Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy Overview

This Cookie Policy describes how PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website to support secure access, maintain core functionality, analyse how visitors interact with our content, and enhance the overall effectiveness of our geoscience and engineering consultancy services.

Our website is designed to provide technically detailed information about our services, projects, expertise, and methodologies, and to facilitate enquiries via our Contact Us page. Cookies help us ensure the site operates reliably across devices, that navigation remains intuitive, and that we can understand aggregated usage patterns in order to improve performance and content relevance.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer, tablet, or mobile device via your web browser. Each cookie typically contains the domain name from which it originates, a lifetime (how long it is stored), and a unique identifier that allows the website to recognise your browser on subsequent visits.

Cookies are widely used to make websites function, or function more efficiently, as well as to provide information to website operators. In the context of online privacy, cookies can play an important role because they influence how information about your use of a website is collected, stored, and associated with your device or browser.

On this website, cookies support essential technical operations (such as page load performance and security controls), user experience enhancements (such as remembering certain preferences), and the generation of aggregated, anonymised statistics about how the site is used.

Types of Cookies We Use

We organise the cookies used on our website into the following categories:

• Essential cookies – required for the core, secure operation of the website and for enabling services you have explicitly requested.
• Performance and analytics cookies – help us understand how visitors use the site so that we can improve performance, structure, and content over time.
• Functionality cookies – support enhanced features and remember certain choices you make to provide a more tailored experience.
• Third-party cookies – set by external services integrated into our website, such as analytics platforms or communication tools, which may process data in accordance with their own policies.

Specific cookies within these categories may change as we refine our website and service offering, but they will always operate in line with the purposes described in this Cookie Policy.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for the functioning of our website and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you that amount to a request for services, such as navigating between pages, submitting a form on the Contact Us page, or adjusting your cookie preferences.

Without these cookies, the website may not perform reliably, and some services you have requested cannot be provided. For example, essential cookies may be used to:

• Maintain the technical session between your browser and our servers as you move through different sections of the site, such as Services, Projects, or Expertise.
• Remember your cookie consent preferences so that the consent banner does not repeatedly reappear.
• Support basic security, fraud prevention, and load-balancing measures that protect the integrity of our infrastructure and your connection.

Because these cookies are essential to delivering the website and associated services, they do not require your consent. However, you can configure your browser to block or alert you about these cookies; doing so may cause some parts of the site to stop working correctly.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

Performance and analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most frequently, how users navigate between sections, and whether they encounter errors or slow loading times. This information is aggregated and does not typically identify individual users directly.

We use these cookies to support continuous improvement of the user experience and the technical robustness of our site. In the context of our geoscience and engineering consultancy, analytics data can help us understand, for example:

• Which service pages (e.g., Services or Approach) are most frequently accessed by prospective clients.
• How visitors interact with technical resources on the Resources and Insights pages.
• Which channels are most effective at directing relevant traffic to our site, thereby informing how we communicate future project outcomes and case studies.

Where performance and analytics cookies involve the processing of personal data or could indirectly identify you (for example, via IP address data), we implement measures such as IP anonymisation or aggregated reporting, and we rely on your consent before such cookies are set in your browser.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies enable the website to provide enhanced features and remember certain choices you make. They are not strictly necessary for the website to operate, but they can significantly improve your browsing experience and the usability of our technical content.

Depending on how you use our site, functionality cookies may be used to:

• Remember your preferences regarding cookie categories (for example, whether you have opted in to analytics cookies).
• Maintain your progress when completing enquiry or information request forms on the Contact Us page, reducing the risk of data loss if you navigate away and then return.
• Support the operation of optional tools or resource views that help you navigate detailed project information on the Projects page or technical discussions within Insights.

If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these enhanced features may not function properly, and your experience of the site may be less tailored.

Third-Party Cookies

Third-party cookies are set by domains other than piran-geoscience.site. They are typically associated with services that we integrate into our website, such as analytics providers, embedded content platforms, or communication tools that facilitate client engagement.

Depending on how our website is configured at any given time, third-party cookies may be used to:

• Support website analytics and performance measurement carried out by specialist service providers.
• Enable embedded media or interactive content within sections such as Resources or Insights.
• Provide optional communication or enquiry tools that help visitors contact us or request further information about our services, projects, and technical capabilities.

Third-party providers may independently collect and process information using these cookies for their own purposes, which can include profiling or cross-site tracking. Where we rely on such services, we seek to configure them in a privacy-conscious manner and, where legally required, we will obtain your consent before enabling non-essential third-party cookies.

Detailed information about specific third-party providers and the way they handle personal data, including any international data transfers, is set out in our Privacy Policy and in the documentation they provide on their own websites.

Cookie Duration

Cookies can remain on your device for different periods of time, depending on their purpose and configuration. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies on this website:

• Session cookies – temporary cookies that are stored on your device only for the duration of your browsing session. They are typically deleted when you close your browser. These are often used for essential functions such as maintaining secure sessions and supporting navigation across multiple pages.
• Persistent cookies – cookies that remain stored after your browser is closed and can be accessed each time you return to the website during their defined lifetime. Persistent cookies are used, for example, to remember your cookie preferences or to support long-term analytics on how our site is used over time.

The exact duration of specific cookies (their "expiry") may vary depending on their function and is determined according to principles of necessity and proportionality. We aim to configure persistent cookies with retention periods that are aligned with their stated purpose and relevant legal requirements.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for controlling how cookies are used on your device when you visit our website.

On-site consent and preference tools

Where available, you can use our on-site cookie banner or preference centre to accept or reject categories of non-essential cookies, such as performance, analytics, or functionality cookies. Essential cookies cannot be disabled because they are necessary for the website to operate correctly.

To revisit or adjust your choices, you can use the "Manage cookie preferences" control provided on this page or elsewhere on the site. Any changes you make will apply to future browsing sessions and, where possible, will take effect immediately.

Browser settings

You can also configure most web browsers to manage cookies directly. For example, you may be able to:

• Block all cookies or only certain categories of cookies.
• Delete existing cookies from your device.
• Receive alerts before a cookie is stored so that you can decide whether to accept it.

The method for controlling cookies varies by browser. Guidance is typically available within the browser's help or settings menu. For convenience, you can consult the documentation for commonly used browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari.

Please note that if you block or delete cookies, the functionality of our website may be affected, and some services – such as interactive forms on the Contact Us page or access to certain resources – may not operate as intended.

Contact and Further Information

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies more generally, or our approach to data protection and privacy, you can contact us using the details below:

PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD
4 The Old Nursery, Malpas, Truro, England, TR1 1GS
Phone: +44 73 508 16275
Email: [email protected]

For a broader description of how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data – including information obtained via cookies and similar technologies – please refer to our Privacy Policy.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in applicable law, advancements in our technical infrastructure, or modifications to the services and features provided on our website. Any significant changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.