{"id":120,"date":"2026-07-02T18:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetrainingrock.com\/dev\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:31:46","slug":"our-cookie-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thetrainingrock.com\/dev\/our-cookie-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"ttr-legal-hero\" aria-labelledby=\"cookie-h1\">\n  <p class=\"ttr-eyebrow\">Legal<\/p>\n  <h1 class=\"ttr-legal-hero__h1\" id=\"cookie-h1\">Cookie Policy<\/h1>\n  <p class=\"ttr-legal-hero__meta\">Last updated: 2026 &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; Copyright \u00a9 2020\u20132026 Jo Andrews T\/A The Training Rock<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<nav class=\"ttr-legal-nav\" aria-label=\"Legal pages\">\n  <p class=\"ttr-legal-nav__label\">Legal documents<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ttr-legal-nav__links\">\n    <a href=\"\/dev\/the-trait-test-copyright-notice\/\" class=\"ttr-legal-nav__link\">TRAIT Test&#x2122; Copyright<\/a>\n    <a href=\"\/dev\/terms-of-use\/\" class=\"ttr-legal-nav__link\">Website Terms of Use<\/a>\n    <a href=\"\/dev\/privacy-policy\/\" class=\"ttr-legal-nav__link\">Privacy Policy<\/a>\n    <a href=\"\/dev\/our-cookie-policy\/\" class=\"ttr-legal-nav__link active\">Cookie Policy<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n<div class=\"ttr-legal-body\">\n  <!-- SIDEBAR -->\n  <aside class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar\" aria-label=\"On this page\">\n    <p class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__label\">On this page<\/p>\n    <ul class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__list\">\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#what\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">1. What is a cookie?<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#how\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">2. How we use cookies<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#duration\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">3. Session and persistent<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#types\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">4. Types of cookie<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#third\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">5. First and third party<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#control\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">6. Your controls<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n      <li class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__item\">\n        <a href=\"#contact\" class=\"ttr-legal-sidebar__link\">7. Contact us<\/a>\n      <\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/aside>\n  <!-- CONTENT -->\n  <main class=\"ttr-legal-content\">\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"what\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">1. What is a cookie?<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">A cookie is a small piece of information stored on your device when you visit a website. It records how you move around a website so that, when you revisit, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"ttr-legal-highlight\">\n        <p>We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies at any time through your browser settings. However, blocking essential cookies may mean you cannot access all parts of our site.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"how\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">2. How we use cookies<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">We use cookies to track how our website is used. This enables us to understand how you use the site and identify patterns in how you navigate through it. This helps us to develop and improve our website, as well as the products and services we offer, in response to what you might need or want.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"duration\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">3. Session and persistent cookies<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">Cookies are either session-based or persistent, depending on how long they remain on your device.<\/p>\n      <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:12px;margin-top:16px\">\n        <div style=\"background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:3px;padding:18px\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:12px;font-weight:500;color:var(--vdark);margin-bottom:8px\">Session cookies<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--dwarm);line-height:1.7\">Stored only during your web session and automatically deleted when you close your browser. They typically store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse without logging in to each page, and do not collect personal data.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-radius:3px;padding:18px\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:12px;font-weight:500;color:var(--vdark);margin-bottom:8px\">Persistent cookies<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--dwarm);line-height:1.7\">Stored as a file on your device and remain when you close your browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit again. They are used to remember your preferences across sessions.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"types\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">4. Types of cookie we use<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">Cookies can be categorised by their purpose. We use the following types on this website.<\/p>\n      <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:12px;margin-top:18px\">\n        <div style=\"background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-top:2px solid var(--cyan);border-radius:3px;padding:18px\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:12px;font-weight:500;color:var(--vdark);margin-bottom:8px\">Strictly necessary<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--dwarm);line-height:1.7\">Essential to enable you to use the website effectively. Without these, services available on our site cannot be provided. They do not gather information for marketing purposes or track where you have been online.