Cookie policy

This policy explains how Launchable Ltd ("Launchable", "we", "us") uses cookies and similar technologies. We're registered in England and Wales with company number 17001454. Our registered office is 20 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU.

It applies to:

• www.solaunchable.com and solaunchable.com, including the sign-in and registration pages
• the Launchable Tool app (pages under /t/)

Read it alongside our privacy policy, which explains how we handle personal data more generally. We follow the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).

Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. They let the site recognise your browser on later visits, keep you signed in, and remember choices you've made.

This policy also covers similar technologies that work the same way, such as your browser's local storage. Where we say "cookies" below, we mean all of these.

• First-party cookies are set by Launchable on our own domain.
• Third-party cookies are set by another company's service that we use, such as Google Analytics.
• Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay until they expire or you delete them.

We use two categories of cookie.

Strictly necessary

These keep you signed in to your account, keep the site secure, remember your language, and record your cookie choices. The site doesn't work properly without them, so they're always on. The law doesn't require your consent for these.

Analytics

These are set by Google Analytics 4, which we load through Google Tag Manager. They tell us how people find and use Launchable: which pages are visited, and whether steps such as registering, creating a studio or project, or applying for a role are completed. We use this to improve the site.

Analytics cookies are off until you accept them. We've set up Google Analytics to protect your privacy:

• We never send your name, email address, phone number, company name or anything you type into a form.
• Page addresses are cleaned before they're sent: account and project identifiers and query strings are removed.
• If you're signed in, we send a random-looking code instead of your account details. It's created on our server with a secret key, so Google can't link it back to you.
• Google signals and advertising features are turned off. Your data isn't used for ads.
• Google Analytics doesn't log or store IP addresses.
• Analytics data is kept for 14 months, then deleted.

Before you choose, or if you decline

We use Google Consent Mode. Until you accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics stores nothing on your device. It may still send Google basic signals without cookies, such as that a page was loaded and that consent wasn't given. These contain no cookie or user identifier, and Google uses them only to produce estimated totals.

Marketing

We don't use marketing or advertising cookies. If we add them, we'll update this policy and ask for your consent first.

We review this table whenever we change what runs on the site, and keep it up to date.

When you first visit, a banner asks whether you accept analytics cookies. Accept all and Reject all are equally easy to choose. Nothing is stored for analytics unless you accept.

You can change your mind at any time:

• Select Cookie settings in the footer of any public page, or under Settings → Legal in the Tool app. The banner reopens so you can change your choice.
• If you withdraw consent, we stop collecting analytics from that point. Data already collected stays in Google Analytics until its 14-month retention period ends.

You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block strictly necessary cookies, you won't be able to sign in. To opt out of Google Analytics on every website, you can install Google's opt-out browser add-on.

Our cookie banner is built and run by Launchable. No third party shows it or records your choice.

Google acts as our data processor for Google Analytics. Google may process data in the United States. These transfers are covered by the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, under which Google LLC is certified, and by Google's data processing terms, which include the UK International Data Transfer Addendum.

We'll update this policy when we change the cookies we use, and change the "Last updated" date at the top. If a change needs your consent, such as adding a new category of cookie, we'll show the banner again.

If you have a question about cookies or your data, email us at terms@solaunchable.com or write to Launchable Ltd, 20 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.