Cookie Information

What this page covers

Cookies and similar technologies (such as browser storage) are small pieces of information saved on your device. UK law (PECR, as updated by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, and ICO guidance) says we need your consent for them unless they are strictly necessary for something you asked us to do. DRAFT: not reviewed by a solicitor.

What we use - strictly necessary only

Today the marketplace uses only storage that is needed to sign you in, keep your account secure, protect against bots and fraud, and take payments. No consent is needed for these, so we do not show a consent banner.

• Sign-in and account security: session and client cookies set by Clerk (for example __session, __client_uat, and a development-only __clerk_db_jwt on the preview).
• Workspace routing: a secure first-party cookie that records which workspace your account belongs to (__Host-tradey-tenant) for staff and contractor accounts.
• Human verification: Cloudflare Turnstile, loaded through Clerk during sign-up and sign-in when extra checks are needed.
• Payments and fraud prevention: Stripe loads its scripts and may store identifiers on your device on the payment page so a card payment can be completed securely.
• Choices you make: temporary form progress kept in your browser while you complete a booking or application.

What we do not use

We do not use advertising cookies, social-media tracking pixels or analytics on the marketplace at the time of this draft. [DECISION D14 - not yet decided] If we add analytics, marketing or anything not strictly necessary, we will ask for your consent first and update this page and show a clear choice.

Your choices

You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings, but sign-in and payment may stop working. Marketing messages are a separate choice you make in your account and are off unless you turn them on.