Cookie Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are text files put on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information.  This information is then used to track visitor use of the website and to create statistical reports on website activity.  For more information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the below websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser.  Please note in a few cases some of our website features may not function because of this.

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.

Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, and remember your preferences.

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website more relevant to your interests.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Strictly Necessary:

Domain Name of the Cookie Purpose Expiration Link to Privacy Notice
CookieYes cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance

 

This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”.

 

6 months More info
CookieYes cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics

 

This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”.

 

6 months More info
CookieYes cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional

 

The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.

 

6 months More info
CookieYes cookielaw-info-checkbox-necessary

 

This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”.

 

4 months More info
CookieYes viewed_cookie_policy

 

The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

 

6 months More info
CookieYes CookieLawInfoConsent

 

Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

 

6 months More info
CookieYes cookie-lawinfo-checkbox-advertisement

 

Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Advertisement” category . 6 months More info
CookieYes cookielawinfo-checkbox-others

 

This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other.

 

6 months More info
FullStory fs_uid The ‘fs_uid’ cookie can be thought of as the capture cookie. When an end-user visits a customer’s site, that cookie is used to track the user across sessions and pages. The same user may visit a site multiple times and may navigate to many pages within a single session. This cookie ensures that all captured session traffic is associated with one user. A session cannot be captured without this cookie and the users anonymized visit will not be logged. 1 year More info
Google _ga Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 2 years More info
Google _gid Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 1 day More info
LinkedIn ln_or Various, first-party domain 1 day More info
Moneypenny MoneypennyAgentAvatar Loads the avatar for the agent on the MoneyPenny live chat service. This is a functional cookie. 1 hour More info
Moneypenny MoneypennyVisit Logs a visit to the website in MoneyPenny’s analytics. MoneyPenny is our live chat service provider. This is a performance cookie. Session More info
OneTrust OptanonAlertBoxClosed Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box.  This ensure that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry 1 year More info
OneTrust OptanonConsent Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box.  This ensure that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry 1 year More info
Osano cookieconsent_status Name of the cookie that keeps track of users choice More info
Twitter auth_token This cookie is for account login and authentication 13 months More info
Twitter ct0 This cookie is for authentication 13 months More info
Twitter d_prefs This cookie is for your cookie preferences 13 months More info
Twitter Dnt This cookie is for opt-out of ads personalization 13 months More info
Vimeo __ssid, _abexps, _ce.s, _clck, Our website uses Vimeo to embed videos from our Vimeo channel as well as other channels. These cookies support video playback. 2 years More info
Vimeo __cf_bm 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. 1 day More info
Vimeo _lc2_fpi 1 year More info
Vimeo sd_client_id These are vimeo cookies and are used to play/upload videos. 1 year More info
Vimeo singular_device_id These are vimeo cookies and are used to play/upload videos. 1 year More info
WordPress wp-settings-1380 WordPress uses this cookie to customise your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

 

1 year More info
WordPress wp-settings-time-1380 WordPress uses this cookie to customise your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.

 

1 year More info

 

Analytical or Performance:

Domain Name of the Cookie Purpose Expiration Link to Privacy Notice
Leadforensics _hjSessionUser_# In order to process data about your visit to a website, Hotjar stores first-party cookies on your browser. 1 year More info
Moneypenny MoneypennyUserAlias Used to log which agent a user is assigned to as part of the live chat service. This is a functional cookie. 6 months More info
Vimeo _scid This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. 1 month More info

 

 

 

Functional:

Domain Name of the Cookie Purpose Expiration Link to Privacy Notice
Delighted _delighted_web This cookie is used for storing user preferences and identifiers. We use this to manage satisfaction surveys online in order to improve our products or services 10 years More info
Moneypenny MoneypennyHistory Tracks how many times a user has encountered the MoneyPenny live chat service on our site. This is a functional cookie. 6 months More info
Moneypenny MoneypennyNoProactiveChat More info
Twitter Twid This cookie is for authentication 13 months More info
Vimeo Player This cookie saves your settings before you play an embedded Vimeo video. This means that the next time you watch a Vimeo video, you will get your preferred settings back. 1 year More info
Vimeo Vuid This is a cookie used by Vimeo to store the user’s usage history. 2 years More info

