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Cookie Policy
Effective date: 04 May 2026
Last reviewed: 04 May 2026
Website: buyabusinessltd.com
This Cookie Policy explains how BUYABUSINESS LTD uses cookies and similar technologies on the Buy a Business Ltd website and marketplace.
It explains what cookies are, why we use them, which categories of cookies may be used, and how you can manage your choices.
Buy a Business Ltd is a marketplace, not a broker. Information, search results and recommendations on this site are for general guidance only and do not constitute legal, tax, financial, investment, valuation or regulated advice.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by BUYABUSINESS LTD, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 11440681.
Our registered office is:
Our ICO registration number is .
For cookie and privacy questions, contact:
Email: gdpr@buyabusinessltd.com
Contact page: https://buyabusinessltd.com/contact
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website.
They can help a website work properly, remember preferences, keep accounts secure, measure website use, or support optional features.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, device identifiers or other tools that store or access information on your device.
3. How we use cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- operate the website;
- support account login and security;
- remember cookie choices;
- protect forms and marketplace features;
- support payments and subscriptions;
- understand how visitors use the website where analytics consent has been given;
- improve website performance and user experience;
- support optional functionality where enabled.
We do not currently use Meta Pixel, Google Ads remarketing, TikTok Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag or other retargeting pixels.
4. Cookie categories
We group cookies into the following categories.
5. Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website and marketplace to work.
These may be used for:
- account login;
- secure sessions;
- fraud prevention;
- form protection;
- cookie preference storage;
- payment and checkout security;
- website routing and basic functionality.
These cookies are always active because the website cannot work properly without them.
You can block these cookies in your browser settings, but parts of the website may stop working.
Consent required: No, where the cookie is strictly necessary.
6. Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website.
We use Google Analytics to measure website traffic, page views, user journeys and general marketplace performance.
Google Analytics should only run where you have given legally valid consent through our cookie banner or cookie preference controls.
Analytics information helps us improve the website, fix issues, understand which pages are useful, and improve the marketplace experience.
Consent required: Yes.
7. Functional and preference cookies
Functional and preference cookies may be used to remember optional choices you make on the website.
These may include:
- cookie preferences;
- display preferences;
- saved search settings;
- convenience features;
- remembered form choices, where enabled.
Some preference cookies may be necessary where they store your cookie consent choices. Other optional preference cookies may require consent.
Consent required: Depends on whether the cookie is strictly necessary or optional.
8. Marketing and retargeting cookies
Marketing and retargeting cookies are used to track users across websites or show targeted advertising.
We do not currently use:
- Meta Pixel;
- Google Ads remarketing;
- TikTok Pixel;
- LinkedIn Insight Tag;
- other retargeting pixels.
If we introduce marketing or retargeting cookies in the future, they will not be used unless valid consent has been obtained.
Consent required: Yes.
9. Current cookie position
Based on the current intended setup:
Strictly necessary cookies
Yes
No, where strictly necessary
Cookie preference storage
Yes
No, where used only to remember consent choices
Google Analytics
Yes
Yes
Functional preference cookies
May be used
Yes, unless strictly necessary
Marketing cookies
No
Yes, if added later
Retargeting pixels
No
Yes, if added later
10. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- pages visited;
- time on site;
- device and browser information;
- approximate location;
- referral source;
- interactions with pages.
Google Analytics should only be activated after you have consented to analytics cookies.
If you reject analytics cookies, Google Analytics should not be used to set analytics cookies on your device.
11. Cookie consent banner
When you first visit the website, you should be shown a cookie banner or cookie preference option.
The cookie banner should allow you to:
- accept all optional cookies;
- reject all non-essential cookies;
- manage cookie preferences by category.
Non-essential cookies should be off by default unless you actively consent to them.
You should be able to reject non-essential cookies as easily as you can accept them.
Where a browser sends a valid Global Privacy Control signal, we treat that as a request to keep non-essential cookies off.
12. Managing your cookie choices
You can manage your cookie choices through the cookie banner or the Manage cookie preferences link in the website footer.
You can change or withdraw consent at any time.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
- delete cookies;
- block all cookies;
- block third-party cookies;
- clear cookies when you close the browser;
- control cookies site by site.
If you block strictly necessary cookies, some parts of the website may not work properly.
13. Third-party cookies
Some cookies or similar technologies may be provided by third-party service providers.
These may include services used for:
- payments;
- website operation;
- analytics;
- cookie consent management;
- account security;
- support or communication features.
Where third-party cookies are not strictly necessary, they should only be used where valid consent has been given.
Third-party providers may process data in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
Current named providers relevant to the live service may include Vercel, Supabase, Stripe, Resend, and Google Analytics.
14. Do Not Track, Global Privacy Control and browser controls
Some browsers include Do Not Track, Global Privacy Control, or similar privacy settings.
Where practical, we aim to respect privacy choices made through our cookie banner, browser-level privacy signals, and preference controls.
Your most reliable controls are the website's cookie preference settings, Global Privacy Control where supported, and your browser's own cookie controls.
15. Cookie audit and updates
We aim to review the cookies and similar technologies used on the website regularly.
We review cookies:
- before launch;
- after adding new website features;
- after adding new analytics, advertising or tracking tools;
- after changing payment, account or enquiry features;
- annually.
If the cookies we use change, we may update this Cookie Policy and, where required, ask users to refresh their cookie choices.
16. Contact us
For questions about cookies or privacy, contact:
BUYABUSINESS LTD
Email: gdpr@buyabusinessltd.com
Contact page: https://buyabusinessltd.com/contact
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