- Introduction
- What are cookies?
- Why do we use cookies?
- Cookies that we use
- Managing cookies
-
Introduction
1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy and accuracy of the personal data of Our website visitors, service users and email recipients.
1.2 This policy applies where We are acting as a Data Controller with respect to the personal data of Our website visitors, service users, email recipients and personal data collected from public sources; in other words, where We determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
1.4 In this policy, “We”, “Us” and “Our” refer to Robertson Fox Ltd.
1.5 Reference to a Data Subject means a natural person whose personal data is processed by a Data Controller or a Data Processor, in other words, You.
-
What are cookies?
Cookies and similar technologies are small text documents or code, frequently containing a unique identification code. When you visit websites or use mobile application, a computer will ask your computer/device for permission to save this file on your computer/device and gain access to this information. Information collected through cookies may include the date and time of your visit and how you use a particular website.
-
Why do we use cookies?
Cookies make sure that during your visit to our site that you can remain logged in, all information you might want to carry over from one page goes to the next and that you can browse safely and smoothly. Cookies also allow us to see how our website is used and importantly how we can improve it, as well as allowing us to potentially present you with targeted marketing that matches your personal interests.
-
What types of cookies do we use?
Essential
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider |
| PHPSESSID | Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. | sopro.io | Session | |
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | .hubspot.com | 30 minutes | |
| __cf_bm | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. | .vimeo.com | 30 minutes | |
| __hssrc | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. | sopro.io | Session | |
| __lc_cid | Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function. | accounts. livechatinc. com |
2 years | |
| __lc_cst | Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function. | accounts. livechatinc. com |
2 years | |
| ARRAffinity | This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | .landingpage. hoppervideo. com |
Session | |
| ARRAffinity SameSite |
This cookie is set by websites running on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to ensure that visitor page requests are forwarded to the same server in each browser session. | .landingpage. hoppervideo. com |
Session | |
| cookiefirst-consent | This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. | sopro.io | 1 year | Cookie First |
| cookiefirst-id | This cookie contains your unique ID so CookieFirst can identify unique visitors to this website. | api. cookiefirst. com |
1 year | Cookie First |
Performance
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider |
| __hssc | This cookie name is linked to websites that are built on the HubSpot platform. This name is reported by them as being used for website analysis. | sopro.io | 30 minutes | |
| __hstc | This cookie name is linked to websites that are built on the HubSpot platform. This name is reported by them as being used for website analysis. | sopro.io | 6 months | |
| _clsk | This cookie connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | sopro.io | a day | |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor it tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. | sopro.io | 2 years | Google, Inc |
| _gat_***** | Set by Google Analytics to control the request rate. | sopro.io | a minute | Google, Inc |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor it tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. | sopro.io | a day | Google, Inc |
| _hjAbsolute Session InProgress |
This cookie is being set by Hotjar for performance and analytics purposes. | sopro.io | 30 minutes | |
| _hjFirstSeen | This cookie is being set by Hotjar for performance and analytics purposes. | sopro.io | 30 minutes | |
| _hjIncluded InPageviewSample |
This cookie is being set by Hotjar for performance and analytics purposes. | sopro.io | 2 minutes | |
| _hjSessionUser _****** |
Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | sopro.io | a year | Hotjar Ltd |
| _hjSession _***** |
A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. | sopro.io | 2 minutes | Hotjar Ltd |
| _pk_id***** | Matomo / Piwik cookie, used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID. | sopro.io | a year | |
| _pk_ses**** | Matomo / Piwik cookie, short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit. | sopro.io | 30 minutes | |
| hubspotutk | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. This cookie is used to keep track of a visitor’s identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | sopro.io | 6 months | |
| nQ_cookieId | Sets a unique ID for a specific visitor of this website. This ID can be used to recognise the visitor if he or she visits the website again. This cookie can track the visitor on multiple websites for advertising purposes. | sopro.io | 30 minutes | |
| nQ_user VisitId |
This cookie sets a unique ID for a specific visitor. This ID can be used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry and implement any preference choices made. The cookie also allows the website to track the visitor on multiple websites for marketing purposes. | sopro.io | 30 minutes |
Functional
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider |
| SM | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. | .c.bing.com | a year | |
| lang | There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language. | .ads .com |
Session | |
| lidc | Cookie from LinkedIn used by share buttons and advertising tags. | sopro.io | a day | |
| __oauth_ redirect_ detector |
Allows the website to recoqnise the visitor, in order to optimize the chat-box functionality. | sopro.io | a few seconds |
Advertising / Tracking
| Name | Purpose | Domain name | Expiration time | Provider |
| This cookie is set by Facebook and could be used for tracking conversions and advertising purposes. | www.facebook.com | Session | Facebook, Inc. | |
| ANONCHK | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | .c.clarity.ms | 10 minutes | |
| Analytics SyncHistory |
This cookie is used for storing information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries. | .linkedin.com | a month | — |
| CLID | Cookie from Double Click (Google) which helps us to analyze and optimize our advertising campaigns. | www.clarity .ms | a year | |
| IDE | Necessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function. | .doubleclick .net |
a year | |
| MUID | This cookie is widely used by Microsoft as a unique user ID. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. It is widely believed to synchronize between many different Microsoft domains, allowing users to be tracked. | .bing.com | a year | |
| MUID | This cookie is widely used by Microsoft as a unique user ID. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. It is widely believed to synchronize between many different Microsoft domains, allowing users to be tracked. | .clarity .ms | a year | |
| UserMatch History |
This cookie is used to track visitor behaviour in order to provide better personalised advertising. | .linkedin .com | a month | |
| _clck | This cookie collects data about visitor navigation and behavior on the website – This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. | .sopro.io | a year | — |
| _fbp | This cookie is used by Facebook for advertising purposes and conversion tracking. | .sopro.io | 3 months | |
| _gcl_au | This cookie is set by Google Adsense for experiments with ‘cross-website’ advertising. | .sopro.io | 3 months | |
| _uetsid | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. | .sopro.io | a day | |
| _uetvid | This cookie is used by Bing to determine which ads are served that may be relevant to the end user browsing the site. | .sopro.io | a year | |
| bcookie | Cookie from LinkedIn used by share buttons and advertising tags. | .linkedin .com | 2 years | a |
| fr | Cookie set by Facebook. The gathered information is used in their advertising products, for example real time bidding from third party advertisers. | .facebook .com | 3 months | |
| muc_ads | This is a cookie that is set by twitter.com. It is used for optimizing ad relevance by collecting visitor navigation data. | .t.co | 2 years | |
| personali zation_id |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. | sopro.io | 2 years | |
| CONSENT | Third party cookies. They provide certain features of Google and may store certain preferences according to usage patterns and personalize the ads that appear in Google searches. | .youtube .com/ | 2 years | Google Inc |
| VISITOR_ INFO1_ LIVE |
This cookie allows Youtube to check for bandwidth usage. | .youtube .com/ | 6 months | |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | .youtube .com/ | Session |
-
Managing cookies
5.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies on most mainstream browsers via these links:
5.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
5.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
This policy was last updated on 24 May 2022