Cookie Policy
Last updated 10 September 2026. This policy explains how cookies and similar technologies may be used on the Northstead Tax Advisory website and how you can control non-essential use.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on a device when a website is visited. They can support essential functions, remember a preference, help understand how a site is used or support measurement connected with advertising. Similar rules can apply to other technologies that store information on, or access information from, a user’s device.
UK rules generally require clear information about cookies and consent before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used. Strictly necessary technologies may be used where they are required to provide a service or functionality requested by the user.
2. Your consent choices
When the site does not already have a recorded preference, the cookie banner offers a choice between necessary cookies only and accepting all available categories. Choosing necessary only means non-essential analytics or advertising measurement technologies should not be activated on the basis of that consent. Choosing accept all permits the optional categories described in this policy where they are in use.
You can reopen the preference banner through the Cookie settings control in the footer. Changing the preference does not undo processing that was lawfully carried out before the change, but it controls future use of optional technologies on this site to the extent supported by the relevant configuration.
3. Strictly necessary cookies
The site uses a first-party cookie named cookie_consent to remember whether you selected all available cookies or necessary cookies only. This preference cookie is required so the site does not repeatedly ask for the same choice on every page view. It is set for up to 180 days.
Other strictly necessary session or security technologies may be used by the hosting environment where required to deliver the site securely and reliably. Their duration is limited to the operational period reasonably necessary for that purpose.
4. Analytics cookies
Analytics technologies, where enabled, are used to understand aggregated website use such as page visits, navigation patterns, device categories and performance. They are not necessary to read the article or submit the preliminary request and should only be activated where the required consent has been obtained.
The exact duration of analytics cookies depends on the provider and configuration in use. If analytics services are introduced or materially changed, the information presented in the consent mechanism and this policy should be updated so that the provider, purpose and retention are clear.
5. Advertising and campaign measurement
You may reach this website through sponsored content distributed by Taboola. Where Taboola campaign measurement technology, including a Realize Pixel, is enabled, it may collect or receive browser, device, referral and interaction information for permitted advertising measurement and related purposes. Taboola and the advertiser can have separate responsibilities as controllers for relevant personal data.
Such non-essential measurement should not be activated until the transparency and consent required by applicable UK law have been provided. If no advertising measurement technology is enabled on the page, ordinary referral information may still be present in the browser request or URL when you arrive from an advertising campaign.
6. Marketing technologies
Marketing cookies or similar technologies can be used to measure campaigns, limit repetition or help understand whether an advertising interaction led to a later action. They are optional and require the appropriate consent before use where UK law requires consent.
Northstead Tax Advisory does not use a cookie choice as a guarantee that advertising will disappear elsewhere on the internet. Your choice governs the optional technologies used on this website and may be separate from controls offered by an advertising platform, browser or device.
7. Third parties
Third-party technology providers may set or read their own cookies or similar identifiers only where the relevant service is actually configured and the legal conditions for use are met. For campaign measurement connected with Taboola, the provider’s own privacy terms govern its independent processing. Hosting and security providers may also process limited technical data required to deliver and protect the service.
Because providers can change their technology and retention settings, this policy is reviewed when a new optional service is introduced or an existing service changes materially. Where a third-party cookie is deployed, the consent information should identify the provider and purpose clearly enough for an informed choice.
8. Retention
The first-party cookie that records your consent preference lasts for up to 180 days. Session technologies used only for an immediate operational purpose ordinarily expire when the session ends or after the short period needed for security and delivery. Optional analytics or advertising cookies, if enabled, follow the retention period set for the relevant provider and configuration.
Consent should be refreshed when the use of cookies changes in a way that affects the choice previously made or when a fresh choice is otherwise appropriate. We also review whether stored cookie durations remain proportionate to their purpose.
9. Browser and device controls
Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies can affect whether the site remembers your preference or whether certain security and delivery functions work correctly. Browser controls are separate from the choice made in the site banner.
You may also have controls at device or advertising-platform level for interest-based advertising. Those settings are managed by the relevant browser, device provider or advertising platform rather than by UK TAX Consulting Limited.
10. Changes and contact
We may update this policy when cookie use, providers or applicable legal requirements change. The latest published date is shown at the top. A material change to optional cookie use may require a fresh consent choice.
Questions about cookie use can be directed to UK TAX Consulting Limited at 40 Chadwick Close, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8SB, by email at [email protected] or by telephone on +44 147 4589513.