Cookie Policy

Last updated: 5 June 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how HSKG LTD ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on hskg.digital. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which describes how we process personal data more broadly. By continuing to use our website after being presented with cookie choices, you consent to non-essential cookies only where you have actively accepted them through our cookie controls.

HSKG LTD is a United Kingdom company providing Computer Systems Design and Related Services. Our registered office is 7 Hollywell Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B26 3BS. For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact office@hskg.digital or call +447446968148.

1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function, improve efficiency, remember preferences, and provide information to site owners. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, scripts, and device fingerprinting components that store or access information on your device.

Cookies may be "session" cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or "persistent" cookies, which remain until they expire or you delete them. Cookies set by hskg.digital are "first-party" cookies. Cookies set by third-party services we use are "third-party" cookies subject to those providers' policies.

2. Legal Framework in the United Kingdom

Our use of cookies is governed by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR where cookies involve personal data. Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent because they are essential to provide a service explicitly requested by you. Analytics, functionality, and marketing cookies require your consent unless an applicable exemption applies, which we do not rely upon for non-essential tracking on hskg.digital.

We present clear information about cookie purposes and provide granular controls where practicable so you can accept or reject non-essential categories.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for core website operation, security, load balancing, cookie consent storage, and form submission integrity. Without them, services you request cannot be provided. They do not require consent under PECR.

3.2 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember choices such as language preferences or interface settings to enhance usability. They are optional and used only with your consent.

3.3 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with hskg.digital by collecting aggregated information about page views, navigation paths, referral sources, and error events. We use this data to improve content and performance. Analytics cookies are optional and deployed only after consent.

3.4 Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies may be used to measure campaign effectiveness or deliver relevant content on third-party platforms. HSKG LTD minimises use of such cookies and enables them only with explicit consent where deployed.

4. Detailed Cookie Table

The following table describes cookies that may be present on hskg.digital. Actual cookies may vary depending on features enabled and your consent selections. We review this table periodically and update durations or providers when configurations change.

Name	Provider	Purpose	Category	Duration
cookie_consent	HSKG LTD	Stores your cookie preference selections	Strictly necessary	12 months
session_id	HSKG LTD	Maintains secure session state for forms	Strictly necessary	Session
csrf_token	HSKG LTD	Protects against cross-site request forgery	Strictly necessary	Session
load_balance	HSKG LTD	Distributes traffic across infrastructure	Strictly necessary	Session
ui_prefs	HSKG LTD	Remembers interface preferences you select	Functional	6 months
analytics_id	HSKG LTD	Distinguishes unique visitors for aggregated statistics	Analytics	13 months
page_metrics	HSKG LTD	Records page performance timings	Analytics	30 days

Third-party cookies may appear if embedded content is enabled in future updates. We will update this policy before activating such embeds and refresh consent mechanisms accordingly.

5. How We Obtain and Manage Consent

When you first visit hskg.digital, a cookie banner explains that we use cookies and directs you to this policy. Non-essential cookies are blocked until you accept the relevant categories. You may withdraw consent at any time by adjusting settings through the cookie preferences interface if available, clearing cookies in your browser, or contacting office@hskg.digital for assistance.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal. Strictly necessary cookies remain active because the site cannot function without them.

6. Browser Controls and Device Settings

Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through settings. Methods vary by browser and version. Blocking all cookies may impair website functionality. Consult your browser help documentation for instructions. Mobile devices may offer additional advertising or tracking controls at the operating system level.

Industry opt-out tools for interest-based advertising may be available depending on your jurisdiction and browser. HSKG LTD does not respond to Do Not Track signals in a standardised manner because no universal specification is legally mandated in the United Kingdom, but we limit non-essential tracking absent consent.

7. Relationship with Personal Data

Some cookies collect information that constitutes personal data, such as IP addresses or persistent identifiers combined with usage records. Where UK GDPR applies, we process such data in accordance with our Privacy Policy, relying on consent for non-essential cookies and legitimate interests or contractual necessity only where appropriate and disclosed.

Analytics data is aggregated where possible to reduce identifiability. We do not use cookies to make automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects.

8. International Visitors

hskg.digital is intended primarily for visitors in the United Kingdom and business audiences internationally. If you access the site from other regions, cookie practices described here remain applicable, and additional local rights may apply under foreign law. Where conflicts arise, we endeavour to apply the higher standard of protection reasonably achievable.

9. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our website. The "Last updated" date will change accordingly. Material changes requiring refreshed consent will be implemented through updated banner or preference centre flows.

10. Contact

For cookie-related enquiries, contact HSKG LTD at office@hskg.digital, telephone +447446968148, or post to 7 Hollywell Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B26 3BS.

