Trust Built on Clear Consent.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences or past actions.

Cookies can be:

• Session cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.
• First-party cookies: Set directly by SnelBit Networks.
• Third-party cookies: Set by external service providers (e.g. analytics, marketing, or security tools).

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Ensure the website and client portal function securely and correctly.
• Allow you to log in, stay logged in, and manage your services.
• Remember your preferences and settings.
• Monitor performance, detect errors, and improve our hosting services.
• Help protect our systems against abuse, fraud, and malicious activity.
• Measure the performance of our marketing campaigns and improve ad relevance (only with your consent).

Types of Cookies We Use

SnelBit Networks uses the following categories of cookies:

These cookies are essential for the website and client portal to function properly. They enable features such as:

• Account authentication and secure login.
• Session management and navigation.
• Shopping cart and checkout processes for hosting and domain services.
• Security controls and fraud prevention.

Without these cookies, our services cannot be provided. They are always active and cannot be disabled via our systems.

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and error messages encountered.

We use this data in an aggregated and anonymized form to improve website performance, content, and user experience for our web and WordPress hosting customers. Google Analytics is only loaded after you have given consent via our cookie banner.

Preference cookies remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your region, language, or login preferences.

These cookies support our security and abuse mitigation efforts, for example by helping to:

• Detect unusual or suspicious login activity.
• Identify bots, automated traffic, or malicious requests.
• Protect our infrastructure and other customers from abuse.

These cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, improve ad relevance, and understand how visitors interact with our website after viewing or clicking advertisements. These cookies are only activated when you provide explicit consent via our cookie banner.

We may use marketing and advertising cookies from the following platforms:

• Facebook / Meta Pixel: Used to measure conversions, optimize ads, and build anonymized audience insights.
• Google Ads & related tags: Used for conversion tracking and to improve the relevance and performance of our advertisements.
• LinkedIn Insight Tag: Used to measure conversions, analyze campaign performance, and build anonymized audience segments on LinkedIn.
• X (Twitter) Pixel: Used to measure ad performance, conversions, and engagement for campaigns run on X.

These marketing cookies are not set unless and until you choose to accept non-essential cookies.

Third-Party Cookies & Google Tag Manager

We may allow certain trusted third-party providers to set cookies when you visit our site. These may include:

• Analytics or performance tools (e.g. Google Analytics).
• Marketing and advertising platforms (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Google Ads).
• Security and firewall providers.
• Payment gateways.
• Content delivery networks (CDNs).

We also use Google Tag Manager (GTM) as a tag management system. GTM itself does not collect personal data, but it is used to load scripts such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, X Pixel, and other marketing or analytics tools.

Google Tag Manager and the associated third-party scripts that may set cookies are only loaded after you have given consent via our cookie banner. These third parties are required to handle your information in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including GDPR where applicable.

Legal Basis for Cookies (GDPR)

Under the GDPR and related ePrivacy rules:

• Strictly necessary cookies are used based on our legitimate interest in providing a secure, functioning website and hosting services.
• Non-essential cookies (such as analytics and marketing cookies) are used based on your consent, where such consent is required by law.

How We Manage Your Consent

When you first visit our website, a cookie banner will appear, giving you a clear choice to:

• Accept All: Enables analytics and marketing cookies (including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, X Pixel, and similar tools).
• Reject Non-Essential: Only essential cookies remain active; analytics and marketing cookies are not loaded.

Your preference is stored in your browser’s local storage so that we can respect your choice on subsequent visits. You can change your decision at any time by clearing your browser’s site data or adjusting your cookie settings.

Managing and Controlling Cookies

You can control cookies in several ways:

• Adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
• Use built-in browser tools to clear cookies and site data.
• Opt out of certain third-party analytics or advertising services, where applicable.

Please note that disabling or blocking certain cookies (especially strictly necessary cookies) may cause parts of our website or client portal to stop functioning properly.

Relationship with Our Privacy Policy

This Cookie Policy forms part of our overall approach to privacy and data protection. For more details about how we process personal data, including your rights under GDPR, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, relevant laws, or our services. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

Your continued use of our website or services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and similar technologies, please contact us:

• abuse@snelbit.com