Cookie Notice
We use cookies to enhance your experience, keep our website safe, and show you ads that are more likely to be relevant to you.
You can accept all cookies or manage your cookie preferences via the Cookie Preference Centre.
What are ‘cookies’?
Cookies are small data files that download to your device when you visit a website. This information might be about your use of the website, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the website work as you expect it to. The cookies will not make any changes to your device, and the information they capture will not usually identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience.
How long do cookies last?
Persistent cookies remain on your device for usually up to two years. They’re activated each time you visit the website that created that cookie.
Session cookies are temporary. They only exist during the time you use the website or until you close the browser. For example, session cookies help our website to remember what you chose on the previous page, avoiding the need to re-enter your information.
How are cookies set?
First-party cookies are set on the domain you’re currently visiting. For example, if you were on www.flagstoneim.com, the cookie would be set for the flagstoneim.com domain if using first-party cookies.
Third-party cookies are set on any domain other than the domain you’re currently visiting. For example, if you were visiting www.flagstoneim.com and the cookie was set for the facebook.com domain, that would be considered a third-party cookie. Third-party cookies on our website are likely to be analytical, performance, or targeting cookies. We have no control over these cookies (other than allowing them to be served) because they are placed by relevant third parties.
Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to accept some types of cookies.
How do we use cookies?
The cookies we use on our website have different purposes:
Essential cookies
These cookies are essential for our website to function, so we can’t turn them off in our systems. They’re usually only set in response to when you request services – for example, setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
You can set your browser to block or alert you of these cookies, but this will mean that parts of the website will not work, like when you log in to your account.
These cookies will not capture any information to identify you.
Performance cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can track how our website is performing and make improvements. They help us to know which of our web pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the website.
The information collected by these cookies is only displayed in groups, so your information stays anonymous.
If you don’t accept these cookies, we will not know when you’ve visited our website, and will not be able to track its performance.
Functional cookies
These cookies allow us to enhance how our website functions and make the experience more personalised for you. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we’ve added to our pages.
If you don’t accept these cookies, then some or all services may not function how they should.
Targeting cookies
These cookies may be set through our website by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you ads on other websites that are more likely to be relevant to you.
These cookies will not store personal information but are based on identifying your browser and internet device. Therefore, they could identify you if they are combined with other data.
If you don’t accept these cookies, you’ll experience less targeted advertising.
We audit the types of cookies used on our website. But it’s possible that the services we use may make changes to their cookie names and purposes. Some services, particularly social networks (such as Facebook and Twitter), change their cookies regularly.
Email cookies
We may use cookies in some of our emails. They help us to understand how you interact with us and are used to improve our future email communications. Cookies may be set when you click on a link.
If you don't want to accept cookies from our emails, close the email before you download any images or click on any links. You can also set your browser to restrict cookies or to reject them entirely. These settings will apply to all cookies whether they’re included on websites or in emails.
Depending on your email or browser settings, cookies in an email may be automatically accepted. Please check your email browser or device settings.
How can I manage or delete cookies?
You can also navigate to settings in your browser to clear your cookies or manage your cookie settings.
You can also learn how to manage your cookies on different browsers on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website.
For information about how we use your personal information and your rights, please read our Privacy Notice.
Our cookies
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Name |
Duration |
Vendor |
Description |
Category |
Type |
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__cf_bm |
30 Mins |
Cloudflare |
Essential |
Third-Party
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__RequestVerificationToken |
Session |
Flagstone |
This is an anti-forgery cookie designed to stop unauthorised content being posted to our website. |
Functional |
First-Party |
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__Secure-1PAPISID |
14 Months |
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This cookie builds a profile of the user's interests to show relevant and personalised Google ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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__Secure-1PSID |
14 Months |
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This cookie builds a profile of the user's interests to show relevant and personalised Google ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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__Secure-1PSIDCC |
12 Months |
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This cookie builds a profile of the user's interests to show relevant and personalised Google ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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__Secure-3PAPISID |
14 Months |
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This cookie builds a profile of the user's interests to show relevant and personalised Google ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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__Secure-3PSID |
14 Months |
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This cookie builds a profile of the user’s interests to show relevant and personalised ads through retargeting. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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__Secure-3PSIDCC |
12 Months |
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This cookie profiles the user’s interests and displays relevant and personalised Google ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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_attribution_landing_page |
8 Months |
Heap |
This cookie tracks a user’s first page they viewed in their session. |
Performance |
Third-Party |
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_attribution_referrer |
8 Months |
Heap |
This cookie is used to identify the website that led the user to visit our website for the first time. |
Performance |
Third-Party |
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_fbp |
3 Months |
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This cookie is used to deliver a series of ad products such as real time bidding from third-party advertisers. |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_ga |
13 Months |
Google Analytics |
Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites | Analytics for Web (analytics.js) | Google for Developers |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_ga_<container-id> |
13 Months |
Google Analytics |
Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites | Analytics for Web (analytics.js) | Google for Developers |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_gat_UA-<container-id> |
Session |
Google Analytics |
This cookie limits data being collected on high-traffic websites. Google Analytics tracking code sets this cookie. It contains the unique ID of the tracking account or website it relates to. |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_gcl_au |
3 Months |
Google Adsense |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_gd_visitor |
2 years |
Google Analytics |
This cookie collects information on a user’s visit – for example, number of visits, average time spent on our website and the pages loaded for displaying targeted ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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_gid |
1 Day |
Google Analytics |
Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites | Analytics for Web (analytics.js) | Google for Developers |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress |
30 Minutes |
Hotjar |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hjFirstSeen |
30 minutes |
Hotjar |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hjIncludedInSessionSample_<container-id> |
2 minutes |
Hotjar |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hjSession_<container-id> |
30 minutes |
Hotjar |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hjSessionUser_<container-id> |
12 Months |
Hotjar |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hp2_id.<container-id> |
13 Months |
Heap |
This cookie stores a unique user’s ID and tracks their interactions with the pages on our website. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hp2_props.<container-id> |
13 Months |
Heap |
This cookie stores actions that a user performs on our website. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_hp2_ses_props.<container-id> |
30 minutes |
Heap |
This cookie stores actions that a user performs on our website. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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_rdt_uuid |
1.5 years |
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This cookie is used to help build a profile of a user’s interests and show them targeted ads. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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_uc_initial_landing_page |
Immediate |
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This cookie stores the value of your initial session landing page. |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_uc_referrer |
1 Day |
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This cookie stores the user’s last defined website referrer. We store this data if the user contacts us to monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_uc_visits |
1 year |
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This cookie counts a user’s number of visits to our website. |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_uetsid |
1 Day |
Microsoft (Bing ads) |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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_uetvid |
13 Months |
Microsoft (Bing ads) |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.<container-id> |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie helps to combat forgery. It is set by web applications built using ASP.NET | Open-source web framework for .NET MVC technologies. This cookie is designed to stop unauthorised content being posted to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery.
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Essential |
First-Party |
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ABTasty |
13 Months |
ABTasty |
This cookie is used to improve the user experience on our website. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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ABTastySession |
Session or 30 Mins |
ABTasty |
This cookie collects information about each user’s session. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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ai_authUser |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie is used to collect statistical usage and telemetry information. When logged in, this cookie will send the user’s email address with the telemetry data and may be used to track down a specific problem a user is experiencing on the platform. This cookie may also be used as a backup to the primary system of tracking event attendance on the Flagstone platform. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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ai_session |
30 Minutes |
Flagstone |
The cookie holds a unique value for the user’s browser session which allows the monitoring of the website’s performance more effectively. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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ai_user |
12 Months |
Flagstone |
This cookie stores a unique identifier to recognise users on returning visits over time. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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ak_bmsc |
2 hours |
Akamai |
This cookie is used to optimise website performance and security. This cookie helps to distinguish between humans and bots. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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AnalyticsSyncHistory |
1 Month |
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Targeting |
Third-Party
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APISID |
14 Months |
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This cookie personalises Google ads on websites based on recent searches and interactions. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie identifies the user's session on the server. The session is used to store data in between off HTTP requests on server. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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Authentication |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie stores information about a user’s identity – for example, a user's encrypted token. Our application uses the pattern "Authentication," "AuthenticationC1," "AuthenticationC2", when we need to store multiple values for the same "Authentication" cookie. Each value we store needs to be unique. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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AuthenticationC1 |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie stores information about a user’s identity – for example, a user's encrypted token. Our application uses the pattern "Authentication," "AuthenticationC1," "AuthenticationC2", when we need to store multiple values for the same "Authentication" cookie. Each value we store needs to be unique. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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AuthenticationC2 |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie stores information about a user’s identity – for example, a user's encrypted token. Our application uses the pattern "Authentication," "AuthenticationC1," "AuthenticationC2", when we need to store multiple values for the same "Authentication" cookie. Each value we store needs to be unique. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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bcookie |
12 Months |
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Targeting |
Third-Party
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bm_sv |
2 hours |
Akamai |
This cookie is used to help differentiate between web requests generated by humans and web requests generated by bots or other automated processes. |
Performance |
First-Party |
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BNES___RequestVerificationToken |
Session |
Flagstone |
This cookie is essential for our website to prevent Cross-Site request forgery. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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BNES_ARRAffinity |
Session |
Azure |
