Cookie policy

Cookies are small text files a website places on your device to remember information about your visit — things like your sign-in session, security tokens for form submissions, or anonymous usage statistics. Some are strictly necessary; others are optional and require your explicit consent before we use them.

We group cookies into three categories. The banner shown on your first visit (and the “Manage cookies” link in the footer) lets you toggle each of them:

• Strictly necessary — Session tokens, security (CSRF) protection, and preference storage. These are on by default and cannot be disabled — the site can’t function without them.
• Analytics — Anonymous usage data (Google Analytics 4) so we can understand which pages are read, where visitors drop off, and how to improve the site. IP addresses are anonymised at collection time. Off by default.
• Marketing — Placeholder for future advertising and social-platform pixels. Cognitud does not currently run any marketing cookies — this category stays off unless we explicitly announce and enable a channel.

• Google Analytics 4 — Used only when you accept the “Analytics” category. Google’s own privacy details are here: policies.google.com/privacy.

You can change what you’ve accepted at any time. Open the preferences panel below — every category can be toggled independently, and the choice is remembered for 12 months.

You can also clear your browser’s cookies and site data for cognitud.com. On your next visit you’ll see the banner again and can make a fresh choice.

For strictly necessary cookies we rely on our legitimate interest in operating a secure, functional website. For all other categories we rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time using the button above.

This policy applies alongside our contact and privacy channels — if you have questions about the data we hold, please reach out.

If we change the categories or add a new third-party service, we’ll update this page and invalidate stored consent so you’re asked again on your next visit. The “Last updated” date at the top of the page reflects the most recent revision.