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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 22 October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how TrueNorth Tech X uses cookies and similar technologies on this website, what each one is for and how you can change your choices at any time. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally. We follow the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. Some are strictly necessary to make the site work. Others are optional: they help us understand how the site is used. Similar technologies, such as your browser’s local storage, are covered by this policy too.

Your choices

When you first visit, our cookie banner asks whether you accept or reject optional cookies, or lets you choose by category under Settings. Optional cookies stay off until you accept them, and rejecting them is as easy as accepting. Your choice is stored for 30 days, after which we ask again.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time. Use the button below, or the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block strictly necessary cookies, some parts of the site, such as remembering your cookie choice, may not work properly.

The cookies we use

Strictly necessary

  • Cookie consent (WPConsent): the wpconsent_preferences cookie remembers the choice you made on our cookie banner, so we don’t ask on every page. It lasts 30 days.
  • WooCommerce: our shop is powered by WooCommerce. If a basket or session is ever started, it may set woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart and wp_woocommerce_session_ cookies to keep it working. Because every product links out to Amazon, browsing the shop doesn’t normally start a basket.
  • Comments (WordPress and wpDiscuz): if you leave a comment and tick the box to save your details, the comment_author_, comment_author_email_ and comment_author_url_ cookies remember your name, email and website for next time. wpDiscuz, our comment system, may also set small functional cookies, for example to remember that you’ve dismissed its new-comments hint. If you log in, WordPress sets its usual login cookies.

Statistics (optional, only with your consent)

  • Google Analytics: we use Google Analytics 4, through the MonsterInsights plugin, to see which pages are popular and how visitors find us. Its cookies, such as _ga and _ga_, are only set after you accept Statistics cookies. Until then, Google Analytics runs in Google’s consent mode, which tells it not to store any analytics cookies on your device. In that mode Google may still receive basic, cookieless signals, for example that a page was viewed.
  • WooCommerce order attribution: WooCommerce’s attribution script, which sets sbjs_ cookies recording how you arrived at the site, is blocked until you accept Statistics cookies.

Amazon affiliate links

As an Amazon Associate, TrueNorth Tech X earns from qualifying purchases. Our “Check price on Amazon” buttons and other Amazon links take you to amazon.co.uk with our affiliate tag in the link. We don’t set any Amazon cookies on this website. When you arrive on amazon.co.uk, Amazon may set its own cookies, including ones that record that you came from our link, so that we can be credited for qualifying purchases. Those cookies are controlled by Amazon under its own cookie notice and privacy notice, which you can read on amazon.co.uk.

Newsletter (MailPoet)

Our newsletter sign-up form is run by MailPoet on our own website. When you subscribe, the details you enter are stored on our server so we can send you the newsletter, and you can unsubscribe using the link in any email. The sign-up form doesn’t need cookies to work, and MailPoet’s optional cookie tracking is switched off on this site.

Full cookie list

The table below is produced by our consent tool and lists the cookies by category, with what each is for and how long it lasts.

Essential

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.

NameDescriptionDuration
wpconsent_preferencesThis cookie is used to store the user's cookie consent preferences.30 days

Comments

These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.

NameDescriptionDuration
comment_authorUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.Session
comment_author_emailUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.Session
comment_author_urlUsed to track the user across multiple sessions.Session

Statistics

Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.

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NameDescriptionDuration
_gac_Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.90 days
__utmaID used to identify users and sessions2 years after last activity
__utmtUsed to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests10 minutes
__utmbUsed to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.30 minutes after last activity
__utmcUsed only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.End of session (browser)
__utmzContains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server6 months after last activity
__utmvContains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.2 years after last activity
__utmxUsed to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.18 months
_gaID used to identify users2 years
_galiUsed by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked30 seconds
_ga_ID used to identify users2 years
_gidID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity24 hours
_gatUsed to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager1 minute

WooCommerce Sourcebuster

SourceBuster is used by WooCommerce for order attribution based on user source.

NameDescriptionDuration
sbjs_sessionThe number of page views in this session and the current page path30 minutes
sbjs_udataInformation about the visitor’s user agent, such as IP, the browser, and the device typesession
sbjs_firstTraffic origin information for the visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires)session
sbjs_currentTraffic origin information for the visitor’s current visit to your storesession
sbjs_first_addTimestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s first visit to your store (only applicable if the visitor returns before the session expires)session
sbjs_current_addTimestamp, referring URL, and entry page for your visitor’s current visit to your storesession
sbjs_migrationsTechnical data to help with migrations between different versions of the tracking featuresession

Changes to this policy

If we add or change the tools we use, we’ll update this page and the date at the top. If a change needs fresh consent, the cookie banner will ask you again.

Contact us

If you have a question about cookies or your privacy, please get in touch through our Contact page. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.