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Cookies are small data files that websites generate and ask to store on your computer. Most websites use cookies in one form or another.
They are typically used to:
- remember settings, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page;
- remember information you give to a website; and
- measure how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs.
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.
The cookies used by the HgCapital Trust plc website include:
- Cookies set by HgCapital Trust plc to establish your permission for us to use cookies;
- Cookies set by our web platform, WordPress, to enable admin functions such as information about your browser settings, to understand which functionality to enable on the site, as well as to remember your choices. For example, if you filter a list of information we will remember your choice and default to that selection if you visit the page again. These choices are not tied to any personally identifiable information.
- Cookies set by a third-party security service, Incapsula, to protect the site against malicious requests (e.g. DDOS attacks);
- Cookies set by Google Analytics to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. We do not link this information to your personal details.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. Cookies expires after a set amount of time.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
| Name | Description | Category | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWSALBCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing as well. With cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests, some browsers require SameSite=None; Secure to enable stickiness. In this case, the load balancer generates a second stickiness cookie, AWSALBCORS, which includes the same information as the original stickiness cookie, AWSALB, plus the SameSite attribute. Clients receive both cookies. | Strictly necessary | 7 Days |
| AWSALB | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: This cookie is used to introduce stickiness across the session. Used to map the session to the instance. When the load balancer (the server) first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generating this encrypted cookie that encodes information about the selected target, and includes it in the response to the client. Also, it registers which server cluster is serving the visitor, and this is used in context with load balancing to optimize the user experience. | Strictly necessary | 7 Days |
| AWSALBTG | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: The ASWALBTG cookie is a load balancer-generated cookie for Weighted Target Groups. It is used to honor sticky sessions and enable target group stickiness. When the load balancer first routes a request to a weighted target group, it generates an encrypted cookie named AWSALBTG that encodes information about the selected target group and includes the cookie in the response to the client. When the load balancer receives a request from the same client that matches a rule with target group stickiness enabled and contains the cookie, the request is routed to the target group specified in the cookie. | Strictly necessary | 7 Days |
| AWSALBTGCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: This load-balancing cookie is managed by AWS and is for Weighted Target Groups associated with cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) requests. With CORS requests, some browsers require SameSite=None; Secure to enable stickiness. In this case, the elastic load balancer generates a second stickiness cookie, AWSALBCORS, which includes the same information as the original stickiness cookie, AWSALBTG, plus the SameSite attribute. Clients receive both cookies in response. | Strictly necessary | 7 Days |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | ASP.Net_SessionId is a Microsoft cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session is an area on the server which can be used to store data in between HTTP requests. ASP.NET_SessionId is created by the webserver when the session starts so in the next requests, the Request Header has that ASP.NET_SessionId and it is the same as the Response Header. This ASP.NET_SessionId will be used to identify the specific user session and ensures that this request is from the same client that created the previous request. | Strictly necessary | End of session |
| __cf_bm | To read and filter requests from bots. | Strictly necessary | A few seconds |
| _cfuvid | The _cfuvid cookie is set on a user’s browser to assign them a unique ID in addition to identifying them through their IP address. Without this cookie, visitors to a site will be recognized as the same user if they share the same IP, and any data collected will be shared for all users with that IP. | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
| __Secure-xxxxxxx | These cookies are used by Google for advertising purposes. They track your browsing activity across websites and build a profile of your interests to show you relevant and personalized ads. | Strictly necessary | 720 days |
| SAPISID | These cookies are used by Google for various purposes, including authentication, security, and analyzing website usage. | Strictly necessary | 730 days |
| SIDCC | These cookies are used by Google for various purposes, including authentication, security, and analyzing website usage. | Strictly necessary | 92 days |
| HSID | These cookies are used by Google for various purposes, including authentication, security, and analyzing website usage. | Strictly necessary | 730 days |
| __Secure-xxxxxxxx | These cookies are also used by Google, but they mainly focus on storing your preferences and settings. This could include things like your preferred language, location, and search history. | Strictly necessary | 13m |
| SSID | These cookies are used by Google for various purposes, including authentication, security, and analyzing website usage. | Strictly necessary | 730 days |
| SID | These cookies are used by Google for various purposes, including authentication, security, and analyzing website usage. | Strictly necessary | 730 days |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | This cookie stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | Targeting | 90 days to 180 days |
| __CookieConsentV300 | __CookieConsent cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. __CookieConsent* would replace with version of plugin for example __CookieConsentV300. | Strictly necessary | 90 days |
| __CookieConsent | _Cookieconsent cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline | Strictly necessary | 90 days |
