Cookie Policy
Last updated: March 16, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how whoaa.link ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize and remember your preferences when you visit our website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or other device when you visit our website. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our site and deliver a better and more personalized service.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website or use our URL shortening service.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make (such as dismissing promotional notices or remembering your preferences) and provide enhanced features. This improves your browsing experience by eliminating the need to reenter preferences each time you visit.
Third-party cookies
We may use third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics, which uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers outside the UK.
Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by "anonymizeIp" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
Legal basis for processing (UK GDPR)
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we must have a valid legal basis for processing your personal data. For essential cookies, our legal basis is "legitimate interests" (Art. 6(1)(f) UK GDPR), as these cookies are necessary for the functioning of our website.
For non-essential cookies (functionality and analytical), we rely on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) UK GDPR). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences.
Managing cookies
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. When you first visit our website, we will ask for your consent to set cookies. You can modify your cookie preferences at any time using our cookie banner.
If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website, and some functionality may not be available to you.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Here's how to disable cookies in common browsers:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Alternative storage
If you choose not to accept cookies, we may use local storage to remember certain preferences, such as dismissing promotional notices. This information is stored only on your device and is not sent to our servers.
Changes to our cookie policy
We may update our cookie policy from time to time. Any changes we make to our cookie policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you when you next visit our website. The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact us
If you have any questions about our cookie policy, please contact us at hello@whoaa.link.