Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the owners of the site.

2. How We Use Cookies

Grant Bridge UK uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and improve our services. We use cookies for:

• Essential website functionality and security
• Remembering your preferences and settings
• Maintaining your login session
• Analysing website performance and usage
• Providing personalised content and recommendations
• Fraud prevention and security measures

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot refuse these cookies without impacting how our site functions.

• Authentication cookies: Keep you logged in securely
• Security cookies: Protect against fraud and abuse
• Load balancing cookies: Ensure optimal site performance

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often. This information helps us improve our website performance.

• Analytics cookies: Track website usage and performance
• Error reporting cookies: Help us identify and fix issues

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features.

• Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences
• Personalisation cookies: Customise content based on your profile

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

• Marketing cookies: Track effectiveness of marketing campaigns
• Social media cookies: Enable social sharing functionality

4. Third-Party Cookies

We use several third-party services that may set cookies on your device:

• Stripe: For secure payment processing
• Supabase: For authentication and data hosting
• OpenAI: For AI-powered features (anonymized data)
• Analytics providers: For website performance monitoring

These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can:

• View what cookies are stored on your device
• Delete cookies individually or all at once
• Block third-party cookies
• Block all cookies from specific sites
• Block all cookies entirely

Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner allowing you to:

• Accept all cookies
• Customise your cookie preferences by category
• Reject non-essential cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer.

6. Impact of Disabling Cookies

While you can choose to disable cookies, please note that doing so may affect your experience on our website:

• Some features may not work properly
• You may need to re-enter information more frequently
• Personalised recommendations may be less accurate
• Some pages may load more slowly

7. Cookie Retention

Different cookies have different lifespans:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain for a set period (typically 1-24 months)
• Authentication cookies: Expire based on your login settings

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. We will notify users of significant changes and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please use our contact page.

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