| NID | Stores your Google preferences and helps personalize search results and ad delivery. | Strictly necessary | 183 days |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | Used for internal website search functionality related to ad targeting | Strictly necessary | 105 days |
| AEC | AEC cookies ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites | Strictly necessary | 13m |
| player | These cookies are related to video player functionality or additional analytics tracking. | Strictly necessary | 1 year |
| _lfa | Used in context with identifying company visitors to the website. The Leadfeeder cookie collects the behavioral data of all visitors from companies. The cookie registers data such as IP addresses, visitor sources, time spent on the website, and page requests for the visit. Data is processed where it pertains to company visitors and is not processed further for individual visitors. | Performance | 720 Days |
| _gat_INVDSitecore | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics and is placed by Investis Digital's Sitecore platform on which this website is built. It is used to throttle the request rate-limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. | Performance | 1 minute |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | These cookies are associated with Optanon, a consent management platform used to manage user consent for cookies and other tracking technologies. | Performance | 1 year |
| vuid | Used to collect analytics data on embedded Vimeo video plays | Functionality | 1 year |
| OptanonConsent | These cookies are associated with Optanon, a consent management platform used to manage user consent for cookies and other tracking technologies. | Performance | 1 year |
| _ga_xxxxxxxx | Used to persist session state, these Google Analytics 360 cookies are used to collect information and compile reports about how visitors use the site and to help improve the site. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. These cookies use a unique identifier for tracking purposes. | Performance/Targeting | 720 days |
| _gat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics cookie used to measure the speed of requests | Performance | 1 minute |
| _gclxxx | This is the Google conversion tracking cookie. It allows us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. | Performance/Targeting | 90 Days |
| PREF | To store user preferences. | Targeting | |
| YSC | to Store and track interaction. | Targeting | 0 Days |
| _gat_UA-10725328-2 | These cookies are related to video player functionality or additional analytics tracking. | Targeting | 0 days |
| APISID | The APISID cookie is used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google-hosted content, such as YouTube or Google Maps. Also, works as a security cookie to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and protect user data from unauthorized parties. | Targeting | 730 Days |
| _ga | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics and 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 site's analytics reports. By default, it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customizable by website owners. | Targeting | 730 Days |
| 1P_JAR | The cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. These cookies are used to collect site statistics and track conversion rates. | Targeting | 30 Days |
| _gid | A Google Universal Analytics cookie as of Spring 2017, store and update a unique value for each page visited. It stores information of how visitors use a website by allocating unique IDs but in an anonymous form, and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | Functionality/Targeting | 1 Day |
| PREF | To store user preferences. | Targeting | 730 Days |
| YSC | To Store and track interaction. | Targeting | End of browser session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | To provide ad delivery or retargeting, store and track a visitor's identity, Store and track interaction. | Targeting | |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Targeting | 1 Day |
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | 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 appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | Targeting | |
| __Secure-1PSIDTS | collects information about your interactions with Google services and ads. It contains a unique identifier. | Marketing | |
| _lfa_test_cookie_stored | Stored only untill we find out if cookies can be stored | Authentication and security | 1 second |
| _utmb | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which is used to keep track of each visit. This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written, and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on your site for longer than 30 minutes. | Targeting | 30 minutes |
| _utma | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behavior and measure site performance. This cookie distinguishes between users and sessions and collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | Targeting | 720/730 Days |
| ajs_anonymous_id | A Segment IO cookie is used to identify known users and track their site activity. Also, this cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. Investis use this cookie to add user details on CI Dashboard. | Performance/Targeting | 365 Days |
| _conv_r | Provided by Convert, this cookie holds the referral data for the current visitor. It is overwritten each time a visitor comes from a new referrer or source. The cookie contains information like source name, referral medium, and referral type. | Targeting | 180 Days |
| _dlt | Majorly associated with Google's real-time bidding advertising exchange, the main purpose of this cookie is targeting. The cookie sets a unique ID for each session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behavior for statistical purposes. | Targeting | End of session |
| ajs_group_id | A Segment IO cookie is used to identify known users and track their site activity. This is used to group visits by a different website and the user segmentation can be used to target larger groups. Investis use this cookie to add user details on CI Dashboard. | Functionality/Targeting | 365 Days |
| _Secure-3PSID | Used by Google Analytics for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests to show relevant & personalized Google advertising. Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | Targeting | 720/730 Days |
| _hjTLDTest | When the Hotjar script executes it tries to determine the most generic cookie path to be used, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, it tries to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. | Functionality/Targeting | End of session |
