Cookie Policy
1. Overview
Strat-Bridge uses cookies and similar technologies on its website to support website functionality, improve user experience, and understand how the website is used.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, the categories of cookies used on the Strat-Bridge website, the purposes for which they are used, and how cookie preferences can be managed.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how personal data is collected and processed.
2. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on a device when a website is visited.
They are widely used to enable websites to function, to remember user preferences, and to provide information to website operators about how a site is used.
Similar technologies, including pixels, tags and local storage, may perform comparable functions. References to cookies in this policy include these technologies.
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
Essential cookies. These are necessary for the operation of the website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, security and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they do not require consent.
Analytics cookies. These help us understand how visitors interact with the website, including which pages are visited and how visitors move through the site. This information is used to improve the website and our services. Analytics cookies are used only where consent has been given.
Functional cookies. These allow the website to remember choices made by a visitor and provide enhanced features. Where these are not essential to the operation of the site, they are used only where consent has been given.
Strat-Bridge does not use cookies for advertising or to build marketing profiles of individual visitors.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third-party services used to operate and analyse the website. These may include:
- website analytics providers
- content delivery and website performance services
- embedded content such as videos or social media features
Where third-party cookies are used, those providers process information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
5. Legal Basis and Consent
Essential cookies are used on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating a secure and functional website.
Non-essential cookies, including analytics and functional cookies, are used only where consent has been obtained, in line with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and the UK GDPR.
Consent is requested through the cookie banner displayed when the website is first visited. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
6. Managing Cookie Preferences
Cookie settings. Preferences can be reviewed and changed at any time using the cookie settings control available on the website.
Browser settings. Most browsers allow cookies to be blocked, deleted or restricted. Guidance is normally available within the browser’s help or settings section.
Blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of the website and some features may not operate as intended.
7. Retention
Cookies remain on a device for differing periods depending on their purpose. Session cookies are deleted when the browser is closed; persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted. Retention periods are set to be no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which the cookie is used.
8. Personal Data
Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, it is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy. This includes information relating to the rights available to individuals, the legal bases relied upon, and how concerns may be raised.
9. Updates to This Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies used on the website, changes in business practice, or changes in legal or regulatory requirements. The latest version will be published on this page.
10. Contact
For any questions relating to this Cookie Policy, contact:
Stratbridge Ltd (trading as Strat-Bridge)
27 Old Gloucester Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1N 3AX
Registered in England and Wales, Company No. 13734497
