The short version
- This website does not set cookies on your device, and it does not use advertising or social media tracking.
- We measure how the site is used with Plausible, an analytics service that stores no cookies and no personal data. It counts visits and pages; it cannot tell who you are.
- That is why you do not see a cookie banner. Nothing that needs your consent runs on this site.
- If we ever add a tool that uses cookies, we will update this page first and, where the law requires, ask for your consent before it runs.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your device so that it can recognise you on your next visit or across pages. Cookies are used for things like keeping you logged in, remembering preferences, measuring how a site is used and, on many sites, tracking you for advertising. UK law (the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations) requires a site to tell you about the cookies it uses and to get your consent for any that are not strictly necessary.
What this site uses
No cookies. We do not run Google Analytics, we do not use advertising or remarketing pixels, and we do not embed social media buttons that report your visit back to those networks. Our contact and enquiry forms open your own email application rather than sending data to a server, so nothing you type is stored by the website.
Analytics
To understand which pages are read and how people move through the site, we use Plausible Analytics. It was built to work without cookies and without collecting personal data, and it is hosted in the European Union. When a page loads, Plausible receives the page address, the site that referred you, your browser and device type, and your country, derived from your IP address and then discarded; the IP address itself is never stored. From that it produces aggregate counts: how many people visited, which pages they read, in what order, and whether they went on to book a demo or send an enquiry. It cannot identify you, it does not follow you to other websites, and there is no profile of you to look up. The Information Commissioner's Office treats analytics of this kind as not requiring consent, which is why there is no banner. Plausible's own description of what it collects is in its data policy.
If you would rather not be counted at all, a content blocker or your browser's tracking protection will stop the analytics script, and the site works exactly the same without it.
The ORSIA platform is a separate, login-protected service. It uses strictly necessary cookies to keep you signed in and secure, and has its own notice which you see when you log in.
Links to other sites
Some links on this site go to other websites, including our LinkedIn and X pages and our events listings. Those sites set their own cookies under their own policies, which we do not control. Check their cookie and privacy notices before you use them.
Controlling cookies
Although this site sets none, you can see and delete the cookies on your device and decide which sites may set them through your browser's privacy settings. The browser makers publish guidance for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. The Information Commissioner's Office also explains cookies and your choices at ico.org.uk.
If this changes
If we ever add a service that does use cookies, we will describe it here, say what it stores and for how long, and, where the law requires it, ask for your consent before it runs. The date at the top of this page tells you when it was last updated. Questions about this notice go to privacy@1stpillar.co.uk. Our privacy notice explains how we handle personal information more generally.