| _gaexp | This cookie is used to determine a user’s inclusion in an A/B experiment via Google Optimize and the expiry of experiments a user has been included in. Google Optimize is used to enhance the user experience on our website. | Performance/Targeting | 90 Days |
| _D9J | This cookie is an advertising tracking cookie for media campaigns and is used for reporting and verification of marketing activity undertaken by Flashtalking. These are also used to help manage and measure online advertising campaigns. | Targeting | 365/720 Days |
| anj | The anj cookie acts as an ad targeting cookie for AppNexus. It contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with our partners. ID syncing enables our partners to use their data from outside the Platform. | Targeting | 90 Days |
| aam_uuid | Adobe Marketing Cloud and Adobe Audience Manager include analytics cookies to anonymously define new visitors, help analyze clickstream data, and track historical activity on the website, such as response to particular campaigns or the length of the sales cycle. aam_uid cookie is used to identify unique visitors and is set for ID sync for Adobe Audience Manager. | Targeting | 30 Days |
| _hluid | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is used for in-app usage tracking to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisements. The service is provided by third-party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | Targeting | 365 Days |
| _abexps | This Vimeo cookie helps Vimeo remember the settings you have made. This could be a preset language, region, or username, for example. In general, the cookie stores information about how you use Vimeo. | Targeting | 365 Days |
| _Secure-3PAPISID | Used by Google Analytics for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests to show relevant & personalized Google advertising. Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | Targeting | 720/730 Days |
| _utmc | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service that is used to manage your sessions. As soon as a visit ends, and the browser closes, __utmc will record this as one session. This cookie is operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. Sites still using the urchin.js tracking code have this cookie that continues to be written and will expire when the user exits the browser. | Targeting | End of session |
| AID | Associated with Google accounts, this cookie from Google Analytics is used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed into your Google account on another device. Based on this, the ads you see on your devices are coordinated and conversion events are measured as well. | Targeting | 365/720 Days |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook, this cookie is used to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. | Targeting | 90 Days |
| _hssc | Provided by Hubspot, is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. | Performance/Targeting | 30mins |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user’s journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information. | Targeting | 30 minutes |
| ANID | If you have personalized ads enabled, ‘ANID’ is used to remember this setting. It lists ads on Google sites based on recent searches. Also, if you have disabled personalized ads, ‘ANID’ is used to store that setting. | Targeting | 720 Days |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit. It at times also determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical placeholder. | Performance/Targeting | 30 minutes |
| _hstc | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is the main cookie for tracking visitors, and it keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). | Performance/Targeting | 390 Days |
| _conv_v | Provided by Convert this cookie is a visitor-centric cookie with the purpose to track visitor experiments. This cookie is used to identify the frequency of visits and how long the visitor is on the website. And, is also used to determine how many and which subpages the visitor visits on a website. | Targeting | 180 Days |
| _ssid | The cookies are served by Vimeo, which is the player used by this site. These cookies are intended for storing user’s settings in the video player, for identifying users (e.g. if they are logged in to the user account at Vimeo.com), for advertising, and for analyzing the use of the video player. Analytics is recorded with its analytics and with Google Analytics. | Targeting | 720 Days |
| _Secure-3PSIDCC | Used by Google Analytics for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests to show relevant & personalized Google advertising. Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | Targeting | 720/730 Days |
| _qca | This cookie is used to store, and track audience reaches and for marketing and tracking purposes. This anonymous data helps websites to better understand their users' needs and tailor the website accordingly. Also, this cookie is used for aggregate traffic analysis to optimize website content. | Targeting | 390/391/1825 Days |
| _atuvc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. | Functionality/Targeting | 720/730 Days |
| _hjid | A Hotjar cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID or create a random new User ID, unique to that site on the browser. The cookie ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | Targeting | 365 Days |
| _uetvid | This is a cookie utilized by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. It is used to track visitors on multiple websites, to present relevant advertisements based on the visitor's preferences. | Targeting | 16 Days |
| _utmt | Set by Google Analytics, this cookie is used to throttle the request rate for the service - limiting the collection of data on high-traffic sites. | Targeting | 10 minutes |
| _hmpl | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It collects information on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content – This is used on CRM-campaign-platform used by website owners for promoting events or products | Targeting | End of session |
| ajs_user_id | A Segment IO cookie is used to assign a unique ID to each visitor and collect data about the visitor’s activity on the site. This information can be used to assign the visitor to a visitor segment, based on common preferences. Investis use this cookie to add user details on CI Dashboard. | Functionality/Targeting | 365 Days |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. Registers data on visitors' website behavior and is used for internal analysis and website optimization. | Performance/Targeting | 30 minutes |
| JSESSIONID | This cookie is a session identifier used to determine session counts for an application. | Performance | Session |