Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how IT TRAVEL LP, Company Number SL024264 (“Octripus”), uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you access or use our website, mobile applications, and related online services (the “Services”).
This Cookie Policy forms part of and should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
1. Overview
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
Ensure the proper functioning and security of the Services
Improve performance and user experience
Analyse usage patterns
Deliver and measure advertising
Prevent fraud and protect our platform
Where required under applicable law, non-essential cookies are deployed only after obtaining your prior consent.
2. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We may also use similar technologies, including:
Pixels
Web beacons
Software development kits (SDKs)
Local storage technologies
Device identifiers
For simplicity, all such technologies are referred to in this Policy as “cookies.”
3. Categories of Cookies We Use
We use the following categories:
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation, security, and integrity of the Services. They enable authentication, fraud prevention, network management, and core functionality.
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Consent is not required for these cookies.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how users interact with the Services and improve performance. They may collect:
IP address (which may be truncated or anonymised where applicable)
Device and browser information
Pages visited
Session duration
Referrer URLs
Interaction events
We may use third-party analytics providers, including but not limited to providers of web analytics, performance monitoring, error tracking, and behavioural analytics services.
Legal basis: Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), where required.
3.3 Advertising and Marketing Cookies
We may use advertising and marketing technologies to:
Deliver targeted advertisements
Enable remarketing and retargeting
Measure campaign effectiveness
Track conversions
Build aggregated audience insights
These technologies may be provided by third-party advertising networks, social media platforms, demand-side platforms, customer data platforms, and marketing automation providers.
Advertising cookies may track browsing activity across websites and services and may be used to build interest profiles.
Legal basis: Explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and applicable ePrivacy laws).
3.4 Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced features such as remembering preferences, language settings, or user interface customisations.
Legal basis: Consent, where required.
4. Third-Party Service Providers
We engage third-party service providers in categories including:
Infrastructure and cloud hosting
Analytics and performance monitoring
Advertising and marketing services
Fraud detection and security
Payment processing
Customer support and CRM systems
Such providers may set cookies or use similar tracking technologies through our Services, subject to your consent where legally required.
Certain third-party providers may act as independent data controllers for data collected through their cookies. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of third-party providers where applicable.
5. International Data Transfers
Use of third-party analytics and advertising providers may involve transfers of personal data outside the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area.
Where such transfers occur, appropriate safeguards are implemented in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including:
Standard Contractual Clauses
UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA)
Adequacy decisions
Other lawful transfer mechanisms
6. Cookie Consent and Control
When you first access our Services, you will be presented with a consent management interface that allows you to:
Accept all cookies
Reject non-essential cookies
Customise cookie categories
Non-essential cookies are not deployed until consent has been obtained, where required by law.
You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time through the cookie settings tool available on our website.
In addition, most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect functionality.
7. Retention Periods
Cookies may be:
Session cookies (deleted when you close your browser), or
Persistent cookies (stored for a defined period).
Retention periods vary depending on the cookie type and purpose. Detailed information is available through our consent management platform.
8. Data Protection and Your Rights
Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, such processing is conducted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
You have the right to:
Withdraw consent at any time
Request access to personal data
Request rectification or erasure
Object to processing
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
9. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our business practices.
Material changes will be communicated via the website.
10. Contact
If you have questions regarding our use of cookies, please contact: