1. What are cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember preferences, or collect statistical information. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, and pixel tags. This policy covers all such tools used by Guidesyinventing unless otherwise stated.
3. Cookie categories
3.1 Strictly necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to operate. They enable core functions such as security, network management, cookie consent storage, and accessibility of authenticated areas if introduced in future. They cannot be switched off through our banner because the site would not function correctly without them. Legal basis: legitimate interests and, where applicable, necessity to perform a service you request.
3.2 Analytics
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with pages in aggregate — for example which session guides are read most often. Data is typically pseudonymised. We enable analytics cookies only after you choose Accept All or enable Analytics in Cookie Settings. Legal basis: consent.
3.3 Marketing
Marketing cookies may be used to measure interest in our programmes and to deliver relevant informational messaging on external platforms where permitted. We enable marketing cookies only with your consent. Legal basis: consent.
4. Examples of cookies we may use
The exact names and durations may change as we update systems. Representative examples include:
- tdde_cookie_consent (local storage): Stores your cookie choices including necessary, analytics, and marketing flags. Duration: twelve months. Category: strictly necessary for consent records.
- Session identifiers: Maintain continuity during a single visit if forms or secure areas are expanded. Duration: session. Category: strictly necessary.
- Analytics identifiers: Distinguish unique browsers for statistical reports when consented. Duration: up to thirteen months. Category: analytics.
- Marketing pixels: Measure conversions from informational campaigns when consented. Duration: varies by partner, typically ninety days. Category: marketing.
5. How we obtain and record consent
When you first visit, a banner offers Accept All, Reject, or Cookie Settings. Reject disables analytics and marketing cookies while allowing strictly necessary cookies. Cookie Settings lets you toggle Analytics and Marketing independently. Your choice is stored locally on your device and respected on subsequent visits until you clear storage or change preferences.
You may reopen settings by clearing site data and revisiting, or by contacting us for guidance. Withdrawing consent does not affect lawful processing based on consent before withdrawal.
6. Third-party cookies
Some embedded content or analytics partners may set their own cookies when you consent to the relevant category. Those partners act as separate controllers or processors under agreements requiring GDPR-compliant handling. We review partner policies periodically and limit data sharing to stated purposes.
7. Browser and device controls
Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through settings. Blocking all cookies may impair site functionality. Consult your browser help pages for instructions on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and mobile equivalents. Do Not Track signals are not uniformly honoured industry-wide; we rely on the consent banner as our primary mechanism.