | Keeps your organiser sign-up form if you leave part-way through | Your name and what brings you to the site | Until you finish signing up, or someone else signs in on the same browser |
| bme_event_draftLocal storage | Keeps an event you have started describing, so you do not lose it | The details you have entered: event name and type, date and time, location and postcode, venue, guest numbers, budget, description and services | Until you create the event or discard the draft |
| bme_supplier_sidebar_expandedLocal storage | Remembers whether you collapsed the menu in the supplier dashboard | Open or closed | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme_sidebar_expandedLocal storage | Remembers whether you collapsed the menu in the organiser dashboard | Open or closed | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme_supplier_setup_prompt_ackLocal storage | Remembers that you dismissed the reminder about finishing your setup | A yes/no flag | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme_supplier_trial_ackLocal storage | Remembers that you dismissed the notice about your free trial | A yes/no flag | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme_supplier_tips_seenLocal storage | Remembers which dashboard tips you have already seen | The tips you have dismissed | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme:pkg-groups:collapsedLocal storage | Remembers which package groups you collapsed while editing packages | The collapsed groups | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme:tpl-upgrade-dismissedLocal storage | Remembers that you dismissed the contract-template upgrade prompt | A yes/no flag | Until you clear your browser's data |
| bme_pv_[supplier id]Session storage | Stops one visit to a supplier's profile being counted as several views | A marker for each profile you have opened in this tab | Until you close the tab |
When you open a supplier's public profile we count the view, so the supplier can see how many people have looked at it. The session-storage marker stops a reload, or going back and forth, from counting the same visit twice.
4. Non-essential and analytics cookies
We do not currently use analytics, advertising, or third-party tracking cookies. If we introduce them in future, we will ask for your consent before any such cookie is set, and update this policy.
The one functional cookie we do set today — the Growth Partner referral cookie described above — is set when you arrive through an invite link, before you have made a choice in the cookie notice. If you then choose essential cookies only, we delete it. You can decline it at any time in the notice.
5. Managing cookies and browser storage
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings, and clearing a site's data removes its browser storage as well. Blocking essential cookies may stop you from signing in or using parts of the service; clearing browser storage only loses unfinished drafts and the interface choices listed above. Browser help pages explain how to manage both for your specific browser.
6. More information
For how we handle personal data more generally, see our Privacy Policy. Questions about cookies can be sent to support@buildmyevent.co.uk.