Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make their websites work efficiently and to provide analytical and functional information.

Cookies set by the website owner — in this case, ATHLETIQ LTD — are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website.

Cookies are not harmful to your device. They cannot execute programs or deliver viruses. They serve a variety of purposes, including enabling basic website functionality, remembering your preferences, and providing analytical data about website usage.

Some cookies persist on your device between browser sessions (persistent cookies) while others expire when you close your browser (session cookies). The duration of a cookie depends on its type and purpose.

2. How We Use Cookies

ATHLETIQ LTD uses cookies on its website (https://athletiq.ink) for a limited range of purposes, described in detail in Section 3 of this policy. We do not use cookies to collect more information than is necessary for the purposes described, and we do not use cookies to track your activity across other websites or to build advertising profiles.

Our approach to cookies reflects our commitment to privacy as a fundamental principle. We use only those cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of our website, together with any additional cookies for which you have provided consent through our cookie management mechanism.

3. Categories of Cookies We Use

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the basic operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, session management, and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services that you have requested — such as completing and submitting our contact form — cannot be provided.

Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), strictly necessary cookies are exempt from the requirement for prior consent, as they are essential to the delivery of the service you have requested.

Examples of strictly necessary cookies used on this website include:

• Session cookies: Short-lived cookies that facilitate your navigation through the website during a single browser session. These expire when you close your browser.
• Security cookies: Cookies that assist in detecting and preventing security threats and fraudulent activity on our website.
• Form submission cookies: Temporary cookies used during the processing of your contact form submission to prevent duplicate submissions and ensure accurate handling of your enquiry.

3.2 Analytical and Performance Cookies

Analytical cookies collect information about how visitors use our website — for example, which pages are visited most frequently and whether visitors receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

We use this information to improve how our website works. Analytical cookies are only placed on your device if you have given your consent through our cookie consent mechanism.

If you have consented to analytical cookies, we may use web analytics tools to collect anonymised data about website usage, including page views, session duration, browser types, and geographic region at a country level. We do not use this data to identify individual visitors.

3.3 Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow a website to remember choices you have made in the past. They enable personalised features and enhanced functionality. We may use functional cookies to remember your cookie preferences for future visits.

Functional cookies (other than those required to remember your cookie consent choice) are only placed on your device if you have given your consent.

3.4 Third-Party Cookies

Our website includes an embedded Google Maps iframe on our contact page to display our business location. When you visit our contact page, Google may set cookies on your device in connection with the delivery of the Google Maps service. These are third-party cookies subject to Google's own privacy and cookie policies. We encourage you to review Google's privacy documentation for information about how Google uses cookies in connection with its mapping services.

We do not embed social media tracking pixels, advertising networks, or other third-party tracking cookies beyond those associated with the Google Maps iframe described above.

4. Your Cookie Choices

You have several options for controlling cookies on our website and on websites generally:

4.1 Website Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with information about our use of cookies. You can manage your preferences for non-essential cookies through our cookie preferences mechanism. Your preferences will be stored and applied during future visits.

You can update your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our website, at which point you will be presented with the option to re-select your preferences.

4.2 Browser Cookie Controls

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can typically configure your browser to:

• Refuse all cookies
• Accept only first-party cookies
• Delete existing cookies
• Be notified when a cookie is placed on your device
• Browse in private or incognito mode, which limits the persistence of cookies

Browser cookie settings can typically be found in your browser's "Settings," "Options," "Privacy," or "Tools" menus. The exact location varies by browser version. Guidance on managing cookies in commonly used browsers can be found at:

• Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org
• Safari (Apple): support.apple.com
• Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge

Please note that restricting all cookies may affect the functionality of this website and other websites you visit. If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

4.3 Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. There is currently no universally agreed standard for responding to DNT signals. Our website does not currently alter its data collection practices in response to DNT signals.

5. Cookies and Personal Data

Where cookies collect personal data — for example, where an IP address or other identifier constitutes personal data under applicable law — we process that data in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy provides detailed information about how we process personal data, including data collected through cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies that do not collect personal data beyond what is technically necessary for session management are not subject to the same consent requirements as cookies that process personal data beyond that threshold.

For full details of how we process personal data collected through cookies and our website, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies, changes in applicable law, or other relevant developments. The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically.

Where changes are material — for example, where we introduce new categories of cookies that require consent — we will take appropriate steps to bring these changes to your attention and to obtain any necessary consent.

7. Further Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or about your rights in relation to cookie-related personal data processing, please contact us:

ATHLETIQ LTD
19 Diamond Court Opal Drive
Fox Milne, Milton Keynes
MK15 0DU, United Kingdom
Email: devops@athletiq.ink

You may also seek independent guidance or make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) regarding the use of cookies: ico.org.uk