What this policy covers

This policy is published by Nexus Tax and Accounting Solutions Ltd, company number 15540719, a Milton Keynes accountancy practice. It explains the cookies and similar technologies used on www.nexustasl.co.uk: what is set, why, who provides it and how long it lasts. Read it alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers how we handle personal data more broadly. The policy follows the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and the UK GDPR. It applies to this website only, not to other sites we link to.

What cookies actually are

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They store short pieces of information, such as which cookie choices you made, or how you moved through the pages. Some cookies last only for the current visit and disappear when you close the browser. Others stay on your device for months. First-party cookies are set by this website. Third-party cookies are set by services this site loads, such as analytics tools or an embedded form hosted elsewhere. Both types are covered by this policy.

How consent works here

UK rules are strict. Almost nothing beyond the essentials can be set before you say yes.

Under UK law, only strictly necessary cookies can be set automatically. Everything else, including analytics, needs your specific prior consent. Consent is opt in. Nothing is pre-ticked, and browsing on does not count as agreement. You choose by category on the cookie banner when you first arrive. You can change or withdraw that choice at any time, and the site keeps working either way.

Strictly necessary cookies: no consent needed

These keep the site secure and working: session handling, form submission, load balancing, and remembering the cookie choices you have already made. They cannot be switched off through the banner, because the site cannot function without them.

Every other cookie: consent needed first

Functional, analytics and marketing cookies run only if you tick that category and save your choice. If you decline, they are not set. Declining changes nothing about the pages you can read or the forms you can send.

Withdrawing your consent

Use the manage cookies link in the footer to reopen the banner and change any category. You can also delete cookies through your browser settings at any time, which clears both the cookies and your saved choice.

The cookies we use

Four categories, and what each one is for.

Category	Purpose	Note
Strictly necessary cookies	These handle the basics: keeping your session alive, protecting forms against misuse, balancing traffic across servers, and storing the cookie preferences you set on the banner. Without them, pages and forms on this site would not work reliably.	No consent required. These are essential for the site to work.
Functional cookies	Functional cookies remember choices you have made, such as a saved form entry, a display preference, or whether you have already dismissed a notice. They make a return visit quicker. The site still works fully if you decline them.	Set only with your consent. Withdraw at any time through manage cookies.
Analytics cookies	Analytics cookies count visitors, show which pages are read and where people arrived from. The provider, where analytics is running, is Google Analytics 4 [to be confirmed]. Under UK rules analytics needs consent, so these stay off until you allow them.	Set only with your consent. Useful for improving the site, not required for it to work.
Marketing cookies	Marketing cookies would track visits across different websites, retarget advertising and measure ad performance. We do not currently use marketing cookies on this site, and none are set. If that changes, we will update this policy and ask for your consent first.	We do not currently use marketing cookies. Any future use would need your explicit consent, and you could disable it at any time.

Live list of the cookies on this site (kept up to date by our cookie banner):

You can change your choice at any time: Cookie settings

Cookies set by other providers

Some cookies here are set by services we load rather than by us: the intake quiz embed, the hosting and content delivery network, and analytics if you have allowed it. Those providers set and read their own cookies under their own privacy policies, and it is worth reading them. Declining a category in our banner stops those cookies being set on this site. It does not change how the same provider treats you elsewhere, so you may need to manage that separately in your browser.

Managing your cookies

Two ways to control what gets set, both in your hands.

You can control cookies in two places: the consent tool on this website, which covers this site only, and your browser settings, which cover every site you visit. Both work at any time.

Through this website

Open the manage cookies link in the footer. The banner reopens, showing each category and what you chose last time. Tick or untick functional and analytics, then save. The change applies straight away. Strictly necessary cookies stay on, because the site needs them to run.

Through your browser

Browser settings apply to every website, not only this one. In Chrome, go to Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies. In Firefox, Settings, then Privacy and Security. In Safari, Settings or Preferences, then Privacy. In Edge, Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.

What blocking cookies changes

Blocking strictly necessary cookies will break things: forms may not submit and your cookie choices will not be remembered. Blocking functional or analytics cookies has no effect on what you can read or send. The site works the same.

Other tracking technologies

Cookies are not the only way a site stores or collects information. Local storage and session storage hold data in your browser. Pixel tags inside embedded content can register that a page loaded. Server logs record IP addresses and requests for security and diagnostics. Where these do the same job as cookies, we treat them the same way, and the same consent rules apply.

Children and this website

This website is aimed at company directors and business owners. It is not designed for or directed at children. We do not knowingly set cookies to collect information about anyone under 18. If you believe we have, tell us and we will remove it.

Changes to this policy

We update this policy when the cookies on the site change, or when guidance changes. The last reviewed date at the top always shows the current version. If we add a new category or a new purpose, the banner will ask for your consent again. Minor wording fixes will not.

Questions about our use of cookies

Cookie queries come into the practice inbox and reach Nasir.

Send cookie questions to the practice email. Tell us which page you were on and which cookie or category you are asking about, and we will answer in plain terms.

Cookie queries: info@nexustasl.co.uk — Response within 5 working days. Firm: Nexus Tax and Accounting Solutions Ltd, Stacey Bushes, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Companies House 15540719. ICO registration [ICO registration number to be added].

Complaints to the ICO

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled a cookie or data question, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator. Complaints can be made at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ or by calling the helpline on 0303 123 1113. You do not have to contact us first, though raising it with us usually means we can put it right sooner.