1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the website owner.
"Similar technologies" refers to other methods that may store or read information on your device in a comparable way.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use a limited number of cookies, for purposes such as:
- Essential website functionality, such as keeping our forms secure
- Supporting payment processing where our identity verification service is used
We do not currently use cookies for analytics, advertising or marketing purposes. If this changes in the future, this policy will be updated accordingly.
3. Types of Cookies
| Category | Purpose | Examples | Duration |
|---|
| Strictly Necessary |
Maintains a secure session and protects our forms against cross-site request forgery |
PHPSESSID |
Session (deleted when you close your browser) |
| Payment Processing |
Set by our payment provider, Stripe, only when our paid identity verification service is used, to help support fraud prevention |
Cookies set directly by Stripe — see Stripe's own cookie policy for specific names and durations |
Set by Stripe |
| Preferences |
[Not currently used] |
[Not applicable] |
[Not applicable] |
| Analytics |
[Not currently used] |
[Not applicable] |
[Not applicable] |
This table will be updated if our use of cookies changes, including if analytics or preference cookies are introduced in future.
4. Third-Party Cookies
The only third-party cookies that may currently be set through this website are set by Stripe, our payment provider, and only during the payment step of our identity verification service.
We do not currently use analytics tools, advertising networks, chat widgets, embedded maps, video embeds or social media embeds that set their own cookies on this website.
5. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, including blocking or deleting cookies. Because browsers vary, please refer to your specific browser's help resources for instructions.
We do not currently offer an on-site cookie preferences centre. If you would like to manage cookies related to this website, please use your browser settings.
Please note that blocking some cookies, including the strictly necessary session cookie, may affect the functionality of forms on this website.
6. Essential Cookies
Some cookies are required for core website functionality, such as keeping our identity verification and contact forms secure. These cookies do not require consent under applicable law, as they are strictly necessary to provide the service you have requested.
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when the technologies we use, or our use of cookies, changes. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
