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This Cookie Policy explains how UnityLink Financial Services Limited ("UnityLink", "we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, what they do, and the choices you have. It should be read together with our Privacy Notice.
01About This Cookie Policy
Our Privacy Notice explains how we handle your personal data and the rights you have. We use cookies in accordance with UK data protection law (the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK GDPR).
02What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They let the site remember your actions and preferences over time. We also use similar technologies such as tags and browser local storage; where we say "cookies" in this policy, we mean all of these unless we say otherwise.
Cookies may be "first-party" (set by us) or "third-party" (set by another organisation, such as an analytics or marketing provider). They may last only for your visit ("session" cookies) or remain until they expire or you delete them ("persistent" cookies).
03How We Ask for Your Consent
The first time you visit our website, we show you a cookie banner. Only essential cookies are set automatically. Analytics and marketing cookies are switched off by default and are set only after you turn them on and save your choice — for example by using "Save Preferences" or "Accept", or by choosing "Reject Optional" to keep them off.
We do not treat continued use of our website as consent, and we do not set non-essential cookies until you have made an active choice. You can change your mind at any time (see Managing Your Choices).
04The Cookies We Use
The cookies below are used on our website, grouped by the categories shown in the banner.
| Cookie / key | Provider | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential — always on; no consent required | ||||
| _grecaptcha | Google (reCAPTCHA) | Protects forms against spam and abuse | Third-party | 6 months |
| Analytics — set only if you accept (Google Analytics 4, property G-ZVN37J544G) | ||||
| _ga | Assigns a unique ID to distinguish visitors | Third-party | 2 years | |
| _ga_<container-id> | Stores session and usage information | Third-party | 2 years | |
| Marketing — set only if you accept | ||||
| _mcid | Mailchimp (Intuit) | Identifies a visitor to link their newsletter signup activity | Third-party | Up to 1 year |
| mailchimp_landing_site | Mailchimp (Intuit) | Records which page you first landed on, to attribute newsletter signups | Third-party | Up to 1 year |
| MCPopupSubscribed | Mailchimp (Intuit) | Remembers you have subscribed, so the signup pop-up does not show again | Third-party | Up to 1 year |
| MCPopupClosed | Mailchimp (Intuit) | Remembers you have closed the signup pop-up, so it does not show again | Third-party | Up to 1 year |
05Analytics: What We Measure
If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors find and use our site — including page views, session duration, device and approximate location, app-store clicks and form submissions — so we can improve it. Analytics data is retained by Google for 14 months. If you do not accept analytics cookies, we do not use them.
06Marketing
If you accept marketing cookies, we use Mailchimp to remember your newsletter signup and pop-up preferences and to see which page a signup came from, so we do not show you the same pop-up repeatedly.
Separately, when we send you marketing emails, those emails may use a small tracking pixel and tracked links that tell us whether you opened the email or clicked a link. That is part of our email marketing rather than a website cookie, and you can opt out of marketing emails at any time. Our Privacy Notice explains how we handle marketing and your choices.
07Remembering Your Choices
To remember the choices you make in the banner, we store the following in your browser's local storage. These are not cookies and are not used for tracking — they simply keep a record of your preferences so we can honour them:
| Stored value | What it does |
|---|---|
| unitylink_cookies_preferences | Stores your full set of choices — which cookie categories you have enabled or disabled. |
| unitylink_cookies_accepted | Records that you have made a choice (set once you select Accept, Reject or Save). |
08Third-Party Cookies and International Transfers
Our analytics and marketing cookies are provided by third parties (Google and Mailchimp). Those providers may process the information they collect outside the United Kingdom. Where that involves a transfer of your personal data, we make sure it is protected by an appropriate safeguard recognised under UK data protection law. Our Privacy Notice explains how we protect personal data transferred outside the UK.
09Managing Your Choices
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the "Cookie Settings" link, which appears in the cookie banner and in the footer of our website. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it and takes effect from the point you change your choice.
We will also ask you to confirm your choices again after six months, and sooner if we make significant changes to the cookies we use.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings — including deleting cookies already stored and asking to be warned before new ones are set. Please note that blocking essential cookies may stop parts of our website from working. Browser controls are an additional option and are not a substitute for the choices you make in our cookie banner.
10Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. When we make significant changes, we will update the "last updated" date above and, where appropriate, ask for your consent again.
11Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please get in touch.
Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted by:
Postal Address
UnityLink Financial Services Ltd, 5–17 Hammersmith Grove, The Triangle, Hammersmith, London, W6 0LG
UnityLink Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (Firm Reference Number 504521). Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office as a data controller under reference Z9954082. Registered in England and Wales, company number 03547586. Registered office: 5–17 Hammersmith Grove, The Triangle, Hammersmith, London, W6 0LG.