Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies to help analyse how users use the site and to help us improve our service. Below you will find out all the information about how we use cookies.

If you want to find out more about how we deal with your personal date, then please see our Privacy Statement.

We are committed to protecting your right to privacy and respecting your rights, and if you think we ever fall short of this then please do get in touch and let us know and we will be happy to deal with your enquiries.

 

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server, if you agree. Only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain anonymous information such as a unique identifier and the site name.

Further information on cookies should be available in the help pages of your browser, and most browsers will recognise when a cookie is offered and allow users to control how and when they are accepted. However, you should be aware that if you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience all of the features of the Brainbroker website, and other websites that you choose to visit.

 

How does Brainbroker use cookies?

Brainbroker uses cookies that are strictly necessary to enable you to move around the site or to provide certain basic features. We use cookies to provide better functionality of the website by storing your preferences, for example. We also use cookies to help us to improve the performance of our website to provide you with a better user experience.

The information we collect using cookies is anonymous. We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any personally identifiable information of visitors to our site or associate your IP address with any other data held about you. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifiable information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.

 

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

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/performance cookies.

These cookies 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 cookiesrecord a user’s visit to a website, the individual pages visited and the links followed. If the cookieis set by a third party (for example, an advertising network) which also monitors traffic on other websites, this type of cookiesmay also be used to track a user’s movements across different website and to create profiles of their general online behaviour. Information collected by tracking cookies is commonly used to serve users with targeted online advertising.

 

What are the specific cookies that Brainbroker uses?

The website uses Google Analytics, which allows us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our site and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website, including IP address, is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate your use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Brainbroker. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

If you would like to know exactly what cookies are being used by Google Analytics and how they operate, or if you would like to find out more about the EU Cookie Law, you can do so via the links below.

* ICO Cookie Regulations and the EU Cookie Law

* Cookies and Google Analytics

 

The website also uses the following additional cookies:

Cookie Description Duration Type
__cfduid The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. 4 weeks Necessary
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. 5 months Advertisement
YSC This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.   Performance
GPS This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location 30 minutes Analytics
_gcl_au This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. 2 months Analytics
MUID Used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronize the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking. 1 year Advertisement
_uetsid null 1 day Other
_uetvid null 2 weeks Other
_ga This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. 2 years Analytics
_gid This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form. 1 day Analytics
_gat_UA-93959162-1 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. 1 minute Performance
li_sugr null 2 months Other
lang 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.   Functional
lidc This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. 1 day Functional
UserMatchHistory Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. 4 weeks Other
_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. 2 months Advertisement
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. 2 months Advertisement
lang 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.   Functional
bcookie This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. 2 years Functional
bscookie This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. 2 years Advertisement
lissc null 1 year Other
IDE Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. 1 year Advertisement
messagesUtk This cookie is set by hubspot. This cookie is used to recognize the user who have chatted using the messages tool. This cookies is stored if the user leaves before they are added as a contact. If the returning user visits again with this cookie on the browser, the chat history with the user will be loaded. 1 year Functional

What if I don’t want cookies?

You can restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device through your browser settings. You can be notified when cookies are sent to your browser, or you can refuse cookies completely. You can also delete existing cookies. The Help function of your browser will tell you how to do this.

You can visit www.aboutcookies.org for further information about disabling cookies.

For further information about cookies, visit the Interactive Advertising Bureau (www.iab.net), an industry body that develops standards and guidelines to support online business processes. It has produced a series of web pages that explain how cookies work and how they can be managed.

What if I have any questions?

Brainbroker works hard to make sure that we keep your data safe and respect your legal rights and your privacy. So if you have any questions or ever feel that we fall short in our attempts then please do get in touch and let us know. Brainbroker has a dedicated Data Protection Officer who will be happy to deal with any questions you may have and you can contact him here at seb@brainbroker.net

 

CHANGES TO THE POLICY

We keep this Policy under regular review please do come back here and check for the latest updates.

This Policy was last updated in July 2020.