Cookie Policy

1. Who We Are

This Cookie Policy explains how Voyage Companion Ltd ("Voyage Companion", "we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on voyagecompanion.io and the Modulix AI web application ("Sites"). It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

2. What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website or use an app. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners. Similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage, and SDKs perform a similar function.

Cookies can be "session cookies" (which are deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We group cookies into the following categories:

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for the Sites to function and to provide requested services (e.g. login, security, load balancing, cookie consent preferences). These cannot be switched off in our systems.

Legal Basis: Legitimate interests in running our Sites

3.2 Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the Sites to remember choices you make (such as language or region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features.

Legal Basis: Consent (requested via cookie banner)

3.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our Sites (e.g. which pages are visited, error messages), so we can improve performance and user experience.

Legal Basis: Consent (requested via cookie banner)

3.4 Advertising and Marketing Cookies

These cookies (if used) are used to deliver relevant advertising or measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, including through third-party partners.

Legal Basis: Consent (requested via cookie banner)

Strictly necessary cookies are set on the basis of our legitimate interests in running our Sites. For all other cookies, we request your consent via our cookie banner, in line with UK GDPR and PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) requirements.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies in Detail

We maintain a detailed list of the cookies and similar technologies used on our Sites, including provider, purpose, and duration, within our cookie management tool, accessible via the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our Sites.

This list is updated regularly as our use of cookies changes.

Examples of Cookies We Use

5. How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences

5.1 When you first visit our Sites, you will see a cookie banner that allows you to:

• Accept all non-essential cookies
• Reject all non-essential cookies
• Manage settings to allow specific categories

5.2 You can change your preferences at any time by clicking "Cookie Settings" in the footer of our Sites.

5.3 You can also configure your browser to block or delete cookies:

• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions

If you block or delete cookies, some features of the Sites may not function properly. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for the Sites to work.

6. Third-Party Cookies and International Transfers

6.1 Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers (for example, analytics or advertising partners). These providers may process information about your use of our Sites and combine it with data from other websites.

6.2 Where this involves transferring personal data outside the UK / EEA, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:

• Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
• UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA)
• Adequacy decisions

6.3 Third-party providers we may use include:

• Google Analytics: Usage analytics and reporting
• Microsoft Clarity: Session recording and heatmaps (with consent)
• Stripe: Payment processing (strictly necessary)

For more information about how these third parties use your data, please see their respective privacy policies.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable law. We will update the "Last updated" date at the top and, where appropriate, notify you via the Sites.

Your continued use of the Sites after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.

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