Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 2026

This Cookie Policy ("Policy") explains how Hedgetide Limited ("the/our Company," "we," "us," or "our"), a proprietary methodology and intellectual property licensing company, uses cookies and similar technologies on its website ("Site"), associated hosting infrastructure, and platforms where applicable, to offer on-line services (collectively, the "Services"), keep the Site running smoothly, process secure payments via third-party processors, and facilitate detecting fraud. This Cookie Policy also outlines how these technologies concern you ("you," "your," or "Visitor") as a user of the Site and explains how cookies are utilized in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the EU GDPR.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the visited website to recognize your device, store preference and functionality data, improve user experience, and gather analytics for performance and security.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies, which expire when you close your browser;
• Persistent cookies, which remain until they expire or you delete them;
• First-party cookies, set by us directly;
• Third-party cookies, set by trusted service providers or external partners.

2. Cookie Types in Accordance with Global Data Protection Laws

2.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies - Which the Site Uses

These cookies are essential for the operation of our Site and enable core features such as secure access, account login where applicable, and transaction data processing. Our Site cannot function properly without them.

2.2. Performance and Analytics Cookies

User analytics tools help understand how users interact with a website. These cookies collect information such as visited pages, time spent, user behaviors, and technical errors. Data is aggregated and used to improve performance, usability, and reliability of services.

2.3. Functional Cookies

Our Site does not use these. Functional cookies allow a website to remember users' choices, such as preferred languages where such options are provided, regions, or personalized settings where applicable, enhancing user experience across sessions.

2.4. Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Our Site does not use these. Where applicable, these cookies help deliver advertising relevant to users' interests, measure campaign effectiveness, and limit how often users see an advertisement. These cookies may also allow building anonymous audience segments for targeted messaging.

2.5. Social Media Cookies

Our Site does not use these. Websites use social media plugins that set cookies when users engage with website features. These cookies may track users' activities depending on users' social media privacy settings.

3. Cookies Used Across Different Regions

As an international company, we strive to comply with regional data protection requirements, including without limitation CCPA/CPRA, UK GDPR, EU GDPR, PIPEDA, APA, APPI, DPDPA, and other applicable privacy regulations. Cookie behavior may vary based on your geographic location to ensure regional compliance, including without limitation consent banners, opt-out rights, and data minimization practices.

4. Collected Information

Information gathered through cookies, including without limitation by third parties, may be used to:

• Maintain and operate the Site;
• Enhance security and detect fraudulent activities;
• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations in the jurisdictions in which we and these third parties operate.

We do not sell or license personally identifiable information collected through cookies.

5. Third-party Cookies

Third parties may place strictly necessary cookies on your device to support functionality. These third parties may include without limitation payment processors or payment service providers.

Our Company mandates that our service providers and external partners uphold appropriate data protection standards. However, our Company is under no legal obligation to monitor or ensure such compliance. All third-party cookie usage is handled entirely independently and is governed strictly and exclusively by the respective privacy and cookie policies of these service providers and external partners, for which our Company assumes no liability.

6. Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow deleting, blocking, or restricting cookies. Subject to individual browser configuration, instructions are located within the settings menu.

7. Cookie and Privacy Compliance

7.1. SSG and Hosting Provider

The Site is built as a static site using a static site generator and is hosted by a hosting provider (Hosting Provider). By default, this hosting infrastructure does not place non-essential or tracking cookies on the Visitor's device. The Hosting Provider automatically collects standard server logs, such as IP addresses, solely for operational security and performance.

7.2. Payment Processing

Upon clicking or tapping a booking button, the Visitor is redirected to an external secure checkout environment hosted by a payment processor (Payment Processor). The Payment Processor utilizes its own strictly necessary cookies for fraud prevention and transaction security, which are legally exempt from prior consent requirements under global data protection laws, including without limitation the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), the United Kingdom's General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and the European Union's GDPR (EU GDPR).

8. International Data Transfers

As the Hosting Provider and the Payment Processor operate internationally, cookie data may be processed internationally or in third countries which do not have an adequacy decision from the Visitor's local regulatory authority. The Hosting Provider and the Payment Processor implement appropriate international data transfer safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), while maintaining strict adherence to core data protection principles, including without limitation data minimization and secure processing practices in accordance with relevant legal requirements.

9. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update, amend, revise, or make changes to this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, legal requirements, or our business practices. The "Last Updated" date of this Cookie Policy indicates the most recent revision.

10. Contact Information

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

Hedgetide Limited
167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, The United Kingdom, postal code: W1W 5PF
Telephone: 0044 7423836429
E-mail: headquarters@hedgetide.com