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Cookie Policy
Last updated: October 2026
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, phone, or tablet when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and give website owners useful information about how their site is being used.
Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses. They simply store small pieces of data — such as your preferences or login status — so the website can recognise you and respond appropriately.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them (persistent cookies). Cookies can be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by other services that provide content on that page (third-party cookies).
2. How We Use Cookies
Vindico ICS Ltd ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies on vindico.net (the "Website") for a number of reasons. We use them to ensure the site functions correctly, to understand how visitors interact with our content, and to remember your preferences so we can improve your experience.
We are committed to being transparent about the cookies we use and why. This policy explains what cookies are set when you visit our Website, what they do, and how you can manage them.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), we are required to obtain your consent before setting any cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of our Website.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
We categorise the cookies used on our Website into the following groups:
3.1 Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions you take — such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. Without these cookies, the Website cannot operate properly.
Essential cookies do not require your consent under PECR, as they are necessary for the service you have requested.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Vindico ICS Ltd | Maintains your session state as you browse the site, ensuring pages load correctly and securely. | Session |
| csrf_token | Vindico ICS Ltd | Protects against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks when submitting forms. | Session |
| cookie_consent | Vindico ICS Ltd | Stores your cookie consent choice and the date you made it, in your browser’s local storage, so we do not ask you again on each visit. | 1 year |
3.2 Analytics
We use privacy-friendly analytics to understand how visitors use our Website, for example which pages are visited most often and which sites refer visitors to us. Plausible and Ahrefs set no cookies, store nothing on your device and do not identify you or track you across other websites. They only give us aggregated statistics.
| Service | Provider | Purpose | Cookies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plausible Analytics | Plausible Insights OÜ (EU) | Counts page views and referrers as aggregated statistics. | None |
| Ahrefs Web Analytics | Ahrefs Pte. Ltd. | Counts page views, referrers and search traffic as aggregated statistics, alongside our search performance data. | None |
With your consent, we also use Microsoft Clarity to see how visitors use our pages, through heatmaps and recordings of clicks, scrolling and page navigation. Clarity masks what you type into forms, so we never see it. Clarity sets the cookies below and only loads after you click “Accept all” in our cookie consent window. If you click “Reject all” or close the window, it never loads.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Keeps the same Clarity user ID across visits to this site. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Connects several page views by the same visitor into one session recording. | 1 day |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity | Identifies the first time Clarity saw this visitor on any site using Clarity. | 1 year |
| MUID | Microsoft | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites and services. | 1 year |
3.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make — such as your preferred language, region, or display settings — and provide enhanced, more personalised features. These cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these features may not work correctly.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| user_preferences | Vindico ICS Ltd | Remembers your display and interface preferences across visits. | 1 year |
| locale | Vindico ICS Ltd | Stores your preferred language or regional setting for content display. | 1 year |
3.4 Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites and display advertisements that are relevant and engaging for the individual user. We do not currently use marketing or advertising cookies on our Website. If this changes in the future, we will update this policy and seek your explicit consent before setting any such cookies.
4. Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, our Website may include content or functionality provided by third parties — such as embedded videos, maps, or social media sharing buttons. These third-party services may set their own cookies on your device when you interact with their content.
We do not control third-party cookies. The information collected by these cookies is governed by the respective third party's privacy and cookie policies. We encourage you to review those policies directly:
Where possible, we use privacy-enhanced modes for embedded content (for example, YouTube's no-cookie embed mode) to minimise the cookies set on your device before you actively interact with the content.
5. How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies (other than essential cookies). You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our Website, a cookie consent window asks whether you accept non-essential cookies. “Accept all” and “Reject all” are equally easy to choose, and closing the window without choosing counts as rejecting. The rest of the Website works the same whichever you choose. We ask again after 12 months. You can change your choice at any time with the “Cookie settings” link in the footer of every page.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can typically set your browser to block or delete cookies, or to notify you before a cookie is set. The following links provide guidance for the most common browsers:
If you use a different browser, please consult your browser's help documentation for instructions on managing cookies.
Analytics and Your Choices
Plausible and Ahrefs Web Analytics set no cookies, so there is nothing to clear or block in your browser. Microsoft Clarity only runs if you accept cookies in our consent window. To withdraw that consent, click “Cookie settings” in the footer and choose “Reject all”: we delete Clarity’s cookies and reload the page without it. Clearing this site’s data in your browser also resets your choice.
6. What Happens If You Disable Cookies
If you choose to disable or reject cookies, you can still access our Website, but some features may not function as intended. Specifically:
- Essential cookies disabled: Core site functionality may break. Forms may not submit correctly, and security protections (such as CSRF tokens) may fail.
- Analytics cookies disabled: No impact on your experience. We will simply have less data to help us improve the site.
- Functional cookies disabled: The site may not remember your preferences, such as language or display settings, between visits.
Disabling cookies will not prevent you from browsing our content, but it may reduce the quality of your experience.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in legislation, or changes in our business practices. When we make significant changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. If we make material changes that affect how we use cookies requiring consent, we will ask for your consent again through our cookie consent mechanism.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
- Company: Vindico ICS Ltd
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: vindico.net
For more information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.