Cookie Policy

This page explains the cookies and similar storage used on turbocue.com, what each category is for, how long it lasts and how to switch it off. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers personal information more broadly.

1. What a cookie is

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. On a later visit the browser sends it back, so the site can recognise the device and remember a setting. Websites also use related storage in the browser — local storage, session storage and IndexedDB — which works differently but serves similar purposes. Where this policy says "cookie", it covers all of these.

2. Categories we use

Category	What it does	Typical lifetime
Essential	Keeps the site working: remembers whether you accepted or declined the cookie notice so it is not shown again, and supports security, traffic routing and fault detection at the hosting and content-delivery layer. These are set for everyone, because the site cannot be served safely without them.	From the length of the session up to 12 months
Analytics	Counts visits and page views in aggregate so we can see which catalogue entries are read and where pages fail. Used to improve the site, never to build a profile of you personally. Set only if you accept.	Up to 24 months
Advertising / Marketing	Lets advertising networks measure whether a placement was seen or followed and limit how often the same advertisement is repeated. Set only if you accept.	Up to 13 months
Push notification storage	Our push provider, OneSignal, stores a subscription identifier and technical state in browser storage so notifications can be delivered to this browser and so you are not asked for permission repeatedly. The provider's script loads with the page in order to manage that state; no notification is ever sent unless you allow notifications in the browser prompt.	Until you revoke the notification permission or clear browser storage

3. Consent and how it is recorded

On your first visit a notice appears at the bottom of the screen with an Accept and a Decline button, plus a link to this page. Your choice is stored in your browser's local storage under the key tq-consent-choice, which is why the notice does not return on later visits. Declining leaves the essential category in place — nothing else is loaded on your behalf.

To review or change the choice, clear site data for turbocue.com in your browser; the notice will appear again on your next visit.

4. Push notifications and the subscription form

Push notifications are separate from cookies and are controlled by your browser. Nothing is delivered until you allow notifications in the browser's own permission prompt, and you can revoke that permission at any time in the site settings of your browser. If you also submit the subscription form, your e-mail address is passed to OneSignal so catalogue updates can be sent to it; details are in the Privacy Policy.

The status of a Plus membership is held in the records of our mailing and payment providers, not in a cookie. Nothing on this site reads a membership from your browser, and declining cookies has no effect on a membership or on the digest reaching your inbox.

5. Switching cookies off in your browser

• Chrome — Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies and Site settings.
• Safari — Settings, then Safari, then Advanced and Website Data; on macOS, Safari, then Settings, then Privacy.
• Firefox — Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Cookies and Site Data.
• Edge — Settings, then Cookies and site permissions.

Blocking all cookies is your right, but note that the consent notice will reappear on every visit, because the record of your choice is itself stored in the browser.

6. Third parties

Cookies in the analytics and advertising categories are set by the providers we work with, not by us, and are governed by their own policies. Our hosting and content-delivery provider may also set strictly technical cookies for security and routing. We do not sell the data these cookies generate.

7. Changes and contact

When our use of cookies changes, this page is updated and the "Last updated" date at the top changes with it. Questions about cookies on this site can go to mail@turbocue.com.