Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Introduction
1.1 Our website uses cookies.
1.2 Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website www.WeAre-Local.co.uk and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).
About cookies
3.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
3.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
3.3 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.
Cookies that we use
4.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website. Cookies used for this purpose are:
messagesUtk
This cookie is set by Hubspot. This cookie is used to recognize the user who have chatted using the messages tool. This cookie is stored if the user leaves before they are added as a contact. If the returning user visits again with this cookie on the browser, the chat history with the user will be loaded.
(b) personalisation – we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you. Cookies used for this purpose are:
lang
This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website.
(c) security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally. Cookies used for this purpose are:
__cfduid
The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information.
(d) advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you. Cookies used for this purpose are:
_fbp
This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.
bscookie
This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags.
fr
This cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behaviour of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
UserMatchHistory
Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.
IDE
Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
(e) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services. Cookies used for this purpose are:
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
GPS
This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location
YSC
This cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
_ga
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
_gid
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website 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 viisted in an anonymous form.
_gat
This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.
lidc
This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.
bcookie
This cookie is set by LinkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page.
__hstc
This cookie is set by Hubspot and is used for tracking visitors. 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).
hubspotutk
This cookie is used by HubSpot to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to Hubspot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
__hssrc
This cookie is set by Hubspot. According to their documentation, 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.
__hssc
This cookie is set by HubSpot. The purpose of the cookie is to keep 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.
(f) cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
Cookies used by our service providers
5.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
5.2 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: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. The relevant cookies are detailed in Section 4.
Managing cookies
6.1 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 via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
6.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
6.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
Cookie preferences
7.1 You can manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies on our website.
Our details
8.1 This website is owned and operated by WeAreLocal Limited.
8.2 WeAreLocal Limited is registered in [England and Wales] under registration number 07887938 and registered address: 36 Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1SE.
8.3 Our principal place of business is at 36 Wattleton Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1SE.
8.4 You can contact us:
(a) by post, via the postal address given above;
(b) using our website contact form;
(c) by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from time to time; or
(d) by email, using the email address published on our website from time to time.
Cookie Policy last updated 20th October 2020