COOKIE Policy

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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: May 13, 2026

Important Information

This Cookie Policy explains in detail how ThreadLink ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on www.mythreadlink.com (the "Site"). It is intended to give you clear and comprehensive information about the cookies we place, the purposes for which we use them, the legal basis on which we rely, and the choices you have in relation to them.

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which sets out the broader basis on which we collect and process personal data. By visiting the Site, certain essential cookies will be placed on your device as they are strictly necessary for the Site to function. All other cookies will only be placed with your explicit consent, which you may provide, refuse, or update at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link in the footer of this Site.

If you have any questions not addressed in this policy, please contact us at privacy@mythreadlink.com.

1. What Are Cookies and How Do They Work?

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit the site. Cookies are widely used by websites to make them function correctly, work more efficiently, and to provide analytical and commercial information to the website operator.

First-party cookies are set directly by us when you visit the Site. These are only accessible by us and are used primarily for essential functions and to remember your preferences.

Third-party cookies are set by a party other than ThreadLink, such as our analytics or advertising partners. We only permit third-party cookies to be placed where we have a lawful basis to do so.

Session cookies are temporary cookies placed on your device for the duration of your visit and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain on your device after your browser session ends, for a defined period of time or until you manually delete them.

Cookies, on their own, do not typically contain personally identifiable information. However, the personal data that we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies. For this reason, where cookies are used to process personal data, we treat them in accordance with applicable data protection law and rely on a lawful legal basis for each category of cookie we use.

2. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • To ensure the Site operates correctly, securely, and reliably for all users
  • To remember your cookie consent choices so we do not prompt you on every page
  • To understand how visitors interact with our Site so we can improve it
  • To measure the performance and effectiveness of our digital advertising campaigns
  • To protect our Site and users from spam, fraudulent submissions, and automated bot activity
  • To support the seamless operation of third-party services integrated into the Site

We do not use cookies to build individual profiles for sale to third parties, nor do we use cookies to serve you advertising unrelated to our own services.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for the Site to deliver its basic functions and cannot be disabled within our cookie consent system. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information beyond what is strictly necessary, and their placement does not require your consent under applicable law. Without these cookies, certain features of the Site such as form submission and security protections would not function correctly.

wf_csrf

Provider: Website infrastructure provider
Purpose: Protects forms against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks, a type of exploit that tricks authenticated users into submitting unintended requests
Type: First-party · Expiry: Session

_GRECAPTCHA

Provider: Security and fraud prevention provider
Purpose: Distinguishes human users from automated bots on form submissions. Data is used to calculate a risk score for security purposes.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 6 months

cookie_consent

Provider: ThreadLink
Purpose: Stores your cookie consent preferences to prevent repeated prompts. After 12 months, your preferences expire and consent is re-requested.
Type: First-party · Expiry: 12 months

Legal basis: Legitimate Interests — these cookies are necessary for the secure and functional operation of the Site.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Site, which pages are most popular, where visitors come from, and how they navigate. All data collected through analytics cookies is pseudonymized and used only in aggregated form for statistical analysis. These cookies are only activated with your explicit consent.

_ga

Provider: Analytics provider
Purpose: Assigns a randomly generated client identifier to distinguish unique visitors and sessions. Used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 2 years

_ga_*

Provider: Analytics provider
Purpose: Maintains and persists session state for our analytics property. Stores and updates a unique value for each session.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 2 years

_hjid

Provider: User experience research provider
Purpose: Assigns a unique visitor identifier to track a user across sessions for behavioral analysis.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 1 year

_hjSession_*

Provider: User experience research provider
Purpose: Holds current session data to minimize repeated requests during a session.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 30 minutes

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

Provider: User experience research provider
Purpose: Detects whether the current pageview is the first in a new session.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 30 minutes

_hjFirstSeen

Provider: User experience research provider
Purpose: Identifies whether the current visit is the visitor's first recorded session.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: Session

Legal basis: Consent — these cookies are only placed after you have actively opted in through our cookie consent banner.

3.3 Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and understand which channels drive traffic and conversions. These cookies are only activated with your explicit consent. Refusing marketing cookies will not affect the number of ads you see online, but those ads will be less relevant to your interests.

