Last updated 28 August 2026.
This page explains what cookies we use on sonastechnical.com, why we use them and how you control them. It applies to Broadwork Limited, trading as Sonas Technical.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file a website saves on your device. It lets the site remember something about your visit, such as which pages you looked at or that you have already made a cookie choice. Some cookies are set by us. Others are set by companies whose services we use.
We also use similar technologies such as tracking pixels and browser storage. Where this page says “cookies” it covers those too.
Your choice
The first time you visit, we ask which cookies you accept. You can accept all, reject all, or choose by category.
Nothing but functional cookies is set until you choose. If you reject, nothing further is set. If you close the banner without choosing, nothing further is set. We do not treat scrolling or continued browsing as consent.
You can change your mind at any time using the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page.
The four categories
Functional. These make the site work. They record your cookie choice, keep a signed-in editor logged in, keep forms secure and route your request to the right server. You cannot turn these off and we do not need your consent for them.
Preferences. These remember settings you have chosen, so the site behaves the way you left it.
Statistics. These tell us how many people visit, which pages they read and where they came from. We use Google Analytics for this and we use the result to decide what to publish and what to fix. The data is aggregated. We do not use it to identify you.
Marketing. These let us measure our advertising on LinkedIn and show our adverts to people who have visited the site. LinkedIn can link your visit here to a profile it already holds about you.
The cookies we use
The table below is generated from a monthly scan of this website, so it reflects what is actually running rather than what we remember installing. Durations shown are the maximum. Cookies set by third parties are held on that company’s own domain, not ours.
Two things that load before you choose
Two third parties load on the site before you make a cookie choice, and neither sets a cookie nor writes anything to your device.
- Vimeo serves the background video on our homepage. We call it with Do Not Track switched on, so Vimeo does not track you and sets no cookies.
- Trustindex serves our Google reviews display. It sets no cookies and writes nothing to your browser storage.
Both receive your IP address, as any server does when your browser requests a file from it.
Who receives your data
The third parties named in the table are Google Ireland Limited and LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. Each acts as its own data controller for the data it collects through its cookies. Their own privacy policies explain what they do with it.
Some of these companies transfer data outside the European Economic Area. Where they do, they rely on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or on an adequacy decision.
How to withdraw or change your consent
Use the Cookie settings link in the footer of any page. It reopens the same panel you saw on your first visit. Change what you want and save. The change takes effect straight away.
Withdrawing consent does not undo processing that already happened while your consent was in place.
How long we keep your choice
We ask you again after six months, so your consent never goes stale.
We keep a record of the consent you gave for 12 months from the date you gave it. That record holds the date, the choices you made, the version of the banner in force at the time, an anonymous identifier and a partly masked IP address. It does not hold your name or your email address. We keep it so we can show a regulator that consent was properly obtained. After 12 months it is deleted.
Controlling cookies in your browser
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser. This applies to every site you visit, not just ours, and blocking all cookies will break parts of most websites.
- Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies
- Safari: Settings, then Privacy
- Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions
- Firefox: Settings, then Privacy and Security
You can opt out of Google Analytics on any site using Google’s browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to how we process it and to have it transferred to another provider. To exercise any of these, use the contact details below.
If you are not happy with how we handle your data we would like to hear from you first. You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Commission, the Irish supervisory authority, at dataprotection.ie.
Contact
Broadwork Limited trading as Sonas Technical
Unit M4, Naas Town Centre, Dublin Rd, Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland
Email: privacy@sonastechnical.com
Website: www.sonastechnical.com
Changes to this policy
We update this page when the cookies on the site change. The date at the top tells you when it last changed.
See also our Privacy Policy.