Cookies Policy
Last updated: 3 May 2026
Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our Services. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which set out who we are, how to contact us, what data is collected, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
1. Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. your smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Services. When we use cookies on our Services, you will always be informed by a pop-up within the Services.
Cookies help us to recognise you and your device and allow us to store some information about your preferences or past actions (for more information, please see our Privacy Policy).
For example, we may monitor how many times you use our Services and which parts of the Services you go to. This information helps us to understand use of the Services by our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner's Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
2. Consent to use cookies and changing settings
Where we use cookies that are not strictly necessary to provide you with a service that you have requested, we will ask for your consent before placing them on your device.
If non-essential cookies are introduced, a tool will be made available to you within the Services to withdraw your consent or manage your cookie preferences. It may be necessary to refresh or restart the Services for any updated settings to take effect.
3. Our use of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| Type | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Necessary Cookie |
Session Cookie |
Keeps you logged in to your account for 7 days as you navigate Briefer without requiring you to re-enter your credentials. Session data is stored securely on our servers -- the cookie itself contains only an anonymous identifier. |
Yes, essential. No consent required. |
|
Security Cookie |
Cloudflare Bot Protection |
Set by Cloudflare Turnstile on our login page and contact form to verify that you are human and prevent automated abuse. Includes a challenge verification cookie, a bot management cookie, and transient cookies set during the verification process. These cookies last approximately 30 minutes. For further information please see Cloudflare's privacy policy. |
Yes, essential. No consent required. |
|
Payment Cookie |
Stripe Fraud Prevention |
Set by Stripe on our payment and billing pages to prevent fraud. Includes a persistent device identifier lasting approximately one year and a session-scoped identifier lasting approximately 30 minutes. For further information please see Stripe's privacy policy. |
Yes, essential. No consent required. |
4. How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your device settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our Services and of other Services you use on your device. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner's Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
5. Changes to this policy
This policy was published on 3 May 2026 and last updated on 3 May 2026. We may change this cookies policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via the Services or by sending an email to the email address you provided when you signed up to the Services.