Cookie policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you visit a webpage to enable additional features of the website to work and make your experience of browsing the site as user-friendly as possible. Use of cookies is a common practice, most websites use them and most internet browsers automatically accept cookies.

The information below provides further details about the cookies that are currently in use on our website and a description of the purpose of each of these cookies.

 

Verstela uses the following cookies:

 

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential – without them you might not be able to get the information or service you’ve asked for. They’re needed for things like logging whether you see error messages – so we can make improvements and fix bugs. Technologies that we use (and that use cookies) to make sure the website functions correctly for you include, at the time of writing, are provided by for example Google Analytics and AWS.

NameDescriptionExpiryCategory
__CookieConsentV300A JavaScript plugin that alerts users of the use of cookies on this website.180 daysStrictly necessary
XSRF-TOKENThis cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.This cookie helps with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.0 daysStrictly necessary
__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. This is a CloudFoundry cookie”0 daysStrictly necessary
 
Performance cookies

These cookies remember choices you’ve made to personalise the site or are used by us to test site content and functionality with different groups of visitors They may remember where you are in the site so you can get tailored information, or changes you’ve made to help you browse, such as increasing the text size Technologies we use for personalisation or testing include Google Analytics and AWS.

NameDescriptionExpiryCategory
__hstcThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.5 monthsPerformance cookies
__hssrcThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.1 yearsPerformance cookies
_gaThis 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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.1 yearsPerformance cookies
__hsscThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.0 daysPerformance cookies
_ga_xxxxxxxxxxNAUsed by Google Analytics to identify and track an individual session with your device.1 yearsPerformance cookies
 
Functionality cookies

These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

NameDescriptionExpiryCategory
hubspotutkThis 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.5 monthsFunctionality cookies
 
Targetting cookies

These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

NameDescriptionExpiryCategory
AWSALBAWS ELB application load balancerUsed to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came.6 daysTargetting cookies
omSeen-yksu4qt7hqyllhnhlk7gomSeen-0 daysTargetting cookies
AWSALBCORSThis cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing.Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came.6 daysTargetting cookies

 

What about links to other websites and their cookies?

We often link to other sites to give you extra information or services. Where these are provided by a third party, you may leave our website by clicking through to theirs. In this case, the cookies policy set out on the third party’s website will also apply. As this won’t be controlled by us, you should read their policy to find out what information is being collected and how it’s used.

 

Controlling your cookies

You can control how you use cookies in your browser. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by any website, you should do this through the web browser settings for each web browser you use, on each device you use to access the internet. Information on controlling and deleting cookies, including on a wide variety of browsers, is also available at allaboutcookies.org

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