Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 25th March 2025

Last Updated: 23rd June 2025

1. Introduction This Cookie Policy explains how Homestead Horizon uses cookies and similar technologies on our website. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring our use of cookies complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). By using Homestead Horizon, you agree to our use of cookies as described in this policy.

2. What Are Cookies? Cookies are small text files placed on your device (such as a computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit our website. They help our site operate efficiently, enhance your user experience, and provide us with aggregated data to improve functionality and performance.

3. How We Use Cookies We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Functionality: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. They enable secure logins, maintain user sessions, and ensure smooth navigation on our Ghost portal.
Performance and Analytics: Cookies in this category collect anonymous data (e.g. page views and click patterns) that help us understand how visitors interact with our website and identify areas for improvement.
Personalisation: These cookies remember your preferences (such as language or regional settings) to provide a tailored browsing experience.
Payment Processing and Integration: We integrate Stripe as our secure payment system. Stripe may set cookies to verify your payment details and process transactions securely. For more information on how Stripe handles your financial data, please refer to Stripe’s Privacy Policy.
Social Marketing: To build and engage our community, we sometimes run paid advertising campaigns via platforms such as Meta (including Facebook and Instagram). These platforms may use cookies and similar technologies to track interactions, optimise ad delivery, and understand user behaviour. Please review Meta’s Privacy Policy for further details.

4. Types of Cookies We Use We categorise our cookies as follows:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are indispensable for core website operations (e.g. secure sessions, navigation, and authentication) and do not require your consent.
Performance Cookies: These collect data about your usage of the site to identify trends and improve our services. As non-essential cookies, these will only be activated upon your explicit consent (by joining as a member). Below are the performance metrics that we collect from our members who use the site and engage with our channels:
Newsletter opens, Newsletter clicks, Member sources, Outbound link tagging, Country of activity.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies remember the choices you make (for example, your preferred language or region) to enhance your experience. They are non-essential and require your consent before use (by joining as a member)

5. Consent for Cookies and Registration When signing up for our membership, you will be required to provide your explicit consent for the use of non-essential cookies (i.e. performance and functionality cookies) as part of the registration process. You must tick the "I agree" box to confirm that you have read, understood, and accept this Cookie Policy, along with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Only with your explicit consent will these non-essential cookies be activated; otherwise, only strictly necessary cookies will be used.

6. Legal Basis for Our Use of Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies: The use of these cookies is justified by the need to provide our core website services, such as secure logins and session management.
Performance and Functionality Cookies: As these cookies are not essential to the basic function of our website, they will only be deployed upon your explicit consent, ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements.

7. Cookie Duration The duration for which cookies remain on your device depends on their purpose:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: Typically, these are session-based and expire when you close your browser. However, some may persist for a short period to support session continuity.
Performance and Functionality Cookies: These cookies usually persist for a limited period to enable effective summarisation of site usage data and to remember your preferences. Their exact duration may vary.

8. Managing Your Cookies You can manage or delete cookies through your web browser settings. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default; however, you may adjust your settings if you wish to decline or remove them. Please note that disabling cookies may affect certain functionalities of our website and result in a diminished user experience. You also have the right to withdraw your consent for the use of non-essential cookies at any time via your browser settings or by contacting us.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. In the event that any material changes are made, which affect how cookies are used or the processing of personal data, we will notify you directly by email at least 7 days before these changes take effect. This email will serve as our official notice, and we will not rely solely on posting the updated policy on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to ensure you are informed of our current practices.

10. Contact Information If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: homesteadhcommunity@gmail.com

By using Homestead Horizon, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Cookie Policy in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

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