Cookies Notice

 
 

How we deploy “cookies”

Cookies are small packets of information stored by your web browser when you visit certain websites, including our website. Cookies are generally used by websites to improve your user experience by enabling that website to ‘remember’ you, either strictly for the duration of your visit (using a “Session” cookie which is erased when you close your browser) or for repeat visits (using a “Permanent” cookie).

We do not use cookies to store any personally identifiable information about you. We do not use cookies to store any personally identifiable information about you. However, please be advised that in some countries data such as cookie IDs and IP-/MAC- addresses are considered to be personal information. To the extent we process such data that is considered personal information, this will be done in accordance with our Privacy Notice.

Our site uses the following types of cookies:

Performance cookies

We may also use cookies issued by third parties (“Third Party” cookies) to track the websites you visited or search terms you used immediately prior to visiting this site, or to collect information about how visitors use the site. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses its own cookies. These cookies don’t collect information that identify a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the site works. You can find out more about Google Analytics cookies here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.

You can avoid the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our site by downloading and installing the Browser Plugin available via this link:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

The performance cookies are listed below :

Key

Platform

Purpose

__hstc

Hubspot

The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).

__hssrc

Hubspot

Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. We set it to 1 and use it to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when we manage cookies, we assume it is a new session.

__hssc

Hubspot

This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if we should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.

hubspotutk

Hubspot

This cookie is used for to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when de-duplicating contacts.

_ga

Google Analytics

Allows analytics.js to identify unique users across browsing sessions, but it cannot identify unique users across different browsers or devices.

_gid

Google Analytics

This cookie stores randomly generated ids and campaign information about the user. It is used to identify unique users across browsing sessions, but it cannot identify unique users across different browsers or devices.

_dc_gtm_UA-26138189-1

Google Tag Manager

When Google Analytics isn't integrated directly but injected via GTM, the cookie is renamed (_gtm_UA-). The addition of _dc is used to help identify the visitors by either age, gender, or interests by DoubleClick.

__cfduid

Cloudflare

This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic & malicious visitors to the website, to reduce the chance of blocking legitimate users. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable information.

BizoID

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ad analytics

BizoData

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ad analytics

BizoUserMatchHistory

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ad analytics

BizoNetworkPartnerIndex

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ad analytics

L1c

LinkedIn

Browser ID Cookie

lang

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Routing

lidc

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Routing

bcookie

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Browser ID cookie

bscookie

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Secure Browser ID cookie

UserMatchHistory

LinkedIn

LinkedIn Ad analytics

fr

Facebook

Encrypted Facebook ID and Browser ID

fs_uid

Antisocial

Session tracking

test_cookie

DoubleClick

Google advertising cookie

 

Social Media Cookies

These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or “like” button on our site or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking site such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this. This information may be linked to targeting/advertising activities.

The social media cookies are listed below:

Google

Cookie Name

Purpose

Google DoubleClick

We use these cookies to measure the effectiveness of our online marketing campaigns; to improve reporting on campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

 

Twitter

Cookie Name

Purpose

auth_token

twll

__utmz

secure_session

guest_id

__utma

remember_checked

remember_checked_on

 

Twitter uses cookies and other similar technologies, such as pixels or local storage, to help provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience. Like many websites, Twitter uses cookies to discover how people are using their services and to make them work better.

 

 

Youtube

Cookie Name

Purpose

SID and HSID

YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. the HSID cookies is used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.

Demographics

This cookie is used for demographic profiling and targeting for advertising.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos.

PREF

This is a common Google cookie, used across several of their services. Stores user preference, can be used to personalise ads on google searches.

APISID

SSID

LOGIN_INFO

YSC

SAPISID

These cookies are used by YouTube to collect user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.

 

How to reject cookies

If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can alter your browser settings. The procedure for doing so varies from one browser application to another. If you wish to reject cookies from our site, but wish to accept those from other sites, you may choose the option in your browser settings to receive a notice before a cookie is stored on your device. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser for more information.

To find out more, please consult the following: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies and www.youronlinechoices.com. By disabling cookies, you may be prevented from accessing some features of our site or certain content or functionality may not be available.