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-top:2px solid var(--cyan);border-radius:3px;padding:18px\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:12px;font-weight:500;color:var(--vdark);margin-bottom:8px\">Performance<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--dwarm);line-height:1.7\">Enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. They allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-top:2px solid var(--cyan);border-radius:3px;padding:18px\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:12px;font-weight:500;color:var(--vdark);margin-bottom:8px\">Functionality<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--dwarm);line-height:1.7\">Allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features \u2014 for instance, providing news or updates relevant to the services you use. Information collected is usually anonymised.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div style=\"background:var(--bg);border:1px solid var(--rule);border-top:2px solid var(--cyan);border-radius:3px;padding:18px\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:12px;font-weight:500;color:var(--vdark);margin-bottom:8px\">Targeting<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--dwarm);line-height:1.7\">Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div style=\"background:var(--vdark);border-radius:3px;padding:22px 24px;margin-top:16px\">\n        <p style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:15px;font-weight:600;color:var(--white);margin-bottom:8px\">View and manage your cookie preferences<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:rgba(255,255,255,.75);line-height:1.65;margin-bottom:14px\">You can see the full list of cookies used on this site and manage your consent for each category through our cookie settings panel.<\/p>\n        <!--\n          COOKIE SETTINGS TRIGGER \u2014 confirmed plugin: GDPR Cookie Consent by WebToffee\n          (identified from the live site's cookie names: cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics,\n          cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional, cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary,\n          cookielawinfo-checkbox-others, cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance, viewed_cookie_policy)\n          This plugin's front-end \"Cookie Settings\" button re-opens its own banner rather than\n          exposing a documented public JS trigger, so the safest approach for a custom link is\n          the shortcode method: place [wt_cli_manage_consent] in its own HTML block directly\n          above this one (WebToffee button styling will apply), OR link this anchor to trigger\n          the existing banner re-open button already present on the page (id\/class will depend\n          on your GDPR Cookie Consent version \u2014 inspect the front-end \"Cookie Settings\" button\n          in your browser dev tools and copy its exact class onto the link below).\n        -->\n        <a href=\"#\" style=\"font-family:var(--sans);font-size:13px;color:var(--cyan3);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(105,172,172,.4);padding-bottom:1px;text-decoration:none\">Open cookie settings &#x2197;<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"third\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">5. First and third-party cookies<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\"><strong>First-party cookies<\/strong> are cookies set directly by our website.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\"><strong>Third-party cookies<\/strong> are cookies set by a different website \u2014 for example, if we use advertising or social media tools that set their own cookies when you visit our site.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">We use only first-party cookies on this website. We do not use advertising networks or social media pixel tracking.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"control\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">6. Your controls<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">You can control your cookie settings through your web browser. Most browsers allow you to refuse all cookies or to be alerted when a cookie is being set.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">You can also manage your preferences at any time through the cookie settings panel on this website. Please note that blocking essential cookies may affect your ability to use certain parts of the site.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">For more information about how we use your personal data more broadly, please read our <a href=\"\/dev\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ttr-legal-section\" id=\"contact\">\n      <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-section__h\">7. Contact us<\/h2>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">If you have any questions about the cookies we use, please get in touch.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"ttr-legal-section__p\">\n        Email: <a href=\"mailto:hello@thetrainingrock.com\">hello@thetrainingrock.com<\/a><br>\n        Postal address: 27 Orchard Drive, Wye, TN25 5AT\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/main>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ttr-legal-cta\">\n  <div class=\"ttr-legal-cta__text\">\n    <h2 class=\"ttr-legal-cta__h\">Questions about your data?<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"ttr-legal-cta__p\">Read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, or get in touch directly.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap\">\n    <a href=\"\/dev\/privacy-policy\/\" class=\"ttr-btn-secondary\">Privacy Policy<\/a>\n    <a href=\"\/dev\/terms-of-use\/\" class=\"ttr-btn-secondary\">Terms of Use<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Cookie Policy Last updated: 2026 &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; Copyright \u00a9 2020\u20132026 Jo Andrews T\/A The Training Rock Legal documents TRAIT Test&#x2122; Copyright Website Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy On this page 1. What is a cookie? 2. How we use cookies 3. Session and persistent 4. Types of cookie 5. First and third party 6. Your controls 7. Contact us 1. What is a cookie? A cookie is a small piece of information stored on your device when you visit a website. It records how you move around a website so that, when you revisit, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. 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