What is the lawful basis Chinne Electric relies on for processing personal data collected through cookies?

Chinne Electric processes personal data collected through cookies based on distinct lawful grounds as defined in GDPR Article 6. For strictly necessary cookies essential to website operation—such as those maintaining session security and load balancing—processing relies on our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)) to ensure network integrity and service availability, following a documented legitimate interest assessment. For all non-essential cookies, including analytics, functional enhancements, and advertising trackers, we obtain prior explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a)) via an unambiguous affirmative action, specifically a checkbox that is not pre-ticked, presented on the cookie banner during the first site visit. Consent records, including timestamps, IP addresses, and granted categories, are logged in a consent management platform and retained for the duration of processing plus the statutory limitation period to demonstrate compliance under the accountability principle. You may request a copy of your consent record by contacting our Data Protection Officer through the channels listed in the privacy notice.