Cookie Policy
How we use cookies on this Website and how you can manage your preferences.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work correctly, to remember your preferences between visits, and to help website owners understand how visitors use their site.
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) — the UK's specific rules on cookies and similar tracking technologies — we are required to obtain your informed consent before placing any non-essential cookies on your device, and to provide clear, honest information about how they are used.
2. How We Use Cookies on This Website
HorizonFlow uses a small number of carefully considered cookies on this Website for the following purposes:
- To ensure the Website functions correctly for all visitors (essential cookies)
- To remember your cookie consent choice so we do not ask you again (essential)
- To understand how visitors use our Website so we can improve it over time (analytics cookies — with your consent only)
We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, or marketing profiling purposes. We do not share cookie data with advertising networks, data brokers, or social media platforms.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| hf_cookie_consent | Essential | Stores your cookie consent preference (accepted all / essential only / declined) so the consent banner is not shown on every page visit | 12 months |
| hf_session | Essential | Maintains your browsing session and supports core website navigation functionality | Session (deleted when browser closes) |
| _ga | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users and generate website traffic statistics. Only set if you accept analytics cookies. | 2 years |
| _ga_[ID] | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to persist session state and store information about each page visit. Only set if you accept analytics cookies. | 2 years |
4. Essential Cookies — Always Active
Essential cookies are strictly necessary for this Website to function correctly. They enable core functionality including page navigation and storing your cookie consent preference. Without these cookies, certain parts of the Website cannot work properly.
Essential cookies do not require your prior consent under PECR and cannot be disabled through our cookie preference settings. They do not collect any information about you that could be used for marketing or any purpose other than making the Website work.
5. Analytics Cookies — Your Choice
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website — for example, which pages are most visited, how long visitors spend on the site, and whether any technical errors are encountered. This information helps us improve the quality and usability of the Website over time.
Analytics cookies are only placed on your device if you choose to "Accept All" from the cookie consent banner. You can change your preference at any time by following the instructions in Section 7 below.
Where analytics cookies are active, we use Google Analytics. Data collected is processed by Google in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy. We have configured Google Analytics to anonymise IP addresses and not to share data for Google's own advertising purposes.
6. Your Cookie Choices
When you first visit this Website, a cookie consent banner appears at the bottom of your screen offering you three clear options:
- Accept All — you agree to both essential and analytics cookies being placed on your device
- Accept Essential Only — only strictly necessary essential cookies will be placed; no analytics cookies
- Decline — no non-essential cookies will be placed on your device (essential cookies remain active as required for basic website functionality)
Your preference is saved in the hf_cookie_consent cookie for 12 months, after which you will be asked again. You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's cookies (see Section 7 below), which will cause the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.
7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
In addition to the options presented in the consent banner, you can manage cookies directly through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to:
- View and delete cookies already stored on your device
- Block all cookies from being set
- Block cookies from specific websites
- Receive a notification when a website attempts to set a cookie
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and other websites you visit. The specific steps for managing cookies vary by browser — please consult your browser's help documentation or visit allaboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
8. Third-Party Cookies
Where you consent to analytics cookies, this Website uses Google Analytics, which sets its own cookies. These third-party cookies are operated and governed by Google's own Privacy Policy, which is independent of this Cookie Policy. We have no direct control over Google's cookies beyond our configuration choices.
We do not permit any other third-party organisations to set cookies on this Website without your explicit consent.
9. Local Storage
In addition to cookies, this Website uses your browser's local storage to remember your cookie consent preference. Local storage works similarly to cookies but is stored differently on your device. You can clear local storage through your browser's developer tools or privacy settings.
10. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, changes in applicable legislation, or changes to the services we use. The most current version will always be published on this page with the date of the most recent update. We recommend checking this page periodically.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at . We will respond promptly and do our best to answer your question clearly and honestly.