Aim
The aim of this Cookie Policy is to provide users with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the role and purpose of cookies utilised by our website. This policy seeks to:
- Educate Users: To ensure that users are well-informed about what cookies are, how they function, and the reasons for their use on our platform.
- Transparency: To disclose the specific types of cookies we employ, their duration, and their impact on user experience and data privacy.
- User Control: To empower users with the ability to manage, accept, or decline cookies based on their preferences, ensuring a balance between optimal website functionality and user privacy.
- Compliance: To align with legal and regulatory standards related to online data collection and user rights, ensuring that our practices are both ethical and lawful.
- Trust and Assurance: To foster trust by being transparent about our cookie practices and ensuring that users feel secure when browsing and interacting with our website.
By understanding and adhering to this policy, users can make informed decisions about their cookie preferences and enjoy a seamless online experience tailored to their needs.
GDPRLocal Cookie Policy
To give you the best, most personalised online experience we use cookies. You can view the cookies used by us listed below.
We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Settings on our site. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Necessary cookies:
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Preference cookies:
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Statistic cookies:
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing cookies:
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Unclassified cookies:
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
The Cookies We Set
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us, then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out; however, in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember that you are logged in. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
Forms related cookies
When you submit data to us through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third-Party Cookies
These cookies are placed by a different website domain than the one you’re currently browsing. They could be utilised for purposes such as online advertising or sharing content on social media and various other platforms. These cookies are set by trusted third-party service providers to enhance our website’s functionality and offer additional features to our users. Please note that these third-party cookies are subject to their respective providers’ privacy policies. We do not have control over the information collected or how it is used by these providers. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these third-party services for more information about their data processing practices.
What information do we know about you?
We don’t request or require you to provide personal information to access our website. As noted above, we may receive your IP address and user agent automatically. If you optionally decide to fill out our early access request form, we will receive your Name, Email, Phone number, and Company name as well as your stated interest in our products.
Transfers outside of our borders
Where we transfer your data outside of our borders we will ensure your data is protected to the level you would expect. We have assessed the risk of using these cookies and have established that there is no appreciable risk to you and only minimal impact on your data protection rights.
Cookies We May Use
NECESSARY
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| __cf_bm | 1 day | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| CookieConsent | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| cookietest | session | This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. |
| PHPSESSID | session | Preserves user session state across page requests. |
| test_cookie | 1 day | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | session | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| cb_user_session | 1n dat | It keeps track of the user’s active session state so the site remembers their progress or interaction context as they click from page to page. It is temporary and usually deletes itself when the browser is closed. |
| i/jot/embeds | session | It ensures the embedded form loads correctly, checks for browser compatibility, handles internal redirection for the form widget, and sometimes monitors how the user interacts with the embedded element (e.g., if they started filling it out). |
STATISTICS
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| __hssc | 1 day | Identifies if the cookie data needs to be updated in the visitor’s browser. |
| __hssrc | session | Used to recognise the visitor’s browser upon reentry on the website. |
| __hstc | 180 days | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
| _clck | 1 year | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. |
| _clsk | 1 day | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| _cltk | session | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| _ga | 2 years | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _ga_# | 2 years | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| c.gif | session | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. |
| hubspotutk | 180 days | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. |
| utmtransfer | 1 day |
MARKETING
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
| __ptq.gif | session | Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Used to measure the efficiency of the website’s advertisement efforts, by collecting data on the conversion rate of the website’s ads across multiple websites. |
| _gcl_ls | Persistent | Tracks the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website – This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. |
| ANONCHK | 1 day | Registers data on visitors from multiple visits and on multiple websites. This information is used to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites. |
| IDE | 400 days | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| MR | 7 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| MUID | 1 year | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | session | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. |
| SM | session | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads. |
| SRM_B | 1 year | Tracks the user’s interaction with the website’s search-bar-function. This data can be used to present the user with relevant products or services. |
Understanding Cookies and Their Functionality
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) when you visit a website. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the server to deliver a page tailored to a particular user, or the page itself can contain some script which is aware of the data in the cookie and so is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.
Here’s a deeper dive into the different types of cookies and related technologies:
Session Cookies:
These are temporary cookies that are only stored on your device while you are visiting a website and are deleted when you close your browser. They are often used to remember your choices for that particular session, such as items in a shopping cart.
Persistent Cookies:
Unlike session cookies, persistent cookies are stored on your device even after you close your browser. They remember your preferences and actions across multiple sites and multiple visits.
Tracking Cookies:
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are set by third-party providers with the website operator’s permission.
Third-party Cookies:
These are cookies set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. They might be used for online advertising, or for sharing content on social networks and other platforms.
Tracking Pixels (or Web Beacons):
These are tiny, transparent images embedded in emails and websites. They are used in conjunction with cookies to understand user behaviour. When you open a website or email that contains a tracking pixel, it requests the image from the server, and the action is tracked. This can be used to monitor the number of users visiting a site or opening an email, for instance.
Flash Cookies (or Local Shared Objects):
These are pieces of data that websites which use Adobe Flash may store on a user’s computer. They are more resilient than regular cookies and can be used to track more detailed user behaviour.
It’s essential to understand that while cookies and related technologies enhance the user experience by remembering user preferences and delivering content tailored to individual interests, they also raise privacy concerns. Users should be aware of these technologies and their implications, and websites should provide clear instructions on how to manage or opt-out of such tracking.