Cookies Policy
Understanding How Seeking Trans Uses Cookies
At Seeking Trans, we believe in transparency and respect for your privacy. Like most professional websites, we use cookies to enhance your user experience, improve site performance, and ensure the safety and functionality of our services.
This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your rights in managing your cookie preferences — all in compliance with the UK GDPR and PECR.
🔍 What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us remember your preferences, improve your browsing experience, and deliver relevant content or features. Cookies may store anonymous information about how you interact with our site or log you in securely.
You can learn more about cookies from this Wikipedia article on HTTP cookies.
⚙️ How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- To provide secure login and user sessions
- To remember your preferences and language settings
- To gather anonymised analytics and site usage data
- To deliver tailored content and marketing
- To support interactive features like chat and profile editing
Disabling cookies may impact certain features and could reduce the quality of your experience on the site.
🍪 Types of Cookies We Use
- Necessary Cookies
These are essential for our website to function properly. They allow features like:
- Secure account login and authentication
- Navigation across pages
- Access to restricted site areas (e.g., messaging or settings)
Without these cookies, the site would not work as intended.
- Statistics & Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with Seeking Trans. We use tools like Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage data, including:
- Page views and visit duration
- Device/browser type
- Navigation patterns on the site
This helps us improve usability and optimise the user journey.
🔗 More on Google Analytics
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- Marketing & Personalisation Cookies
These cookies help us deliver relevant advertising and recommendations. They:
- Track user behaviour across pages
- Ensure ads are personalised and engaging
- May be used by third-party partners (e.g., ad networks)
- Live Features & Interactive Cookies
We use cookies to power live and interactive site features, such as:
- Real-time chat
- Live cams or profile features
- Session persistence during your visit
These cookies enhance your real-time experience on Seeking Trans.
🔗 Third-Party Cookies
We may partner with trusted third parties who set cookies on our behalf. These may include:
- Google Analytics (site traffic and engagement)
- Social media plugins (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, TikTok)
- Embedded video or audio providers
- Ad networks or analytics services
We ensure all third-party services comply with UK and international privacy standards.
🔐 Your Cookie Choices
On your first visit, you’ll see a cookie consent banner. You can:
- Accept all cookies
- Manage preferences (accept essential only, disable marketing, etc.)
- Revisit and change your preferences at any time via our Cookie Settings
You can also block or delete cookies using your browser settings. However, doing so may limit the functionality of our services.
📅 Policy Updates
We review and update this policy regularly to reflect legal changes or improvements to our
platform.
Last Updated: 20 July 2025
🤝 Respecting Your Rights
Seeking Trans complies with:
- The UK GDPR
- The Data Protection Act 2018
- The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR)
We will never use cookies to collect sensitive personal data without your explicit consent.
📧 Contact Us
If you have questions or would like to exercise your data rights, please contact: