Cookie Policy

Introduction

This policy explains how the Need To Talk website at https://www.needtotalk.co uses cookies and similar technologies, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy policy.

It is written to be aware of the UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and, where it applies to visitors in the EEA and the UK, the GDPR and related ePrivacy rules.

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies help a site work, remember your preferences, or understand how the site is used. “Similar technologies” — such as local storage or pixels — do comparable things, and we treat them the same way in this policy.

Cookies can be first-party (set by us) or third-party (set by a service we use, such as our booking tool). They can be session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (kept for a set period).

How we use cookies

We keep our use of cookies deliberately minimal. We use privacy-respecting analytics and gate any non-essential cookies behind your consent. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

We group cookies into three categories.

1. Strictly necessary cookies.

These are needed for the website to function — for example, to keep the site secure or to remember your cookie choices. They do not require consent, because the site cannot work properly without them.

2. Analytics / performance cookies.

These help us understand, in aggregate, how the website is used so we can improve it. We use privacy-respecting analytics designed to minimise personal data. These are only set with your consent.

3. Functional cookies.

These support specific features — for example, the embedded booking tool used to arrange a strategy session. Some are only set when you interact with that feature, and where they are non-essential we ask for consent first.

We do not use advertising or marketing cookies.

The consent banner

When you first visit the website, a consent banner appears. Until you make a choice, no non-essential cookies (analytics or functional) are set.

You can:

• accept non-essential cookies;
• reject them (only strictly necessary cookies will be used); or
• choose per-category, where that option is offered.

The banner remembers your choice so you are not asked on every visit, and your choice is set at the same level whether or not you proceed — rejecting is as easy as accepting.

How to manage or withdraw consent

You are always in control.

• Change your choice on this site: reopen your preferences at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer.
• Withdraw consent: you can withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time, with the same ease as giving it. This does not affect anything done lawfully before you withdrew it.
• Use your browser: most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the website from working.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time — for example, if we change our analytics or booking tools.

Contact

Questions about cookies can be sent to info@needtotalk.co. For more on how we handle personal data, see our Privacy policy.