Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 15 March 2025
Effective Date: 15 March 2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Oakthorn uses them on this website, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, improve the visitor experience, and provide website operators with anonymised information about how the site is used.
Cookies are not harmful and do not contain executable code. They cannot access files on your device or install software. Their sole function is to hold a small amount of data that a website can retrieve during a visit.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use three categories of cookies on this website. The first category is always active; the remaining categories are only set where you have given consent via our cookie banner.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to your actions — such as submitting a contact form or accepting or declining cookie consent — and do not collect any information about you for analytics or marketing purposes.
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| oakthorn_consent | Stores your cookie consent preferences so the banner is not shown on every page visit. | 12 months |
| PHPSESSID | Maintains your session state during a visit, including form submission handling. | Session (deleted on close) |
Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors find and use our website. All data collected is aggregated and anonymised — we cannot identify individual visitors from analytics data. We use this information solely to improve the website's content and structure.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors. Used to calculate session and user metrics. | 2 years |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Stores and counts page visits for session tracking. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors within a 24-hour window. | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Throttles the request rate to Google's servers. | 1 minute |
Google Analytics data is processed in accordance with Google's privacy terms. IP anonymisation is enabled. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy.
Preference Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you have made to improve your experience, such as your preferred language or region settings. We currently make limited use of preference cookies; any additions will be reflected in an update to this policy.
3. What We Do Not Do
We want to be clear about the scope of our cookie use:
- We do not use cookies to display targeted or behavioural advertising.
- We do not sell or share cookie data with third parties for marketing purposes.
- We do not use cookies to build personal profiles of individual visitors.
- We do not use social media tracking pixels (e.g. Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight) beyond any explicitly described analytics tools above.
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear. You may accept all cookie categories, or choose to accept only essential cookies. Your preference is saved and the banner will not reappear unless you clear your browser data.
You may update your preferences at any time by clearing our consent cookie from your browser and revisiting the site, which will trigger the banner again.
You may also manage or delete cookies directly through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- View all cookies stored on your device.
- Delete some or all cookies.
- Block cookies from specific websites or all websites.
- Set your browser to notify you before a cookie is stored.
Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of this website, including the ability to submit contact forms.
Browser Cookie Settings — Quick Links
5. Cookies Set by Third Parties
Some cookies on this website are set directly by third-party services (notably Google Analytics, as described above). These third-party providers have their own privacy and cookie policies. We encourage you to review them:
We only permit third-party cookies where they serve a purpose described in this policy and only with your consent.
6. Embedded Content
Our website includes an embedded Google Maps component on the homepage contact section. When you interact with this embed, Google may set its own cookies in accordance with its own policies. These are third-party cookies outside our direct control. You may prevent cookie setting from the embed by using a browser extension that blocks third-party cookies, or by using browser privacy settings.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our cookie use or relevant legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the date at the top of this page. If your previously saved consent no longer covers the updated cookie categories, the consent banner will reappear on your next visit.
8. Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Oakthorn
88 Wireless Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Phone: +66 2 256 8439
Email: [email protected]