Effective Date: 28 October 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website.
They allow the website to recognise your device, store preferences, analyse traffic, and improve user experience.
Cookies may also collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and browsing activity.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
| Type | Purpose | Legal Basis | Retention Period |
| Strictly necessary cookies | Essential for the website to function properly (e.g., page navigation, form submission, security). | Legitimate interest / Contract | Session only |
| Preference cookies | Remember user preferences such as language, region, or cookie choices. | Consent | Up to 1 year |
| Analytics/performance cookies | Help us understand how visitors interact with the site and improve usability (e.g., via Google Analytics). | Consent | Up to 2 years |
| Marketing/advertising cookies | Used to display relevant ads or track campaign performance (if activated in the future). | Consent | Up to 2 years |
| Third-party cookies | Set by external providers (e.g., Google, Facebook, LinkedIn) to deliver integrated services such as videos or social-sharing tools. | Consent | As defined by each provider |
Trech Hub does not use invasive tracking or fingerprinting technologies, and does not sell or share cookie data for monetary gain.
3. Third-Party Services That May Set Cookies
We may use trusted third-party tools that set cookies when you visit our site. Examples include:
- Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager – analytics and performance tracking (IP anonymisation enabled).
- Cloudflare – security and performance optimisation.
- Zoho / MailerLite / Brevo – email automation and marketing (only after consent).
- YouTube / Vimeo – embedded video playback.
- Meta (Facebook / Instagram) – only if you interact with social media integrations.
Each third-party provider acts as an independent data controller for its own cookies and has its own privacy policy.
4. Managing Consent
Upon your first visit, a cookie banner will appear requesting your consent for non-essential cookies.
You may choose to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Customize your preferences
Your preferences will be saved and can be modified at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer.
Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the proper functioning of the site.
5. How to Disable or Delete Cookies
You can also control or delete cookies directly through your browser settings:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and Site Permissions
Blocking or deleting cookies may affect some functionalities of the site.
6. International Users and Legal Basis
For users within the European Union and the United Kingdom, cookies are managed under the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive, requiring prior informed consent for all non-essential cookies.
For users in other countries (e.g., the United States, Canada), we apply equivalent transparency and opt-out principles consistent with CCPA/CPRA and PIPEDA frameworks.
7. Updates to This Policy
We may periodically update this Cookie Policy to reflect technological changes or legal updates.
The latest version with the above effective date will always be available on this page.
8. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or wish to exercise your data rights regarding cookies, please contact:
📧 privacy@trechhub.com