Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. Similar technologies — such as local storage — are covered by this policy where they are used for the same purposes.

2. Strictly necessary

These are required for the site to work and are set without consent, as permitted under the ePrivacy rules.

• ardaron_consent — records whether you accepted or declined analytics cookies, so we do not ask again on every page. First-party. Retention: 6 months.

3. Analytics (consent required)

These are set only if you select “Accept analytics” in the banner. They tell us which pages are read, how visitors arrive and where they leave — nothing more.

• Google Analytics 4 (_ga, _ga_*) — aggregated audience and page-level measurement. Third-party: Google. Retention: up to 14 months. IP addresses are anonymised and Google Signals / advertising features are disabled.
• LinkedIn Insight Tag (li_sugr, bcookie, lidc, UserMatchHistory) — measures visits arriving from LinkedIn campaigns and company-level interest. Third-party: LinkedIn. Retention: up to 6 months. [Enabled only if LinkedIn campaigns are running.]

4. Changing your choice

You can change your decision at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer of every page. You can also delete cookies and block them entirely through your browser settings — the site will continue to work normally without analytics cookies.

5. Third-party processing

Where analytics cookies are used, the relevant provider processes data as described in its own privacy documentation. Data may be transferred outside the EEA and the UK under the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy.