What’s a cookie?
- A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyze traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
- Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How do we use cookies?
- We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
- Cookies are either:
– Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
– Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
- Cookies can also be categorized as follows:
– Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service, and therefore cannot be turned off. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
– Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
– Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
Below we explain the cookies we use on our websites and why we use them.
| Cookie | Details | Name and Expiry |
| Cookie information | This cookie is used by the privacy policy to remember not to ask the user to accept cookies again. | cookie_notice_accepted = forever |
| Facebook Pixel | We use the Facebook pixel to measure the performance of our Facebook adverts. Read more at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ | A number of cookies with various expiry dates, please see Facebook’s privacy policy for details. |
| Google Analytics | Google Analytics cookies – We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our websites, including details of the site where the visitor has come from and the total number of times a visitor has been to our website. We use the information to improve our websites and services, and to enhance our users’ experience. The cookies do not identify you personally, instead they collect information in an anonymous form that is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the US in accordance with its privacy practices. Read more about Google Analytic’s privacy practices at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 | __utma = 2 years __utmb = 30 minutes __utmc = End of browser session __utmz = 6 months __utmv = 2 years |
| HubSpot | With HubSpot we analyze what and how you visit our webpage. More information at: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/reports/what-cookies-does-hubspot-set-in-a-visitor-s-browser | A number of cookies with various expiry dates, please see HubSpot’s privacy policy for details. |
| We use the LinkedIn insight Tag to measure the performance of our LinkedIn adverts. Read more at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-table. | A number of cookies with various expiry dates, please see LinkedIn’s privacy policy for details. | |
| Localization | This cookie stores which language version of the website the user is viewing. | _icl_current_language |
| Aweber | With Aweber we analyze what and how you visit our webpage after you’ve clicked on a link in our Newsletter. More information at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/. | goal = 1 year |
| Triggerbee | We use Triggerbee to analyze how you visit our website to improve marketing and sales processes. More information at: https://triggerbee.com/. | A number of cookies with various expiry dates, please see Triggerbee’s privacy policy for details. |
| Wistia | With Wistia we analyze how you watch our videos on our webpage. More information at: https://wistia.com/privacy. | A number of cookies with various expiry dates, please see Wistia’s privacy policy for details. |
You can enable or disable cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. You can find out how to do this, and find more information on cookies, at: www.allaboutcookies.org