Cookies Policy

Auralen Consulting — Cookies Policy (2025–2026 Edition)

Last updated: 27 November 2025

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1. Introduction

This Cookies Policy explains how Auralen Consulting (“we”, “our”, “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website.

We use cookies only to ensure essential website functionality, maintain performance and security, and understand how visitors interact with our content — always in a clear, privacy-respectful, and non-intrusive way.

We do not use cookies for advertising, profiling, or behavioural tracking.

For details about how we handle personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

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2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website.

They help websites function correctly and support features such as remembering preferences, improving performance, and measuring anonymous usage patterns.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies — deleted when you close your browser

• Persistent cookies — stored until they expire or are deleted

• First-party cookies — set by our website

• Third-party cookies — set by trusted service providers supporting technical operations

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3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Ensure core technical functionality (hosting, security, CMS operation)

• Improve site speed, stability, and reliability

• Understand, in aggregate and anonymised form, which pages are most useful

• Support user experience preferences such as language selection

We do not use cookies for:

• Advertising or marketing

• Retargeting

• Behavioural profiling

• Selling, sharing, or monetising user data

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4. Types of Cookies We Use

4.1 Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are required for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled through our systems.

They support:

• Website security and firewall protection

• Page rendering and layout via the Webflow platform

• Cookie consent preference storage

• Form submission and basic interactive functionality

Typical examples include cookies used for CSRF protection, session handling, security clearance, and cookie consent status.

Storage duration: session-based or up to 12 months.

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4.2 Preference Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make to improve usability, such as language or locale preferences.

They help ensure a consistent experience across visits.

Storage duration: up to 12 months.

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4.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use lightweight, privacy-friendly analytics tools that do not collect personal data and do not track users across websites.

These tools help us understand:

• Which pages are visited most frequently

• How visitors navigate the site

• Whether technical issues or errors occur

Analytics are used strictly for performance and improvement purposes.

Providers may include privacy-focused analytics services, Webflow performance insights, and anonymised infrastructure-level analytics.

Storage duration: typically 6 to 12 months.

No advertising, profiling, or cross-site tracking data is collected.

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4.4 No Marketing Cookies

We do not use:

• Advertising cookies

• Behavioural targeting cookies

• Marketing pixels or tracking technologies (such as social media or ad network pixels)

This approach reflects the information-only nature of Auralen Consulting.

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5. Third-Party Services That May Set Cookies

Certain trusted service providers may set cookies as part of essential technical operations required for the website to function.

These services include:

• Website hosting and content management services, which support page delivery, layout rendering, and CMS functionality

• Security and infrastructure providers, which protect the site against malicious traffic and ensure availability

• Privacy-friendly analytics providers, which supply anonymised usage statistics without identifying individual users

• Font and asset delivery services, which help display the website correctly across devices

No third-party service receives personal data through cookies set on this website.

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6. Managing and Changing Your Cookie Preferences

You can:

• Accept or decline non-essential cookies via our cookie banner

• Adjust or withdraw consent at any time through your browser settings

• Block or delete cookies manually using your browser controls

Browser guidance:

• Chrome: chrome://settings/cookies

• Safari: Preferences → Privacy

• Firefox: Preferences → Privacy & Security

• Edge: Settings → Cookies & site permissions

Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of certain parts of the website.

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7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect:

• Technical or infrastructure changes

• Regulatory updates (including ICO guidance, UK GDPR, or Data Protection Act requirements)

• Improvements to our services or website architecture

The “Last updated” date at the top of this page indicates the most recent revision.

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8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy or our use of cookies, you can contact us at:

📩 contact@auralen.uk

📍 Auralen Consulting, London TW9

We aim to respond with clarity, transparency, and respect for your privacy.