No tracking. No marketing cookies. No banner.
Most websites bury you in a cookie consent dialogue because they set a small forest of trackers. We don't. This page explains what cookies the site does and doesn't set, and why.
The short version
This website does not set any cookies. None, period. We do run Cloudflare's cookieless Web Analytics tool so we can see aggregate page-view counts (see the section below for what that actually means), but it works without storing anything on your device. That's why there is no consent banner: under UK PECR, consent is only required when you store or access information on a user's terminal equipment, and we don't.
What about session cookies?
The site does not set any session cookies either, because every page is static HTML served from Cloudflare's edge. There is no logged-in area, no shopping cart, no per-user state. The only cookies you might see in your browser's developer tools are ones your own browser has set (e.g. for "Do Not Track" preferences), or ones set by Cloudflare's own DDoS protection (essential security cookies which are exempt from consent under the PECR strictly-necessary exemption).
What about analytics?
We run Cloudflare Web Analytics on this site so we can see basic aggregate stats: how many people read a given page, roughly which country they came from, how the site is performing for them. It is deliberately the most privacy-respecting analytics tool we are aware of:
- No cookies set. The analytics beacon doesn't drop anything on your device.
- No localStorage, no sessionStorage, no fingerprinting. No persistent identifier of any kind.
- No cross-site tracking. Cloudflare can't link your visit here to any other site you visit.
- Anonymous and aggregate. We see "10 visits to /services/ today", never "this individual visited at 14:02".
Because nothing is stored on your device, UK PECR Regulation 6 (the rule that triggers cookie banners) doesn't apply, so no consent is required. Our lawful basis under UK GDPR for the small amount of processing involved (your IP address briefly hitting Cloudflare's edge, anonymised, then thrown away) is legitimate interest: understanding aggregate site usage is necessary to keep the site useful and to spot performance problems. The processing is minimal, anonymous, and balanced against your interests by the design of the tool itself.
You can read Cloudflare's own statement on Web Analytics privacy at cloudflare.com/web-analytics. If you'd rather not be counted at all, an extension like uBlock Origin or a privacy-focused browser will block the beacon, and the site will work exactly the same.
The captive portals we install at client sites
If you connect to a guest WiFi at a venue Net Intellect has installed (a pub, hotel, community hall, etc.), the captive portal you see is the responsibility of that venue as data controller, not us. Each portal we build is configured to be cookieless and to capture nothing without an active opt-in. The venue's own cookie policy applies on their portal page.
Third-party services we mention
We sometimes link out to third parties (Ubiquiti, Cloudflare, Brevo, the Information Commissioner's Office, etc.). Following one of those external links takes you to a site we don't control, and that site's cookie policy applies the moment you arrive there. We don't preload any of their tracking scripts on our pages.
If you have JavaScript disabled
The site degrades gracefully without JavaScript. Without it, you'll see slightly different navigation on mobile (links inline rather than behind a hamburger), no scroll-driven reveal animations, and the contact form will fall back to a standard form-POST submission. None of that changes the cookie position: still none.
Changes
If we ever add anything that requires cookies (we don't currently plan to), we'll add a proper consent banner before the change goes live, and update this page. The "last updated" date is at the top of our privacy notice.