Cookie Policy
Last updated: 15 September 2026
This policy explains how Apply-Assist uses cookies and similar technologies on apply-assist.co.uk. It should be read with our Privacy Policy, and our Legal Notice sets out who operates this website.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as local storage, work in a comparable way. Some are needed for a site to work; others are used to track visitors or show advertising.
Our approach: no tracking cookies
We keep this website as free of tracking as we can. We do not use advertising or marketing cookies, and we do not use Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager. Our visitor statistics come from Pirsch Analytics, a privacy-friendly tool that works without cookies: it does not store anything on your device, does not use persistent identifiers and does not build a profile of you. It only gives us aggregated figures such as how many people visited a page.
Because of this, the only cookies this website sets are strictly necessary ones, which do not require your consent under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
Categories
| Category | Purpose | Consent required |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Core functionality: security, load balancing, processing your application form (including the optional “Save and Continue Later” link) and taking your card payment securely on the payment page. | No (always on) |
| Analytics | Pirsch Analytics, cookieless. No cookies or identifiers are stored on your device. | Not applicable |
| Marketing / advertising | Not used. | Not applicable |
Strictly necessary cookies
These are set only when needed to provide something you have asked for, and they are not used to track you across other websites:
- Application form: our form software may set a short-lived cookie to keep your session while you complete the form, and a token if you choose “Save and Continue Later”.
- Payment page: the secure card payment widget provided by our payment processor (PAYSTRAX) sets the cookies it needs to process your payment and prevent fraud. These are only used on the payment page.
- Security: our hosting and security plugins may set cookies to protect the site against abuse.
- Consent record: where a cookie notice is displayed, a cookie remembers that you have seen it so that we do not show it again.
The cookies we set
The list below is generated automatically from a scan of this website by our privacy tool and is kept up to date.
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Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Because we only use strictly necessary cookies, doing so may prevent the application form or the payment page from working.
Legal basis
Strictly necessary cookies are exempt from the consent requirement under regulation 6(4) of PECR because they are essential to provide the service you have requested. Our cookieless analytics do not store or access information on your device; the aggregated statistics they produce are processed under our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used (UK GDPR, Article 6(1)(f)). If we ever introduce cookies that require consent, we will update this policy and ask for your consent first.
Contact
Questions about this policy: privacy@apply-assist.co.uk. Our UK representative and ICO registration details are in our Legal Notice.