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Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 18 February 2026

Introduction

This Cookie Policy supplements our Privacy Policy, which describes how ChatGPT Trade Ltd ("we", "our", "us") handles personal data more broadly. This policy explains what cookies and similar tracking technologies we use on our website, why we use them, and how you can control your preferences.

In addition to cookies (small text files placed on your device by your web browser), we may also use pixel tags (also known as web beacons or clear GIFs), server-side tracking mechanisms, and similar technologies to collect information about how you interact with our website. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, we include all such technologies unless otherwise stated.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that a website sends to your browser and stores on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit that website. They serve a variety of purposes — from remembering your preferences and login sessions to helping website operators understand how visitors use the site so they can improve the experience.

Cookies can be classified by their lifespan and origin:

  • Session cookies — temporary cookies that are erased when you close your browser. They exist only for the duration of your browsing session.
  • Persistent cookies — cookies that remain on your device for a defined period (set by the cookie) or until you manually delete them. They are re-activated each time you visit the website that created them.
  • First-party cookies — set directly by our website domain (chatgpttrade.co.uk).
  • Third-party cookies — set by domains other than ours, typically by our analytics or advertising service providers (such as Google or Meta).

Cookie Categories

We group the cookies used on our website into three categories. The categories below are consistent with those described in our Privacy Policy.

1. Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the basic functioning of our website. Without them, core features such as session continuity and your cookie consent choice would not work. Because they are essential, they are always active and do not require your consent under UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).

2. Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website — for example, which pages are visited most often, how long people spend reading a guide, and where visitors arrive from. We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for this purpose, with IP anonymisation enabled. Analytics data is retained for 14 months. These cookies are only activated after you give your explicit consent via our cookie preference panel.

3. Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used for personalised advertising, remarketing, conversion tracking, and the creation of custom and lookalike audiences. We may use Google Ads and Meta Pixel for these purposes. These cookies are only activated after you give your explicit consent. They allow our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites.

Cookies We Use

The following table lists the specific cookies that may be placed on your device when you visit our website:

Name Purpose Category Type Retention
_site_session Site session continuity Essential First-party Session
cookie_consent Stores your cookie consent choice Essential First-party 12 months
_ga GA4 user identifier — distinguishes unique visitors Analytics Third-party 2 years
_ga_XXXXXXXXXX GA4 session state (10-character GA4 measurement ID) Analytics Third-party 2 years
_gcl_au Google Ads conversion linker — attributes conversions to ad clicks Marketing Third-party 90 days
_fbp Meta Pixel browser identifier — used for remarketing and conversion tracking Marketing Third-party 90 days
_fbc Meta Pixel click identifier — set when a click ID is present in the URL Marketing Third-party 90 days

Third-Party Providers

The third-party services that may set cookies on our website are listed below. We only activate third-party analytics and marketing cookies after you have given your explicit consent. We do not permit these providers to use site data for their own independent commercial purposes.

  • Google LLC — Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Google Ads, Google Tag Manager. Used for website analytics, conversion tracking, and remarketing. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. — Meta Pixel, Custom Audiences, Lookalike Audiences, Conversion API. Used for remarketing, conversion tracking, and audience segmentation. Meta's privacy policy is available at facebook.com/privacy/policy.
  • Cloudflare, Inc. — Content delivery network (CDN) and security. May process IP addresses for threat detection and performance optimisation. Cloudflare's privacy policy is available at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.

Your Consent

When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to:

  • Accept all cookies — enables essential, analytics, and marketing cookies.
  • Reject non-essential cookies — enables only essential cookies. Analytics and marketing cookies are not activated, and any existing analytics or marketing cookies are deleted.
  • Manage preferences — opens a detailed preference panel where you can individually toggle analytics and marketing cookies on or off.

Your consent choice is recorded in the cookie_consent cookie and persists for 12 months. You may change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Manage Cookie Preferences" link in our website footer.

Under UK GDPR and PECR, your consent for non-essential cookies must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser

In addition to using our cookie preference panel, you can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, please note that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

You can also opt out of specific third-party tracking using the following tools:

Server-Side Tracking

Beyond browser-based cookies, we may use server-side tracking mechanisms such as Meta Conversion API or Google Server-Side Google Tag Manager. These technologies send event data (such as form submissions or page views) directly from our server to the advertising platform's server, rather than relying exclusively on browser-side cookies. Data sent via these mechanisms is hashed where applicable and subject to the same consent requirements described above — server-side events are only transmitted when you have given your consent for the relevant cookie category.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the cookies we use, or applicable regulations. Material changes will be announced via a notice on our homepage at least 14 days before taking effect. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will be revised with each update.

Relationship to Our Privacy Policy

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides comprehensive information about how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal data, including data collected through cookies. The cookie categories and third-party providers described in this Cookie Policy are consistent with those detailed in the Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us:

If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.