Cookie Policy

 

Under the EU Cookies Directive, we are required by law to provide you with information about the purposes for which our cookies are stored, how to access your cookies settings, and to obtain your consent to use cookies.

Your consent is obtained by indicating your preferred settings when accessing our website by ticking the relevant boxes to confirm that you understand and agree to the use of cookies.

 

What are cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time so that you do not need to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

 

How do we use cookies on our website?

We use cookies to ensure that our website is user-friendly and to help us make improvements to the display of our services and content. Below, we explain how we use different types of cookies and provide details on the specific cookies used on our website.

Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

  • CookieConsent (Cookiebot): Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. Expires in 1 year.
  • _GRECAPTCHA (Google): Used to distinguish between humans and bots. Expires in 180 days.
  • rc::a, rc::b, rc::c, rc::f (HubSpot): Used to distinguish between humans and bots. Some are session-based, others are persistent.
  • __cf_bm (HubSpot, Vimeo): Used to distinguish between humans and bots. Expires in 1 day.
  • _cfuvid (HubSpot, Vimeo): Part of services provided by Cloudflare, including load-balancing and DNS. Expires at the end of the session.
  • 1.gif (Cookiebot): Used to count the number of sessions to the website. Expires at the end of the session.
  • JSESSIONID (New Relic): Preserves users’ states across page requests. Expires at the end of the session.

Statistic Cookies
Statistic cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

  • _ga, ga# (Google): Registers a unique ID to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Expires in 2 years.
    sentryReplaySession (Spotify): Registers data on visitors’ website behavior for analysis and optimization. Expires at the end of the session.
  • __hssc, __hssrc, __hstc, hubspotutk (HubSpot): Used to recognize the visitor’s browser upon reentry, identify if cookie data needs updating, and set a unique ID for the session. Expiry varies from session to 180 days.
  • td (HubSpot): Registers statistical data on users’ behavior for internal analytics. Expires at the end of the session.

Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant and engaging ads for individual users.

  • _gcl_au (Google): Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency. Expires in 3 months.
  • IDE (Google): Used by Google DoubleClick to measure ad effectiveness and present targeted ads. Expires in 1 year.
  • pagead/landing (Google, HubSpot): Collects data on visitor behavior to present more relevant advertisements. Expires at the end of the session.
  • test_cookie (HubSpot): Checks if the user’s browser supports cookies. Expires in 1 day.
  • ads/ga-audiences (Google): Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors likely to convert to customers. Expires at the end of the session.
  • pagead/1p-user-list/# (HubSpot): Tracks interest in products or events across multiple websites. Expires at the end of the session.
  • __ptq.gif (HubSpot): Sends data to HubSpot about the visitor’s device and behavior. Expires at the end of the session.
  • hs.superstore.laboratory.8880154#default (HubSpot): Pending. Persistent.
  • viral-links/v1/tracking (HubSpot): Tracks individual sessions to compile statistical data for marketing purposes. Expires at the end of the session.
  • sp_landing, sp_t (Spotify): Implements audio content from Spotify and tracks interaction and preferences. Expiry varies from 1 day to 1 year.
  • YouTube cookies: Various cookies used to track user interaction with embedded content, estimate users’ bandwidth, and store video player preferences. Expiry varies from session to persistent.

Measuring Website Usage

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you interact with executive-coaching.co.uk. This helps us ensure the site is user-friendly and aids in making improvements to our services and content pages.

Google Analytics cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors come from, and the pages visited.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • The pages you visit on executive-coaching.co.uk
  • How long you spend on each page
  • How you arrived at the site
  • Your user journey through the site

We do not collect or store personal information like your name or address, ensuring your anonymity.

HubSpot
HubSpot is a CRM database and email delivery service. Similar to Google Analytics cookies, HubSpot cookies anonymously monitor your journey on our website to help improve our service to you.

When you share your data with us via contact details or subscription forms, your data will be associated with your site usage. If you disable HubSpot’s cookies in your browser, your visits will no longer be associated with your details unless you resubmit your information.

We do not allow Google or HubSpot to use or share our analytics data.

Other Cookies
Some parts of our website or subsites may use additional cookies from various plugins or extensions. These services aim to deliver a better user experience and have their own cookie policies. Details are provided above

 

How do I change my cookie settings

How do I change my cookie settings?

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

 

Cookie Declaration

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called 'cookies' on your device. Most big websites do this too. 

Your consent applies to the following domains: executive-coaching.co.uk