1. What cookies are
1.1 A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies — local storage, pixels and software development kits — work in comparable ways, and everything said here about cookies applies to them too.
1.2 Cookies set by us are called first-party cookies. Cookies set by another organisation whose service runs on our pages are called third-party cookies.
2. Your choice
2.1 When you first visit our website you are shown a banner with two options: Accept and Reject.
2.2 Cookies that are not strictly necessary — currently, our analytics cookies — are not placed until you accept. Choosing Reject means analytics cookies are not set, and the site continues to work normally.
2.3 You can change your decision at any time through the cookie settings link in the website footer. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it, and takes effect immediately for the future.
2.4 Where you reject analytics, we use Google’s consent signalling so that aggregate, non-identifying measurement continues without cookies being placed on your device.
2.5 You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent you from logging in to the client area.
3. Categories we use
| Category | Consent required | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | No | Keeps you logged in, maintains your session, protects against cross-site request forgery, balances server load, and remembers your cookie choice. The service cannot be provided without these. |
| Functional | No | Remembers interface preferences such as language and layout. Set only as a result of a choice you make. |
| Analytics | Yes | Measures how the site is used - pages visited, entry and exit points, aggregate conversion - so that we can improve it. Provided by Google Analytics 4. |
| Advertising | Yes | Not currently used. If advertising or retargeting technologies are introduced, this policy and the banner will be updated before they are deployed. |
4. The cookies themselves
4.1 The table below lists the cookies in use at the date of this policy. Names and lifetimes are set by the providers and may change.
| Name | Set by | Lifetime | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Take Funded | Session | Maintains your authenticated session in the client area. |
| CSRF token cookie | Take Funded | Session | Protects forms against cross-site request forgery. |
| Consent cookie | Take Funded | 6 months | Records whether you accepted or rejected analytics cookies. |
| _ga | 2 years | Distinguishes users for analytics purposes. | |
| _ga_<container> | 2 years | Maintains the analytics session state. |
5. Third parties
5.1 Google Analytics 4, provided in the European Economic Area by Google Ireland Limited, is used for website measurement. Google acts as our processor for this purpose and may transfer data outside the EEA under the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy. Analytics cookies are placed only where you have accepted them.
5.2 Pages that embed third-party content — for example a community widget or an external video — may cause that provider to set its own cookies. Where such content is not strictly necessary, it is loaded only after you accept.
5.3 We do not sell information collected through cookies, and we do not use cookies to build advertising profiles of individuals.
6. Cookies and your personal data
6.1 Strictly necessary and functional cookies are used to perform our contract with you and to keep the service secure. Analytics cookies are used only on the basis of your consent.
6.2 How we handle the personal data behind these operations, how long we keep it and what rights you have are described in the Privacy Policy.
7. Changes and contact
7.1 This policy is updated whenever the technologies we use change. The current version and its date are always published on the website.
7.2 Questions about this policy can be sent to support@takefunded.com.
