Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how TalkHSE Group Limited (company number 15282511) and its subsidiary TalkHSE Limited (company number 15756073), each registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Arena Offices, 100 Berkshire Place, Winnersh, United Kingdom, RG41 5RD (‘we’, ‘our’ or ‘us’), use cookies and similar technologies. TalkHSE Group Limited operates https://talkhse.com (Website), and TalkHSE Limited provides the TalkHSE cloud-based health, safety and environmental management platform and related services (Platform). The Website and Platform are together referred to as the “Services”.

Please read this Cookie Policy together with our Privacy Policy at https://talkhse.com/policies/privacy-policy, which explains how we use personal data, your rights and how to contact us or the Information Commissioner’s Office. Use of the Website is also subject to the TalkHSE Terms of Use, and customer use of the Platform is subject to the TalkHSE Terms and Conditions, each available through the Website. TalkHSE Group Limited is responsible for cookies used on the Website, and TalkHSE Limited is responsible for cookies used on the Platform.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when you use the Services. This policy also covers similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, local storage and software development kits, that store information on or access information from your device. Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR), we may use these technologies without consent only where they are strictly necessary to provide a service you request. We ask for consent before using all other cookies or similar technologies.

Cookies may recognise your browser or device, keep you signed in, protect accounts, remember choices, measure use of the Services and support advertising. Some are set by TalkHSE (first-party cookies); others are set by providers whose services we use (third-party cookies). Session cookies expire when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain until their stated expiry or until you delete them. The cookies used on the Services are described in the table below.

Information collected through cookies may include online identifiers, IP address, browser and device information, log-in times, pages and features used, referral source, interactions, errors and cookie choices. This information may be personal data even if it does not directly identify you. Where it is personal data, we process it in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, using the lawful bases, retention periods, safeguards and rights explained in our Privacy Policy. Where relevant, providers may process it under their own privacy notices.

We group cookies as follows:

Strictly necessary cookies enable core functions such as authentication, security, network management and recording cookie choices. They cannot be switched off through our consent tool.
Functional cookies remember choices and provide enhanced features.
Analytics cookies help us understand use, performance and errors so that we can improve the Services.
Marketing cookies measure campaigns and may be used to build a profile of interests or show relevant advertising.
Targeting cookies track activity across websites or services to select, limit or measure advertising.

A particular cookie may fit more than one description; the table states the category used for consent purposes.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Consent to use cookies and changing settings

When you first visit the Website, and when consent needs to be refreshed, our cookie banner allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies and to choose categories. Non-essential cookies remain disabled unless and until you give a clear, affirmative choice. We do not treat continued browsing, inactivity or a pre-selected option as consent. The Platform uses strictly necessary cookies to keep authorised users logged in and secure; any non-essential Platform cookies will be subject to the same consent standard.

You can withdraw consent or change your choices at any time, as easily as you gave them, by selecting the permanent “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of every Website page. Platform users can also open Cookie Settings from the Platform account menu. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before withdrawal. Your updated settings will apply from that point, although you may need to refresh the Website or Platform. We retain a record of your consent choice for six months for compliance purposes and will ask you to renew it after that period or when our use of cookies materially changes.

Our use of cookies

The table below is the definitive cookie inventory for the Website and Platform. It identifies the TalkHSE controls needed for consent, authentication and security and the Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising technologies described in our Privacy Policy. TalkHSE will keep the inventory and consent-platform blocking rules current whenever a service, tag or Platform component changes. A non-essential item must not activate unless the user has consented to its category.

The cookies we use	Name	Purpose	Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie
Strictly necessary: cookie consent (TalkHSE, first party)	TLSCookiesEU	Records your cookie choices (including whether you accepted or rejected non-essential cookies and which categories you selected), so the cookie banner is not shown again until your consent needs to be renewed. This cookie collects information including: your cookie choices and the date they were made. Duration: 6 months	Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie)
Functional: currency (TalkHSE, first party)	Currency cookie	Stores the currency used for the Services. This cookie collects information in an anonymous form including: your selected currency.	No, not essential (we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie)
Functional: language (TalkHSE, first party)	Language cookie	Stores the language used for the Services. This cookie collects information in an anonymous form including: your selected language.	No, not essential (we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie)
Functional: register pop up (TalkHSE, first party)	newsbcsub	Stored once you have completed or closed the Register pop up, so that it does not appear again for 7 days. This cookie collects information in an anonymous form including: whether the pop up has been completed or closed.	No, not essential (we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie)
Strictly necessary: session (TalkHSE, first party)	PHPSESSIONID	Contains a unique session identifier that allows the Website to maintain your session and remember actions you take as you move between pages. This cookie collects personal information including: a unique session identifier. Duration: session (deleted when you close your browser)	Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie)
Analytics: Google Analytics (Google)	_ga, _gid, _gat	This is a web analytics service provided by Google which uses cookies to show us how visitors use our Services and how we can enhance their experience. It tells us how customers move through the Website and how it is being used. This cookie collects personal information including: online identifiers, IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, time spent on the Services and referral source. Duration: _ga up to 2 years; _gid 24 hours; _gat 1 minute. Read how Google uses data from sites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.	No, not essential (we will therefore request your consent before placing this cookie)

How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so

You can use our Cookie Settings tool to reject non-essential cookies without disabling cookies needed for requested services. You can also configure your browser to block or delete cookies; browser controls vary, may not cover every similar technology and may need to be set separately on each browser and device. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent the Website or Platform from working, including log-in, security and saved cookie choices. For further guidance, visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Changes to this policy

This Cookie Policy is effective from 1 November 2026 and was last updated on 1 November 2026. We may update it to reflect changes to the cookies we use, the Services, providers or applicable law. We will publish the updated version on the Website and, where a change materially affects Platform users or their choices, may also provide notice through the Platform or by email. Where required, we will request fresh consent before newly introduced or changed non-essential cookies are used.

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, contact us at enquiries@talkhse.com or write to TalkHSE, Arena Offices, 100 Berkshire Place, Winnersh, United Kingdom, RG41 5RD. We will direct your query to the relevant TalkHSE company.