Cookie Policy

This policy sets out information about our use of Cookies on our website.

“We” or “us” means GigRealm International Ltd (“GigRealm”) (registered company number 14278489).

Our registered address is Lowin House, Tregolls Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2NA, England.

“Website” means www.gigrealm.com.

We are not required to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller.

If you wish to contact us, please email us at contact@gigrealm.com

What is a cookie?

A ‘cookie’ is a type of data file that is stored on your device when you visit a website or perform actions while visiting a website. A cookie file contains information that is transferred to your device’s memory which is recalled when you revisit our site, or when you perform certain actions on your device. Where we refer to a cookie in this policy, this incorporates similar tracking technologies.

Necessary Cookies

When you first visit our website, we only use necessary cookies. This means that additional cookies (called “Optional Cookies” in this policy) won’t be used unless you agree to accept/enable all cookies, or select your own cookie preferences.

Optional Cookies

Optional cookies are used for analytical, performance, advanced functionality and advertising purposes. More information is set out in this policy. Optional cookies help us improve our website and we believe accepting all optional cookies provides you with the best user experience.

Cookies can be “First Party”, i.e. set by us, or “Third Party”, i.e. placed on your device by another organisation when you visit our website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by an organisation providing a service to us or by our business partners, so that they can advertise products and services to you on our website and elsewhere on the internet. Because of how cookies work, our website cannot access third-party cookies stored from other websites; nor can other organisations access the data in the cookies we use on our website.

Changing your preferences

You can select to accept/enable some or all of the optional cookies either within the settings of your own device or by managing your preferences here.

How long will cookies stay on my device?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies should expire when you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire after a set period or are deleted. For each of the cookies used on our website we have set out the duration in the tables below.

The Cookies we use on our website

Necessary Cookies

Necessary Cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that allow page navigation or enable you to access certain areas of our website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. Necessary Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences but doing so may result in reduced or limited functionality of our website. In some circumstances our website may cease to function as intended if necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We do not accept any liability for any loss arising where necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We use the following necessary cookies:

Cookie Name Purpose Controller Duration
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Managing membership accounts for members Third Party Cookie Upon closing browser
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. Third Party Cookie 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Necessary” category . Third Party Cookie 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional  Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “functional” category . Third Party Cookie 1 year
PHPSESSID This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users’ unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. Third Party Cookie Upon closing browser
wordpress_ To record logged session of the user whilst signed in as a Member. Third Party Cookie Upon closing browser


Optional Cookies

We and third parties like to use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our website. Optional cookies help us to provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our website and the service we provide. We need to obtain your consent to use Optional cookies; this is usually by way of a pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.

Advanced functionality, Analytics and Performance

We use advanced functionality cookies 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).

We use analytical/performance cookies to enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use 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.

We would like to use the following optional advanced functionality, analytics and performance cookies:

 

 

Cookie Name Purpose Controller Further Information
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These cookies allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site 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. Third Party Cookies This cookie is session based and is deleted dependent on the type of google tag used. The cookie will be deleted after either one minute, twenty-four hours, or two years. Further information can be found here.
lang These cookies allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site 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. Third Party Cookies 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.
li_gc Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. Third Party Cookies This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 2 years. Further information can be found here.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary  Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Non-necessary” category. Third Party Cookie 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-optional  Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Optional” category. Third Party Cookie 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others  Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Others” category. Third Party Cookie 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance  Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Performance” category. Third Party Cookie 1 year
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics  Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Analytics” category. Third Party Cookie 1 year
messagesUtk HubSpot sets this cookie to recognize visitors who chat via the chatflows tool. Third Party Cookie 1 year, 24 days
muc_ads Managing membership accounts for members. Third Party Cookie 1 year
hubspotutk HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. Third Party Cookie 1 year, 24 days
__stripe_sid Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments. Third Party Cookie 30mins
__stripe_mid Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments. Third Party Cookie 1 year
__hstc This is the main cookie set by Hubspot, for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). Third Party Cookie 1 year, 24 days
__hssrc This cookie is set by Hubspot whenever it changes the session cookie. The __hssrc cookie set to 1 indicates that the user has restarted the browser, and if the cookie does not exist, it is assumed to be a new session. Third Party Cookie session
__hssc HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of sessions and to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. Third Party Cookie 30mins
__cf_bm This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. Third Party Cookie 30mins

 

Social Media Cookies

We use social media cookies to allow you to share our website (or parts of it) on social media.

These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Please note that our social media partners may also use cookies over which we have no control and if you have consented to the use of those cookies elsewhere, as they are on your device without your consent, those cookies will be active. We cannot prevent this. To control the use of these cookies, you will need to contact the controller of that cookie.

We use the following social media platforms:

 

Cookie Name Purpose Controller Further Information
tp This cookie allows us to identify when someone has visited our website and signed up. It’s a way for us to understand if our Twitter ads are effective. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 90 days. Further information can be found here.
_fbp This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 90 days. Further information can be found here.
fr The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 90 days. Further information can be found here.
personalization_id This cookie is set by twitter.com. It is used integrate the sharing features of this social media. It also stores information about how the user uses the website for tracking and targeting. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 2 years. Further information can be found here.
AnalyticsSyncHistory Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 1 month. Further information can be found here.
bscookie This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by LinkedIn share Buttons and ad tags. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 2 years. Further information can be found here.
bcookie LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 2 years. Further information can be found here.
lidc LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 2 years. Further information can be found here.
UserMatchHistory Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. Third Party Cookie This cookie is session based and stays on your device for 1 month. Further information can be found here.

Cookie Policy v1.1 – Last reviewed 21/01/2022