Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Stnikens Ltd, operating Adanse, uses cookies and similar storage and access technologies on Adanse websites and services.

Stnikens Ltd is registered in England and Wales under company number 12073283, with its registered office at Blackwood Grove, Halifax.

This policy should be read alongside the Adanse Privacy Policy.

Cookies are small pieces of information that websites can store on a user's device.

They can be used for purposes such as:

maintaining sessions;

authenticating users;

remembering preferences;

protecting accounts;

understanding service usage; and

supporting website functionality.

Similar technologies may include:

local storage;

session storage;

pixels;

SDKs;

device identifiers; and

other technologies that store information on, or access information from, a user's device.

References to "cookies" in this policy may include similar technologies where appropriate.

Depending on the Adanse service, configuration and consent choices, cookies or similar technologies may be used for:

authentication;

security;

session management;

preferences;

service functionality;

analytics;

performance measurement;

error monitoring;

remembering consent choices; and

other purposes described when choices are presented.

We seek to limit use of these technologies to what is appropriate for operating and improving Adanse.

Some cookies or storage/access technologies are necessary for Adanse to function or may otherwise fall within an applicable legal exception.

They may support:

account authentication;

session continuity;

security;

fraud prevention;

load balancing;

consent management;

essential service functionality; and

other operations required to provide a service requested by the user.

Where an applicable exception permits their use without consent, they may be active automatically.

Users may be unable to disable such technologies through Adanse's consent controls where they are required for the requested service.

Functional technologies may remember information such as:

interface preferences;

application settings;

language;

workspace preferences; and

other user selections.

Whether consent or another applicable exception applies depends on the particular technology and purpose.

Where consent is required, these technologies will not be activated until the appropriate choice has been made.

We may use analytics technologies to understand matters such as:

page usage;

feature usage;

navigation;

performance;

errors;

visitor interactions; and

aggregated service trends.

This information helps us understand how Adanse performs and where improvements may be required.

We will assess analytics technologies according to applicable UK privacy and electronic-communications requirements.

Where consent is legally required, the relevant analytics technology will not be activated before consent.

Where a statutory exception applies, we will apply the conditions associated with that exception.

Adanse may use advertising or marketing technologies in the future.

Such technologies may be used to:

measure campaigns;

understand referrals;

attribute conversions; or

personalise marketing.

Where these technologies require consent, they will not be activated before valid consent has been obtained.

Adanse should not deploy behavioural advertising cookies by default unless the necessary consent mechanism and disclosures have been implemented.

Some Adanse functionality may depend on third-party services.

Depending on the implementation, these providers may place or access cookies or similar technologies.

Examples may include services providing:

authentication;

analytics;

payments;

customer support;

embedded content;

security; and

infrastructure.

The actual providers and technologies in use should be reflected in the production cookie-management interface and cookie register.

Cookies may be:

Session cookies

These generally expire when the relevant browser session ends.

Persistent cookies

These remain for a defined period or until removed.

The retention period should be appropriate to the purpose of each technology.

Current cookie durations should be disclosed through the cookie preference interface or cookie register where appropriate.

Where consent is required, Adanse will seek to obtain a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the user's choice.

Non-essential technologies requiring consent should not be activated merely because a person continues browsing the website.

Where appropriate, users should be offered choices such as:

Accept all

Reject non-essential

Manage preferences

Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent access to basic website functionality that does not depend upon them.

Where a cookie-management tool is provided, users can change their preferences through the Cookie Settings or equivalent control available on the website.

Withdrawing consent should be as straightforward as providing it.

Changes may not remove information already lawfully processed before consent was withdrawn.

Most browsers provide controls that allow users to:

view cookies;

delete cookies;

block cookies;

restrict third-party cookies; or

control website storage.

Blocking strictly necessary storage may affect the operation of Adanse.

The exact cookie register should be generated from the technologies actually deployed in production.

The register should identify, where applicable:

Information

Description

Cookie/technology

Name or identifier

Provider

Adanse or relevant third party

Purpose

Why it is used

Category

Necessary, functional, analytics, marketing or other

Duration

Session or applicable retention period

Consent/exception

Applicable consent requirement or legal exception

The production Cookie Policy should not list fictional cookies or providers.

Where information collected through cookies or similar technologies constitutes personal data, that information will also be processed in accordance with the Adanse Privacy Policy and applicable data-protection law.

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

technologies change;

providers change;

functionality changes;

legal requirements change; or

our processing practices change.

The latest revision date will appear at the top of this policy.

Questions about Adanse's use of cookies and similar technologies can be directed to:

Stnikens LtdOperating AdanseCompany number: 12073283Registered office: Blackwood Grove, HalifaxUnited Kingdom

Website: adanse.ai

A dedicated privacy contact email address should be inserted before publication.