11. Server Logs and Similar Data

Web servers automatically record requests, which may include IP address, user agent, timestamp, requested URL, and status codes. Server logs support security monitoring, capacity planning, and fault diagnosis. Logs are retained for limited periods described in our Privacy Policy and are not used for behavioural advertising.

12. Local Storage Usage

Where local storage or session storage is used instead of cookies for consent records or interface state, the same category principles apply. Storage entries are cleared when you reset preferences or clear site data in your browser.

13. Security Cookies

Security mechanisms may set short-lived tokens to mitigate automated abuse, credential stuffing, or session hijacking. These are strictly necessary for protecting hskg.digital and users.

14. Performance Monitoring

We may measure Core Web Vitals and error rates using first-party analytics after consent. Data helps optimise page weight, caching, and asset delivery without creating individual behavioural profiles for third-party ad networks.

15. Third-Party Content Embeds

We currently minimise third-party embeds that set cookies without user control. If maps, videos, or social widgets are added, we will document their cookies here and gate them behind consent where required.

16. Cookie Audit Process

HSKG LTD conducts periodic cookie audits using manual review and scanning tools to inventory active cookies, confirm categorisation, and remove obsolete scripts. Audit results are documented internally and inform updates to this policy.

17. Children

Our website is not directed at children. We do not knowingly use cookies to profile minors.

18. Data Retention for Cookie Data

Retention periods align with the cookie table and server log policies. Aggregated analytics datasets may be retained longer in anonymised form for trend analysis.

19. Your Rights

Where cookie-related processing involves personal data, you may exercise rights described in our Privacy Policy, including access, erasure, and objection. Contact office@hskg.digital to submit requests.

20. Processor and Client Sites

This policy applies to hskg.digital only. Websites or applications we build for clients may use separate cookie frameworks determined by those clients as controllers.

21. Supplementary Cookie Information

We design consent banners to be conspicuous, using plain language and equal prominence for accept and reject options where technically feasible.

22. Supplementary Cookie Information

Cookie preference records are stored to avoid repeatedly prompting you on every page during a single visit while respecting your choices across return visits within the retention period.

23. Supplementary Cookie Information

If you delete cookies, your consent state may reset and the banner may reappear, allowing you to make fresh selections.

24. Supplementary Cookie Information

We do not combine cookie data with offline sources to build invasive personal profiles.

25. Supplementary Cookie Information

Marketing partners, if used in future campaigns with on-site pixels, will be listed in an updated cookie table before activation.

26. Supplementary Cookie Information

Technical staff review new site deployments for unintended third-party scripts that could set cookies without documentation.

27. Supplementary Cookie Information

Subresource integrity and content security policies may be employed to reduce risk of unauthorised script injection affecting cookie behaviour.

28. Supplementary Cookie Information

Aggregated analytics reports are used in quarterly reviews of content effectiveness and technical performance.

29. Supplementary Cookie Information

Cookie durations are chosen to balance usability with data minimisation principles.

30. Supplementary Cookie Information

If you contact us about cookies, please include browser type, approximate visit date, and screenshots of banner behaviour to help us investigate efficiently.

31. Supplementary Cookie Information

We may test alternative banner designs to improve clarity while maintaining compliance with PECR and ICO guidance.

32. Supplementary Cookie Information

Essential cookies supporting accessibility features, such as contrast preferences you explicitly enable, are treated as functional or necessary depending on dependency.

33. Supplementary Cookie Information

Cross-domain tracking between hskg.digital and unrelated sites is not performed by HSKG LTD.

34. Supplementary Cookie Information

We document lawful bases for any cookie-related personal data processing in our records of processing activities.

35. Supplementary Cookie Information

Employees involved in website management receive guidance on lawful cookie deployment and documentation duties.

36. Extended Cookie Compliance Statement

HSKG LTD treats cookie governance as an ongoing operational discipline rather than a one-time banner implementation. We maintain inventories linking each script on hskg.digital to a documented purpose, responsible owner, lawful basis, and review date. When developers propose new tracking or personalisation features, privacy impact is assessed before production release. We verify that default configurations block non-essential cookies until affirmative consent is recorded, and we test consent withdrawal paths to ensure marketing and analytics tags cease firing appropriately. Cooperation with hosting providers ensures log retention aligns with stated periods. If regulatory guidance from the ICO changes, we update practices promptly and communicate material revisions through this policy. Users who reject analytics cookies still receive full access to public website content without degradation of core functionality. We do not use dark patterns to coerce acceptance. For enterprise clients reviewing our practices as part of vendor due diligence, we can provide summary attestations regarding PECR-aligned cookie deployment on hskg.digital upon request to office@hskg.digital.