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Cookie Policy

Last updated: December 15, 2024

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive. They help us recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

2. How We Use Cookies

Croscimbul uses cookies to:

  • Ensure our website functions properly
  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Understand how you use our website
  • Improve your browsing experience
  • Analyze website performance and usage
  • Provide personalized content and advertising
  • Comply with legal requirements

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
sessionid Maintains your session while browsing Session
cookieConsent Remembers your cookie preferences 1 year
security Prevents cross-site request forgery Session

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website's performance and user experience.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Distinguishes unique users 2 years
_gid Distinguishes unique users 24 hours
_gat Throttles request rate 1 minute

3.3 Marketing Cookies

These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. We may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_fbp Facebook advertising and analytics 3 months
linkedin_oauth LinkedIn advertising and analytics 1 year
marketing_prefs Remembers your marketing preferences 1 year

3.4 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences, language settings, or login information.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
preferences Stores your website preferences 1 year
language Remembers your language preference 1 year
theme Remembers your display preferences 1 year

4. Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party services that set their own cookies. These include:

4.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze website usage and improve our services. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site.

Data collected: Page views, session duration, bounce rate, user demographics

Privacy Policy: Google Privacy Policy

4.2 Social Media Plugins

Our website includes social media features from LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. These features may collect information about your IP address and which page you're visiting on our site.

4.3 Content Delivery Networks

We use CDNs to deliver content efficiently. These services may set performance and security cookies.

5. Cookie Duration

Cookies may be either "session" cookies or "persistent" cookies:

  • Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent Cookies: Cookies that remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them

The duration of each cookie is specified in the tables above and depends on its purpose and function.

6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies:

6.1 Our Cookie Consent Tool

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner allowing you to:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Accept only necessary cookies
  • Customize your preferences for different cookie types

You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer.

6.2 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

  • Block all cookies
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Delete existing cookies
  • Set cookies to expire when you close your browser

Browser Help Pages:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari
  • Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Edge

7. Impact of Disabling Cookies

Disabling certain cookies may affect your experience on our website:

  • Necessary Cookies: Disabling these may prevent the website from functioning properly
  • Analytics Cookies: Disabling these prevents us from improving our website based on usage data
  • Marketing Cookies: Disabling these may result in less relevant advertising
  • Functional Cookies: Disabling these may require you to re-enter preferences each visit

8. Mobile Devices and Apps

If you access our website through a mobile device or app, we may use similar technologies to cookies, such as:

  • Local storage
  • Device identifiers
  • Software development kit (SDK) technologies

You can manage these through your device settings or app preferences.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

  • The cookies we use
  • Legal requirements
  • Industry standards
  • Our business practices

We will notify you of any material changes by updating the "Last updated" date and, where appropriate, through other communication channels.

10. More Information

For more information about cookies and online privacy, visit:

  • ICO Guide to Cookies
  • About Cookies
  • All About Cookies

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us:

Data Protection Officer
Croscimbul
Innovation House, 42 Technology Drive
Manchester M1 4ET
United Kingdom

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 161 123 4567

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