Cookie policy

A website cookie is a small piece of data stored on the web browser that helps websites remember information about the user. For example, the number of times the user has visited your site.  

A cookie banner is a pop-up notification on a website that informs users about the site's use of cookies and provides options for managing cookie preferences (in compliance with privacy regulations). 

  • Analysis of visitor behaviour (known as ‘analytics’)
  • To personalise pages and remember visitor preferences.
  • To track people across websites and deliver targeted advertising. 

Necessary Cookies 

Essential for the basic functionality of the website. These cookies do not track any personal data of visitors. Examples include load balancing to ensure load balancing and detecting irregular activity. These are exempt from the UK and EU ‘opt-in’ regulations.  

Functionality Cookies 

Functionality cookies enables our site to remember user choices and preferences. These are either first or third-party cookies, and either persistent (always-on) or session-based. 

Examples include web chat service, language settings and visitor geographic domain to comply with different regulatory requirements.  

Cookie Name Cookie description
test_cookie 

Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. 

messagesUtk 

Hubspot’s chat cookie allows visitors to accept or decline cookies relating to the chatbot feature. If a visitor accepts the cookie when they start a chat, but then clicks Decline on the HubSpot cookie banner, the cookie will be removed.  

If a visitor clicks Decline on the HubSpot cookie banner before starting a chat, HubSpot will not drop a cookie or prompt you to consent to cookies in the chat widget.  

 

Analytics Cookies 

These cookies collect information about how visitors interact with the website, to help us understand and improve site content, navigation, and user experience.  

We use two platforms for analytics  

Cookie name  Cookie description  Expiry 

__hstc 

Hubspot’s main main cookie for tracking visitors, containing domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). 

6 months 

hubspotutk 

Hubspot cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. Contains opaque GUID to represent the current visitor. 

6 months 

__hssc 

Hubspot cookie keeps track of sessions, and used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. Contains domain, pageviews, and session timestamp 

30 mins 

hs-scripts.com 

HubSpot is an inbound marketing and sales platform that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close 

 

AnalyticsSyncHistory 

Linkedin cookie used for data-synchronisation with third-party analysis service monitoring traffic to and from Linkedin profiles.  

30 days 

yt-player-headers-readable 

A Youtube cookie to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings. 

Persistent 

_ga_# [x7] 

Google Analytics cookie to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. 

2 years 

_gid [x6] 

Google Analytics cookie to apply a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 

1 day 

collect 

Google Analytics cookie used to send data to Google about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. 

Session 

bcookie 

Linkedin cookie used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services. 

1 year 

bscookie 

Linkedin cookie used to identify the visitor through an application. This allows the visitor to login to this site from Linkedin  

1 year

#-# [x2] 

Youtube cookie to track user’s interaction with embedded content. 

Session  

iU5q-!O9@[#COOKIETABLE_ADVERTISING#]nbsp 

Youtube cookie that applies a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. 

Session  

requests [x2] 

Youtube cookie used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. 

Session  

ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY [x2] 

Youtube cookie storing the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video 

Persistent

yt-remote-connected-devices [x2] 

Youtube cookie to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video 

Persistent

LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore 

Youtube cookie used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. 

Persistent

 

Advertising cookies 

Advertisement cookies are ad pixel cookies to detect visits to our pages via ad accounts of Facebook, Linkedin or google) 

More about cookies  

Most web browsers allow you to manage or delete your cookies by accessing the browser settings.  

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. 

For information regarding the updated law on cookies and similar technologies visit the ICO. 

  • Cookie declaration last updated on 7/2/24 by Cap Equity Advisors Ltd