Cookie
Policy

Last updated: 1 January 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, to provide analytical information to website owners, and to remember your preferences during and between visits. Cookies do not give access to your device and cannot run programs or deliver viruses.

In addition to cookies, websites may use similar technologies such as web beacons, pixel tags, local storage, and session storage. For the purposes of this policy, all such technologies are referred to collectively as cookies unless specified otherwise.

This Cookie Policy applies to the website operated by STOCKSNAP LTD at stocksnap.work. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides further information about how we handle personal data more broadly.

2. How We Use Cookies

STOCKSNAP LTD uses cookies for several purposes, each serving a distinct function in the operation and improvement of our website. The cookies we use fall into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential to the operation of our website and cannot be disabled without impairing its basic functionality. They do not collect personal information for marketing purposes and are typically set in response to actions you take, such as submitting a form or setting your preferences. Because these cookies are necessary for the website to function, they do not require your consent under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). Examples of functions supported by strictly necessary cookies include maintaining session state during your visit, remembering form inputs within a single session, and enabling secure submission of enquiry forms.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits, to understand traffic sources, and to measure and improve the performance of our website. They collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page, and whether visitors encounter error messages. All information collected by performance cookies is aggregated and anonymised. It does not identify individual visitors. We use this data solely to improve the way our website works. These cookies require your consent before being placed on your device.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have incorporated into our pages. If you do not permit these cookies, some or all of these services may not function correctly. Functional cookies may, for example, remember your language preference or the region from which you are accessing our website.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies

STOCKSNAP LTD does not currently use targeting or advertising cookies on stocksnap.work. We do not serve advertising on our website and do not participate in advertising networks that place tracking cookies. If this changes in the future, we will update this policy accordingly and seek your consent before placing such cookies.

3. Specific Cookies We Use

The following table describes the principal cookies currently in use on stocksnap.work. Cookie names, types, and durations may vary and this list is updated periodically to reflect changes to our website configuration.

Session and Functionality Cookies

• session_id — Session cookie. Set to maintain the state of your current browser session. Expires when you close your browser. No personal data collected.
• csrf_token — Session cookie. Set to protect form submissions against cross-site request forgery. Expires when you close your browser. No personal data collected.

Analytics Cookies

• _ga — Persistent cookie set by Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users. Duration: 2 years. Data collected is anonymised and used for aggregate traffic analysis only.
• _ga_[ID] — Persistent cookie set by Google Analytics. Used to persist session state. Duration: 2 years. Anonymised data only.
• _gid — Persistent cookie set by Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users. Duration: 24 hours. Anonymised data only.

Where we use Google Analytics, we have enabled IP anonymisation to ensure that IP addresses are not stored in their full form. We do not permit Google Analytics to use the data collected on our website for Google's own purposes. For further information about Google Analytics and its data practices, please refer to Google's privacy documentation.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Our website may include content embedded from or linking to third-party services, which may place their own cookies on your device. These third parties operate independently and their cookie practices are governed by their own privacy and cookie policies, over which STOCKSNAP LTD has no control. We recommend that you review the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services you interact with through our website.

At the time of writing, the principal third-party cookie source is Google Analytics. Our contact page includes an embedded Google Maps iframe, which may also place cookies associated with Google Maps and related Google services when it is loaded. We advise reviewing Google's privacy and cookie policies at policies.google.com for full details.

5. Your Cookie Choices

You have several options for managing and controlling cookies placed on your device. Please be aware that restricting certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

Browser Settings

You can manage cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block all cookies, to accept only first-party cookies, to delete existing cookies, and to receive notifications before a cookie is placed. The specific steps for managing cookies depend on the browser you use. For guidance, visit the help documentation for your browser.

Opt-Out of Google Analytics

To prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits to our website, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available from Google at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Cookie Preference Management

If we implement a cookie consent management tool on our website, it will be accessible from the cookie notice presented on your first visit. Through that tool, you will be able to consent to or decline non-essential cookie categories. You may update your preferences at any time by returning to the cookie settings tool.

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activity tracked. There is currently no universally agreed standard for responding to DNT signals, and our website does not currently alter its behaviour in response to a DNT signal. We will continue to monitor developments in this area and update our practices if a recognised standard is adopted.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, changes in technology, changes in applicable law, or changes in our third-party relationships. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. If you continue to use our website after changes have been made, you acknowledge the updated policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

8. Contact

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

STOCKSNAP LTD
2/1 51 Fergus Drive
Glasgow, G20 6AQ
United Kingdom
Electronic mail: assist@stocksnap.work
Telephone: +44 7635 669922

For questions about how we handle personal data more broadly, please refer to our Privacy Policy.