_gcl_au

Provider: Advertising network
Purpose: Stores and tracks advertising conversion events attributed to our campaigns, for example when a visitor who clicked one of our ads completes an action on the Site.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 3 months

_gads

Provider: Advertising network
Purpose: Registers information about which advertisements have been displayed to you and how you interacted with them, to measure campaign performance.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 13 months

IDE

Provider: Advertising network
Purpose: Used to register and report on your interactions with advertisements, including which ads you have seen and clicked, to measure campaign effectiveness.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 13 months

DSID

Provider: Advertising network
Purpose: Identifies a signed-in user across third-party domains to facilitate targeted ad delivery and de-duplicate ads shown to the same user.
Type: Third-party · Expiry: 2 weeks

Legal basis: Consent — these cookies are only placed after you have actively opted in through our cookie consent banner.

4. Consent Signal Framework

Our Site implements a consent signal framework that governs how our measurement and advertising tags behave in response to your consent choices. This ensures your preferences are genuinely respected, not just displayed.

When you first visit the Site and before making a consent choice, tracking tags load in a restricted mode. In this restricted mode, no advertising or analytics cookies are set and no personally identifiable data is collected. Limited, aggregated, and entirely anonymous behavioral signals may be collected for modeling purposes only. No individual user is identified, tracked, or profiled during this restricted phase.

Once you make your consent choice:

  • If you accept analytics cookies, analytics measurement activates using pseudonymized identifiers. Detailed session, page, and traffic data will be collected and attributed to your visit.
  • If you accept marketing cookies, advertising conversion tracking and remarketing features activate. Advertising performance data will be collected and attributed to our campaigns.
  • If you reject all non-essential cookies, tags continue to operate only in restricted mode. No cookies requiring consent will be set and no personally identifiable data will be collected.

5. Third-Party Services

We use third-party service providers across the following categories, each of which may process data in connection with cookies or similar technologies. All providers are contractually required to process data only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

  • Analytics providers — Site traffic measurement, session analysis, and user behavior reporting
  • Advertising networks — Conversion tracking, campaign measurement, and remarketing
  • Tag management platforms — Deployment and management of measurement and marketing tags
  • Security and fraud prevention services — Bot detection and protection against fraudulent form submissions
  • User experience research platforms — Behavioral analytics, session recordings, and heatmapping
  • Scheduling and booking platforms — Meeting scheduling and booking integration
  • Website hosting and infrastructure providers — Site hosting, content delivery, and form processing

You may request the identity of specific providers by contacting us at privacy@mythreadlink.com.

6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

6.1 Our Cookie Settings Tool

The most direct way to manage your cookie preferences is through our cookie consent banner and the Cookie Settings link in the Site footer, available on every page at all times. This tool allows you to accept all non-essential cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or choose specific categories individually. Your choices are stored for 12 months, after which we will ask for your preferences again.

6.2 Browser-Level Controls

All major browsers allow you to view, manage, block, and delete cookies through their settings. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect Site functionality. Instructions for the most widely used browsers:

6.3 Opting Out of Analytics Tracking

In addition to using our Cookie Settings tool, you may opt out of analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6.4 Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising

You may limit interest-based advertising from participating networks by visiting:

7. International Transfers of Cookie Data

Some third-party providers whose cookies are placed on your device process data outside the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area. We ensure all such transfers are made subject to appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses and recognized data transfer frameworks. For more information, contact us at privacy@mythreadlink.com.

8. Data Retention

Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent first-party cookies, including our consent record cookie, are retained for up to 12 months. Persistent third-party cookies are retained for the periods specified in Section 3. Where cookie data constitutes or is linked to personal data, it will be retained only as long as necessary and deleted or anonymized when no longer required.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies and technologies we use, changes in applicable law, or changes in our business and services. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision. Where changes are material, we will take steps to bring them to your attention, including by presenting an updated consent banner where required.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us:

ThreadLink
Email: privacy@mythreadlink.com
Website: www.mythreadlink.com

If you are not satisfied with our response and are located in the UK or EU, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk. For questions about how we handle your personal data more broadly, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

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Cookie Preferences

Essential cookies are always active. You can enable or disable the rest.

EssentialAlways on

Required for the site to function. Cannot be disabled.

Analytics

Helps us understand how people use the site (GA4, Hotjar). Data is pseudonymized.

Marketing

Enables personalized ads via Google tag and similar tools.