Toraven
LEGAL — COOKIES

Cookie Policy

This policy explains what cookies are, which cookies this website sets, what each cookie does, and how to manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time.

Last revised: January 2026 — Version 1.1
Contents
01 — What Are Cookies

Cookies Explained

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites function correctly, to remember your preferences, and to provide anonymised statistical information to website operators about how their sites are used.

Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information by themselves, though in some circumstances they may be combined with other data in a way that could identify you. Where this is the case, and where cookies are non-essential, Toraven obtains your explicit consent before setting them.

UK law — specifically the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR — requires that non-essential cookies are only set following your explicit, informed consent. This website complies with those requirements through the cookie consent banner shown on your first visit.

02 — Cookies We Use

Categories of Cookies

The cookies used on this website fall into three categories: strictly necessary, analytics, and preference. The table below provides a summary. Full details are set out in sections 3 through 5.

Category Consent Required Purpose
Strictly Necessary No Essential site functionality, session management, consent state storage
Analytics Yes Anonymised visitor data: pages visited, session duration, referral source
Preference Yes Remembering user preferences such as language and layout settings
03 — Strictly Necessary

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function correctly. They cannot be disabled without breaking core site functionality. No consent is required to set these cookies under UK PECR, as they are necessary to provide the service you have requested.

Cookie Name Duration Purpose
toraven_consent 12 months Records your cookie consent preference so the banner does not reappear on every page
toraven_session Session Maintains a temporary session state for contact form functionality. Deleted when the browser is closed
PHPSESSID Session Standard PHP session identifier. Not used to track user behaviour. Expires at session end
04 — Analytics Cookies

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies are only set following your explicit consent via the cookie banner. They enable Toraven to understand how visitors use this website in aggregate, which pages are most visited, and where visitors come from. This information is used solely to improve the website's structure and content.

No individually identifying data is collected. IP addresses are anonymised before storage. Analytics data is not shared with third parties for commercial purposes.

Cookie Name Duration Purpose
_ga 2 years Distinguishes unique users for anonymised visitor counting. Set by Google Analytics only with consent
_ga_* 2 years Maintains session state for Google Analytics 4 measurement. Set only with consent
_gid 24 hours Distinguishes users within a 24-hour session window. Set only with consent
05 — Preference Cookies

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies allow the website to remember choices you have made — such as an interface preference or language setting — so that these do not need to be re-selected on your next visit. These cookies are only set with your consent.

Cookie Name Duration Purpose
toraven_pref 6 months Stores user interface preferences selected during the visit. Set only with consent
06 — Third-Party Cookies

Third-Party Cookies

Certain third-party services embedded on this website may set their own cookies. These are governed by the privacy policies of the respective third parties, not by this policy. The third-party services present on this website include:

  • Google Maps: the contact page embeds a Google Maps iframe showing our office location. Google may set cookies in relation to this embed. These are governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
  • Google Fonts: fonts served via the Google Fonts API may cause a connection to Google servers. No personally identifying cookies are set as a result of loading fonts.
  • CDN-served libraries (jsDelivr, cdnjs, unpkg): JavaScript and CSS libraries are loaded from content distribution networks. CDN providers may log anonymised access data in accordance with their own policies. No identifying cookies are set.

Toraven does not control third-party cookies. If you wish to block them, you can do so through your browser settings or a browser extension that manages third-party tracking.

07 — Managing Cookies

How to Manage Cookies

In addition to the consent controls provided on this website, you can control cookie behaviour directly through your web browser. Most browsers allow you to:

  • View all cookies currently stored on your device
  • Delete individual cookies or all cookies at once
  • Block third-party cookies specifically
  • Block all cookies from specific websites

Please be aware that blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent this website from functioning correctly. Guidance on how to manage cookies is available for each major browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera each publish instructions in their respective help documentation.

09 — Contact

Cookie Enquiries

If you have questions about how this website uses cookies, or wish to report a concern, please contact the Toraven London office:

Toraven
14 Great Portland Street, W1U 3HW London, United Kingdom
[email protected]

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) about how your data and cookies are handled. Visit ico.org.uk for details.