To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How do we use cookies?
A number of our pages use cookies to remember:
- your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font size
- if you have already replied to a survey pop-up that asks you if the content was helpful or not (so you won't be asked again)
- if you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site
Also, some videos embedded in our pages use a cookie to anonymously gather statistics on how you got there and what videos you visited.
Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.
The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.
The cookies we use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Cookie key |
Domain |
Cookie type |
Expiration |
Description |
AnalyticsSyncHistory
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
1 month |
Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries.
|
CookieScriptConsent
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
1 month |
This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor
cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com
cookie banner to work properly.
|
_GRECAPTCHA
|
www.google.com |
Third-party |
6 months |
Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.
|
li_gc
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
1 year 12 months |
Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes.
|
__cf_bm
|
.hubspot.com |
Third-party |
30 minutes |
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.
|
Performance Cookies
Cookie key |
Domain |
Cookie type |
Expiration |
Description |
__hstc
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
1 year |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot
platform. It is reported by them as being used for website
analytics.
|
__hssrc
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
Session |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot
platform. It is reported by them as being used for website
analytics.
|
_ga
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
2 years |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics -
which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used
analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users
by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It
is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate
visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
|
__hssc
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
30 minutes |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot
platform. It is reported by them as being used for website
analytics.
|
_gid
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
1 day |
This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
|
_gat
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
1 minute |
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
|
Targeting Cookies
Cookie key |
Domain |
Cookie type |
Expiration |
Description |
bcookie
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
2 years |
This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
|
_lfa
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
2 years |
Leadfeeder cookie collects the behavioural data of all website visitors. This includes; pages viewed, visitor source and time spent on the site
|
_hp2_
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
2 years |
This cookie is used by Heap Analytics to track user behaviour on the website. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 2 years.
|
UserMatchHistory
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
1 month |
This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences.
|
lidc
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
1 day |
This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
|
bscookie
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
2 years |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
|
Functionality Cookies
Cookie key |
Domain |
Cookie type |
Expiration |
Description |
lang
|
.linkedin.com |
Third-party |
Session |
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.
|
hubspotutk
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
1 year |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot
platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As
a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as
Strictly Necessary.
|
Unclassified Cookies
Cookie key |
Domain |
Cookie type |
Expiration |
Description |
_ga_
|
.thedatarefinery.co.uk |
First-party |
2 years |
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How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.