Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, improve user experience, and provide analytical information to site owners. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services operating on that website ("third-party cookies").

2. How We Use Cookies

The Luminary Consulting website uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential operation: ensuring the website functions correctly, including navigation, form submissions, and security features
• Performance and analytics: understanding how visitors interact with our website so we can improve content, layout, and user experience
• Functionality: remembering your preferences and choices to provide a more personalised experience

3. Cookies We Use

The table below provides details of the cookies used on our website:

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
_ga	Analytics	Google Analytics: distinguishes unique visitors and tracks site usage patterns	2 years
_ga_*	Analytics	Google Analytics 4: maintains session state and tracks page views across your visit	2 years
_gid	Analytics	Google Analytics: identifies unique visitors within a 24-hour period	24 hours
_gat	Performance	Google Analytics: throttles request rate to manage data collection volume	1 minute
cookie_consent	Essential	Stores your cookie consent preferences so we do not ask you repeatedly	1 year
session_id	Essential	Maintains your session while you navigate the website and use contact forms	Session

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services that we use to enhance functionality and gather analytics. These include:

• Google Analytics: provides aggregated, anonymised data about website traffic and visitor behaviour. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
• jQuery CDN: delivers the jQuery library from an external content delivery network. This may set performance-related cookies.

We do not use cookies for advertising or behavioural targeting purposes.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

• Browser settings: most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can typically choose to block all cookies, accept all cookies, or be notified when a cookie is set. Refer to your browser's help documentation for specific instructions.
• Google Analytics opt-out: you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Device settings: on mobile devices, you can manage cookie preferences through your device's privacy settings.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to use some features.

6. Legal Basis for Cookies

Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR:

• Strictly necessary cookies are placed without requiring your consent, as they are essential for the website to function.
• Analytics and functionality cookies are placed based on your consent, which you can provide or withdraw at any time through your browser settings.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

8. Further Information

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please read our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Luminary Consulting Ltd
8th Floor, One Canada Square
Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB
Email: contact@horizonweavestructure.com
Phone: +44 (0)20 7946 0982