Cookie Policy
Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy https://www.steelhub.com/privacy-policy/ which sets out 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.
Who we are
This website is operated by Steel Hub Group Ltd (company number 10074543) of 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, England.
Our website
This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device such as your computer, smartphone or other electronic device when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions. For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the website, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this data may be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.
We may use any of the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website.
- Targeting and advertising cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed and display advertisements to you based on relevant topics that interest you.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Strictly necessary cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | This cookie is used to store the user’s consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor’s consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions. | 5 months 4 weeks | Third-party |
| csrf_token | .steelhub.com | This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic. | First-party | 4 weeks 2 days |
Performance cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| _ga | .steelhub.com | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. | 1 year 1 month | First-party |
| _ga_ZNTP0KG610 | .steelhub.com | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | First-party | 1 year 1 month |
Targeting cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. | 5 months 4 weeks | Third-party |
| _cs_c | .steelhub.com | This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_. | 1 year | First-party |
| _cs_s | .steelhub.com | This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_. | 29 minutes 52 seconds | First-party |
| _cs_id | .steelhub.com | This is a session cookie. This is a pattern type cookie where a random 13-digit number is appended to the prefix _cs_. | 1 year | First-party |
| YSC | .youtube.com | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. | Session | Third-party |
Functionality cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| _cfuvid | app.termly.io | This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services. | Session | Third-party |
Unclassified cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Duration | Type |
| _Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | .youtube.com | 5 months 4 weeks | Third-party |
Consent to use cookies and changing settings
We will ask for your permission to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.
You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect. Alternatively, you can go into your web browser settings to allow or block cookies and delete any previously set cookies. You will need to do this for each web browser you use and each device you use to access the internet. Find out how to delete cookies on popular web browsers from the links below:
To deactivate the use of certain third-party cookies, you may need to visit such third party’s website.
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 browser 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 website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
How to contact us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this cookie policy should be emailed to emilioriva@steelhub.com or addressed to 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, England.
If you have any complaints relating to our cookie policy or our use of your personal data, we would appreciate that you contact us first. You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. Further information can be found at www.ico.org.uk.
Changes to this cookie policy
This cookie policy was last updated in December 2025. We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.