 

Targeting:

Domain Name of the Cookie Purpose Expiration Link to Privacy Notice
Google _gcl_au Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. 3 months More info
Leadforensics lfuuid The _lfuuid cookie allows a website to track visitor behaviour on the sites on which the cookie is installed. Tracking is performed anonymously until a user identifies himself by submitting a form. 10+ years More info
Microsoft _uetsid Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. 1 day More info
Microsoft _uetvid Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. 13 months More info
Moneypenny MoneypennyRef Tracks the URL of the page in which a user has had the MoneyPenny live chat service box appear. This is a targeting cookie. 1 hour More info
TikTok _tt_enable_cookie This cookie is used as a means of tracking your website activity to help us optimise our advertising. 13 months More info
TikTok _ttp This cookie is used as a means of tracking your website activity to help us optimise our advertising. 13 months More info
Twitter guest_id This cookie is for authentication 13 months More info
Twitter guest_id_ads This cookie is for advertising when logged out 13 months More info
Twitter guest_id_marketing This cookie is for advertising when logged out 13 months More info
Twitter kdt This cookie is to authenticate a known device 13 months More info
Twitter personalization_id This cookie tracks activities on and off Twitter for a personalized experience 13 months More info
Vimeo _fbp This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. 3 months More info
Vimeo AF_SYNC This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. 7 days More info
Vimeo afUserId This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. 2 years More info
Vimeo has_logged_in Collects data on the user’s interactions with the video 10 years More info
Vimeo intercom-device-id-qu19dquh Cookies necessary to identify anonymous users and their sessions. 9 Months More info
Vimeo is_logged_in Collects data on the user’s interactions with the video 10 years More info

 

We do not share the information collected by the cookies with any third parties.

You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set by clicking on the button(s):

Strictly essential cookies    OFF

Analytical or performance cookies    OFF

Functionality cookies    OFF

Targeting cookies    OFF

However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after the expiry period noted in the tables above.

Analytics – eg how visitors use our website

We use Google Analytics to store information about how visitors use our website so that we may make improvements and give visitors a better user experience.

Google Analytics is a third-party information storage system that records information about the pages you visit, the length of time you were on specific pages and the website in general, how you arrived at the site and what you clicked on when you were there. These cookies do not store any personal information about you  we do not share the data. You can view Google’s  privacy policy below:

Google – http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

IP addresses

An IP or Internet Protocol Address is a unique numerical address assigned to a computer as it logs on to the internet. Dains do not have access to any personal identifiable information related to your IP address (such as your physical location when accessing our site) and we would never seek this information. Your IP address is logged when visiting our site, but our analytic software  does not use it to track any level of detail beyond your organisation (for example, it may be able to determine which internet service provider you are using but not where you are located.

Link tracking

 If you have clicked a link within a marketing email or provided us with personal data, completing a contact form, for example, we may associate this personal data with other information. This will allow us to identify and record what is most relevant to you.

Business Valuation Questionnaire Form

By completing the evaluation form, which is located on our site under “business valuation” and also “exit planning tool” and submitting your email address, you are consenting to receive the report outlined in the introduction for this form.  We agree to:

  • keep this confidential information, confidential
  • not to use this confidential information except in connection with the purpose of preparing the report and preparation for subsequent discussions, and
  • not to disclose the disclosing party’s confidential information to anyone else

We will destroy all data upon written request or within 1 month of our mutual agreement that discussions have concluded.]

Internet Based Advertising

We use Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter advertising services and as such there are tracking codes installed on our website so that we can manage the effectiveness of these campaigns.  We do not store any personal data within this type of tracking.