ValidSoft Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small blocks of data created by a web server while a user is browsing a website and placed on the user’s computer or other device by the user’s web browser. Cookies are placed on the device used to access a website, and more than one cookie may be placed on a user’s device during a session.
Cookies serve useful and sometimes essential functions on the web. They enable web servers to store stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) on the user’s device or to track the user’s browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past). They can also be used to save for subsequent use information that the user previously entered into form fields, such as names, addresses, passwords, and payment card numbers.
European Union law requires that all websites targeting individuals in European Union member states gain “informed consent” from users before storing non-essential cookies on their device.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie
Your cookie choices
In accordance with EU and other laws, you can choose not to allow some or all types of cookies, other than those that are strictly necessary to make our website function. Click on the different category headings below to find out more and change our settings (which are privacy-confirming by default). However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
See here for a full list of all the cookies we set
Manage Consent Preferences
+ Strictly Necessary Cookies Always Active
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
+ Performance Cookies [OFF / ON]
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
+ Functional Cookies [OFF / ON]
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
+ Targeting Cookies [OFF / ON]
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
For further information on how we process personal information on visitors to our website, please see out Privacy Policy.
Cookies
The website deploys the following cookies:
| Cookie Name | Lifespan | Hostname | Default Category | Default Description |
| __cf_bm | PERSISTENT | zoominfo.com | Strictly Necessary Cookies | 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 |
| __cf_bm | PERSISTENT | hubspot.com | Strictly Necessary Cookies | 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 |
| __hssc | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. |
| __hssrc | SESSION | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. |
| __hstc | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. |
| _cc_cc | SESSION | crwdcntrl.net | Targeting Cookies | This domain is owned by Lotame. The main business activity is: Data Management Platform – Targeting /Advertising |
| _ga | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This 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._ga |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | _ga |
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | 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. |
| _gclxxxx | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | Google conversion tracking cookie |
| _gid | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid |
| _GRECAPTCHA | PERSISTENT | www.google.com | Unknown | |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. |
| _hjFirstSeen | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | Identifies a new user’s first session on a website, indicating whether or not Hotjar’s seeing this user for the first time. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | PERSISTENT | script.hotjar.com | Unknown | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | PERSISTENT | www.validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | PERSISTENT | www.validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | PERSISTENT | script.hotjar.com | Unknown | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit. |
| _hjSession_xxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. |
| _hjSession_xxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. |
| _hjSessionUser_xxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. |
| _hjSessionUser_xxxxxxx | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. |
| _hjTLDTest | SESSION | validsoft.com | Performance Cookies | When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. |
| ab | PERSISTENT | agkn.com | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is generally provided by agkn.com and is used for advertising purposes. |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | PERSISTENT | linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | |
| bcookie | PERSISTENT | linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media. |
| bscookie | PERSISTENT | www.linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| CONSENT | PERSISTENT | youtube.com | Targeting Cookies | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| cookietest | SESSION | www.clickcease.com | Unknown | Common cookie name could have a number of different origins. Where this is first party and a session cookie, its most likely to do with checking to see if the browser is set to block or allow cookies.Common cookie name could have a number of different origins. Where this is first party and a session cookie, its most likely to do with checking to see if the browser is set to block or allow cookies. |
| cookietest | SESSION | www.validsoft.com | Strictly Necessary Cookies | Common cookie name could have a number of different origins. Where this is first party and a session cookie, its most likely to do with checking to see if the browser is set to block or allow cookies.Common cookie name could have a number of different origins. Where this is first party and a session cookie, its most likely to do with checking to see if the browser is set to block or allow cookies. |
| demdex | PERSISTENT | demdex.net | Targeting Cookies | This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. |
| dpm | PERSISTENT | dpm.demdex.net | Targeting Cookies | Adobe Audience Manager – data management platform uses this cookie to record information around synchronisation of IDs. |
| hubspotutk | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Functional Cookies | This 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. |
| IDE | PERSISTENT | doubleclick.net | Targeting Cookies | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange |
| JSESSIONID | SESSION | nr-data.net | Performance Cookies | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. |
| lang | SESSION | linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language. |
| lang | SESSION | ads.linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language. |
| li_gc | PERSISTENT | linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | |
| lidc | PERSISTENT | linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. |
| lrsync | PERSISTENT | clickagy.com | Targeting Cookies | |
| messagesUtk | PERSISTENT | validsoft.com | Functional Cookies |
This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the chatflows tool. If the visitor leaves your site before they’re added as a contact, they will have this cookie associated with their browser. |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | PERSISTENT | vswp.core.validsoft.cloud | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | PERSISTENT | www.validsoft.com | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
| OptanonConsent | PERSISTENT | vswp.core.validsoft.cloud | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
| OptanonConsent | PERSISTENT | www.validsoft.com | Strictly Necessary Cookies | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
| ssi | PERSISTENT | sitescout.com | Targeting Cookies | |
| test_cookie | PERSISTENT | doubleclick.net | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor’s browser supports cookies. |
| u | PERSISTENT | agkn.com | Targeting Cookies | |
| UserMatchHistory | PERSISTENT | linkedin.com | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | PERSISTENT | youtube.com | Targeting Cookies | This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. |
| visitorId | PERSISTENT | ws.zoominfo.com | Unknown | |
| YSC | SESSION | youtube.com | Targeting Cookies |