This cookie manages website security. This cookie helps to direct requests to the correct instance in load-balanced environments during browsing sessions. This cookie is the same as Samesite, but kept for backward compatibility. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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BNES_ARRAffinitySameSite |
Session |
Azure |
This cookie is used to manage website security. This cookie helps to direct requests to the correct instance in load-balanced environments during browsing sessions. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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BrowserId_sec |
12 Months |
Salesforce |
Functional |
Third-party |
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cb_anonymous_id |
12 Months |
Clearbit |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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cb_group_id |
12 Months |
Clearbit |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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cb_user_id |
1 year |
Clearbit |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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cb-enabled |
12 Months |
Flagstone |
This cookie tracks whether the cookie banner should be made visible to the user. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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cookiesDisclamer_cookie |
13 Months |
Flagstone |
This cookie is used to maintain the state of cookie disclaimer acknowledgement. |
Essential |
First-Party |
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ct0 |
30 Mins |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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CurrentBranch |
1 Hour |
Flagstone |
This cookie is used to determine what type of client the visitor has selected 'Personal', 'business' or 'adviser'. This cookie is then also used to remember the last selected client from the menu. |
Functional |
First-Party |
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datr |
14 Months |
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This cookie identifies the web browser that is being used to connect to Facebook, independent of the user who is logged in. This cookie plays a key role in Facebook’s security and website integrity features. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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dpr |
1 Month |
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This cookie is used to improve the experience offered to users based on their device settings. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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EmailVerificationHolding |
1 Month |
Flagstone |
This cookie is used to store a token in the process of email verification. |
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First-Party |
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external_referer |
1 Month |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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guest_id |
14 Months |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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guest_id_ads |
14 Months |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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guest_id_marketing |
14 Months |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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HSID |
14 Months |
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Functional |
Third-Party |
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IDE |
2 years |
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Targeting |
Third-Party |
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lang |
Session |
LinkedkIn |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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li_sugr |
3 Months |
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Targeting |
Third-Party
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liap |
3 Months |
LinkedkIn |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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lidc |
1 Day |
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Targeting |
Third-Party
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lms_ads |
1 Month |
LinkedkIn |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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lms_analytics |
1 Month |
LinkedkIn |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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ln_or |
Immediate |
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Performance |
First-Party |
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lpv<container-id> |
30 Minutes |
Pardot - Salesforce |
Performance |
Third-party |
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MR |
1 Week |
Microsoft |
Targeting |
Third-Party
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muc_ads |
14 Months |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party
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MUID |
13 Months |
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Targeting |
Third-Party |
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NID |
6 Months |
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Functional |
Third-Party |
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personalization_id |
14 Months |
X', formally known as Twitter |
Targeting |
Third-Party
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SAPISID |
14 Months |
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This cookie is used to display personalised ads on Google websites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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SID |
14 Months |
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Targeting |
Third-Party |
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SIDCC |
12 Months |
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This security cookie confirms user authenticity, prevents fraudulent use of login data and protects user data from unauthorised access. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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SSID |
14 Months |
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This cookie is used to display personalised ads on Google websites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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TDCPM |
12 Months |
TheTradeDesk |
https://www.thetradedesk.com/assets/general/Unified-ID-Adoption-Guidelines-for-DMPs-v1.0.pdf |
Targeting |
Third-Party
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TDID |
12 Months |
TheTradeDesk |
https://www.thetradedesk.com/assets/general/Unified-ID-Adoption-Guidelines-for-DMPs-v1.0.pdf |
Targeting |
Third-Party
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UID |
13 Months |
Oracle |
This cookie stores a unique user ID, so we can identify the user when they return. |
Targeting |
Third-Party
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UserMatchHistory |
1 Month |
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Targeting |
Third-Party
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userty.core.p.<container-id> |
9 Months |
Heap |
What cookies does Heap set and what are they used for? - Heap Help Center |
Performance |
Third-Party |
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visitor_id<container-id> |
12 Months |
Pardot - Salesforce |
Performance |
First-Party |
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visitor_id<container-id>-hash |
12 Months |
Pardot - Salesforce |
Performance |
First-Party |
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wd |
1 Month |
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This cookie stores the browser window dimensions and is used by Facebook to optimise the rendering of the page. |
Targeting |
Third-Party |
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_uc_current_session |
1 hour |
GA |
This cookie stores whether or not a user’s current session is active. |
Targeting |
First-Party |
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