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Our website uses  various cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer which helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. We have set out below details of the types of cookies we use and what each cookie does. As we continue to grow and expand our services, these details may change from time to time and so you are advised to review this policy regularly for any changes.

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, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • 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, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • 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 and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

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

Cookie NamePurposeMore information
_cf_bmThis 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.  Expiry: 1 day
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: hubspot.com
Cookie title: Necessary
CONSENTUsed to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.Expiry: 2 years
Data is sent to: United States
Provider youtube.com
Cookie title: Necessary
embed/v3/counters.gifUsed to implement forms on the website.Expiry: Exit website
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: forms.hsforms.com
Cookie title: Necessary
li_gcStores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.Expiry: 2 years
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: linkedin.com
Cookie title: Necessary
langRemembers the user’s selected language version of a website.Expiry: Exit website
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: ads.linkedin.com
Cookie title: Preference
ssNecessary for the functionality of the website’s chat-box function.Expiry: Exit website
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: va.tawk.to
Cookie title: Preference
_hsscIdentifies if the cookie data needs to be updated in the visitor’s browser.Expiry: 1 day
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: educ8training.co.uk
Cookie title: Statistics
_hssrcUsed to recognise the visitor’s browser upon re-entry on the website.Expiry: Exit website
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: educ8training.co.uk
Cookie title: Statistics
_hstcSets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.Expiry: 1 year
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: educ8training.co.uk
Cookie title: Statistics
AnalyticsSyncHistoryUsed in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service.Expiry: 30 days
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: linkedin.com
Cookie title: Statistics
hubspotutkSets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.Expiry: 1 year
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: educ8training.co.uk
Cookie title: Statistics
p.gifKeeps track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data.Expiry: Exit website 
Data is sent to: Ireland
Provider: typekit.net
Cookie title: Statistics
TawkConnectionTimeAllows the website to recognise the visitor, in order to optimize the chat-box functionality.Expiry: Exit website 
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: educ8training.co.uk
Cookie title: Statistics
_ptq.gifSends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.Expiry: Exit website 
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: hubspot.com
Cookie title: Marketing
bcookieUsed by the social networking service, Linkedin, for tracking the use of embedded servicesExpiry: 2 years 
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: linkedin.com
Cookie title: Marketing
bscookieUsed by the social networking service, Linkedin, for tracking the use of embedded services.Expiry: 2 years 
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: linkedin.com
Cookie title: Marketing
langSet by Linkedin when a web page contains an embedded ‘Follow us’ panel.Expiry: Exit website
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: educ8training.co.uk
Cookie title: Marketing
lidcUsed by the social networking service, Linkedin, for tracking the use of embedded services.Expiry: 1 day
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: linkedin.com
Cookie title: Marketing
UserMatchHistoryUsed to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.Expiry: 30 days
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: linkedin.com
Cookie title: Marketing
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVETries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.Expiry: 179 days
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: youtube.com
Cookie title: Marketing
YSCRegisters a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seenExpiry: Exit website
Data is sent to: United States
Provider: youtube.com
Cookie title: Marketing

Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:

  • HubSpot
  • YouTube
  • Linkedin

To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies [include link to consent management solution]]. 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.

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