🍪 COOKIE POLICY – Hublum

Effective Date: 22 February 2026
Website: https://hublum.com
Business Name: Hublum
Legal Status: Sole Trader registered in England and Wales


1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our website.

They help ensure the website functions properly, enhance security, and improve user experience.

Cookies may be temporary (session cookies), which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a defined period.


2. Types of Cookies We Use

🔹 Essential Cookies (Strictly Necessary)

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website and cannot be disabled.

They are used for:

  • Shopping cart functionality

  • Secure checkout process

  • Login sessions

  • Customer portal access

  • File upload and download functionality

  • Fraud prevention and website security

Without these cookies, core services (including payments and the secure customer portal) would not function properly.

Essential cookies do not require user consent under UK law.


🔹 Performance & Analytics Cookies (Optional)

These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so that we can improve functionality and user experience.

They may be used to:

  • Analyse website traffic

  • Monitor website performance

  • Improve usability

  • Understand user interaction

We may use third-party services such as:

  • Google Analytics (if enabled)

Analytics cookies are only activated with your explicit consent where required by law.


🔹 Payment Provider Cookies

When you make a purchase, third-party payment providers may set their own cookies.

We use:

  • Stripe

  • PayPal

These providers process payments securely and may use cookies for:

  • Fraud prevention

  • Payment authentication

  • Transaction security

We do not control these third-party cookies.
Please refer to the respective provider’s privacy policy for further information.


3. Managing Cookies

You can manage or disable cookies at any time through your browser settings.

Please note:

Disabling essential cookies may prevent the website from functioning properly, including checkout and secure portal access.

If a cookie consent banner is active on our website, you may manage your cookie preferences through that banner.

You may also withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time.


4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are set by third-party services integrated into our website, such as payment processors or analytics providers.

We do not directly control how these cookies operate.
For more information, please refer to the respective provider’s privacy policy.


5. Legal Basis (UK Data Protection & PECR)

Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and UK GDPR:

  • Strictly necessary cookies are processed as essential for the provision of requested services and do not require consent.

  • Analytics and non-essential cookies are processed only with user consent where required by law.


6. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes.

The latest version will always be published on this page.

 

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