Cookie Policy
About this cookie policy.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.advancefirst.com
What are cookies ?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies ?
As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | |||
| viewed_cookie_policy | 0 | 1 hour | 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. |
| __hssrc | 0 | This cookie is set by Hubspot. According to their documentation, whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. | |
| Advertisement | |||
| test_cookie | 0 | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users’ browser supports cookies. |
| _fbp | 0 | 3 months | 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. |
| fr | 1 | 3 months | 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. |
| bscookie | 1 | 2 years | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 1 | 5 months | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
| IDE | 1 | 2 years | 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. |
| Analytics | |||
| _ga | 0 | 2 years | 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. |
| _gid | 0 | 1 day | 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. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_9646528_1 | 0 | 1 minute | Google uses this cookie to distinguish users. |
| __hstc | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is set by Hubspot and is used for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). |
| hubspotutk | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is used by HubSpot to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to Hubspot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
| GPS | 0 | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by Youtube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location |
| Other | |||
| li_sugr | 0 | 3 months | |
| UserMatchHistory | 0 | 1 month | Linkedin – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| lissc | 0 | 11 months | |
| u | 0 | 3 months | |
| 0 | This cookie is set by Facebook. The purpose of the cookie is not known yet. | ||
| FORMASSEMBLY | 1 | ||
| Functional | |||
| lang | 0 | 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. | |
| lidc | 0 | 1 day | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. |
| bcookie | 0 | 2 years | This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. |
| __hssc | 0 | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by HubSpot. The purpose of the cookie is to keep track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. |
| Performance | |||
| YSC | 1 | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | |
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the popup according to your preferences.
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.