Cookie Notice
1. Introduction
This Cookie Notice has been drafted to inform visitors to the Hexarad Ltd (Hexarad)'s website of the use of cookies and similar technologies. It will outline what cookies are and where we use them in line with our responsibilities under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
2. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
Using cookies allows websites to recognise a user's PC, laptop or smartphone and store information about their preferences and past actions.
A cookie usually contains the name of the website from which it comes, a "lifetime", and a "value", which is usually a randomly generated unique number. They do not alone identify you as an individual but they do require your consent/permission to run in most cases.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
To find out more about cookies, you can visit the AllAboutCookies.org website.
3. Does Hexarad use cookies?
Yes, the table below lists the cookies we use and the purposes we use cookies for:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Cookie Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEC | Used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to help ensure advertisers are not incorrectly charged for fraudulent or otherwise invalid impressions or interactions with ads, and that YouTube creators in the YouTube Partner Program are remunerated fairly. | 6 months | Security | .google.com |
| SOCS | Used by Google to store a user's state regarding their cookie choices. | 13 months | Functionality | .google.com |
| NID | Used by Google to store user preferences | 6 months | Functionality | .google.com |
| __cf_bm | This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. | 30 minutes | Necessary | .hubspot.com |
| _cfuvid | This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. | Session | Necessary | .hubspot.com |
| __hssrc | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. | Session | Analytics | .hexarad.com (HubSpot) |
| __hssc | This cookie keeps track of sessions to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. | 30 minutes | Analytics | .hexarad.com (HubSpot) |
| _gcl_au | Used to measure ad and campaign performance and conversion rates for Google ads on a site visited (LinkedIn) | 3 months | Personalised Advertising | .hexarad.com |
| __hstc | The main HubSpot cookie for tracking visitors. | 6 months | Analytics | .hexarad.com (HubSpot) |
| hubspotutk | This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | 6 months | Analytics | .hexarad.com (HubSpot) |
| hs | Used for security reasons | Session | Essential | .www.hexarad.com |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Used for security reasons | Session | Essential | .www.hexarad.com |
| ssr-caching | Used to indicate the system from which the site was rendered | 1 minute | Essential | .www.hexarad.com |
| svSession | Used in connection with user login | 12 months | Essential | .www.hexarad.com |
| test_cookie | Google: AdSense, Campaign Manager, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | 15 minutes | Functionality | doubleclick.net |
| _wixCIDX | Used for system monitoring/debugging | 3 months | Essential | Wix |
| _wix_browser_sess | Used for system monitoring/debugging | Session | Essential | Wix |
| consent-policy | Used for cookie banner parameters | 12 months | Essential | Wix |
| smSession | Used to identify logged-in site members | Session | Essential | Wix |
| TS* | Used for security and anti-fraud reasons | Session | Essential | Wix |
| bSession | Used for system effectiveness measurement | 30 minutes | Essential | Wix |
| fedops.logger.X | Used for stability/effectiveness measurement | 12 months | Essential | Wix |
| wixLanguage | Used on multilingual websites to save user language preference | 12 months | Functional | Wix |
The below cookies may be placed on your browser by doubleclick.net (Google):
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Cookie Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | Google: AdSense, Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Search Ads 360 | OPT_OUT: fixed expiration (year 2030/11/09), non-OPT_OUT: 13 months EEA UK / 24 months elsewhere | Functionality, Advertising | doubleclick.net |
| receive-cookie-deprecation | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360 | 6 months | Security, Advertising | doubleclick.net |
| pm_sess | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | 30 minutes | Security, Functionality | doubleclick.net, google.com |
| pm_sess_NNN | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | 30 minutes | Security, Functionality | doubleclick.net, google.com |
| aboutads_sessNNN | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ads, Search Ads 360 | 30 minutes | Security, Functionality | doubleclick.net, google.com |
| IDE | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Search Ads 360 | 13 months EEA UK / 24 months elsewhere | Advertising | doubleclick.net |
| FLC | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360 | 10 seconds | Advertising | doubleclick.net |
| RUL | Google: Display & Video 360, Google Ads | 12 months | Advertising | doubleclick.net |
| PAIDCONTENT | Google: Google Surveys | 30 days | Analytics, Advertising | doubleclick.net |
| APC | Google: Campaign Manager, Display & Video 360 | 6 months | Advertising, Security | doubleclick.net |
Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: google.com/policies/privacy and more information on the cookies used by Google Analytics is available at: business.safety.google/adscookies
4. How to change your cookie preferences
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings in your default browser configuration. If you block cookies, it may have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. The following links may be helpful in helping you understand how you can update your browser cookie settings:
- Microsoft Edge cookies information
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- Firefox cookies information
- Safari (OS X) cookie information
- Safari (iOS) cookies information
- Opera cookies information
In addition, you may opt out of cookies utilised by Google Analytics across all websites via the Google Analytics Opt Out tool.
5. Further Information from the UK regulator on cookies
Further information from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on what you should expect from the use of cookies and your rights is available here: Cookies | ICO