Cookie notice
Content on this page:
- What are cookies?
- The cookies we use
- How we remember your cookie preference
- Cookie duration and your browser settings
- Our websites
- Cookies and your privacy
This Cookie notice provides you with information about the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them.
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time:
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on your browser when you visit them. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise your visit and collect information about how you use that website.
The cookies we use
The cookies we use are either strictly necessary or optional.
Strictly necessary cookies
We use cookies to help keep our website and services working properly. These cookies are strictly necessary and are set automatically:
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| CONSENTMGR_DE-COMMON-CG1 | Cookie to manage user consent for cookie usage to comply with local regulations. | Set for 90 days. |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Cookie to store a unique identifier for the user’s session. It ensures that user-specific information, such as login status and preferences, is securely maintained during their interaction with the website. | Set for the duration of the session. |
| shell#lang | Cookie to store language preferences, allowing the website to display content in the preferred language selected by the user. | Set for the duration of the session. |
We work with service providers and third parties who set these additional cookies on our website upon our request, to be able to provide core services and features on our website:
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSENTMGR_DE-COMMON-CG1 | Tealium | Cookie to manage user consent for cookie usage to comply with local regulations. | Set for 90 days. |
Optional cookies
We also use optional cookies that:
- Make your visit more personal
- Improve our website
- Support our marketing online and in social media
We understand that not everyone likes data to be collected about them when it’s not strictly necessary, and so we’ll ask you to set your preferences when you first visit our website. To make it easier to choose which optional cookies to accept, we’ve organised these cookies by category.
You can choose at any time which categories you’d like to accept in the ‘Manage cookie settings’ section:
| Cookie | Set by | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| viewCount | HBDE | Cookie to keep track of how many times a user has viewed a specific page or section. | Set for 90 days. | To make your visit more personal. |
| _cs_s | HBDE | Cookie to set a ContentSquare session ID. | Set for 28 minutes. | To make your visit more personal. |
| utag_main | Tealium | Cookie to manage tag loading and track session for analytics. It creates a unique session ID to identify session, monitor page views, and ensure analytics scripts work properly. | Set for 365 days. | To improve our website. |
| _cs_s | Tealium | Cookie to set a ContentSquare session ID. | Set for 30 to 31 minutes. | To improve our website. |
| _cs_c | Content-square | Cookie to store user consent on use of session data use within replays (not masked vs. full masked). | Set for 395 days. | To improve our website. |
| _cs_cvars | Content-square | Cookie to store the URL-encoded custom variables from the session. | Set for the duration of the session. | To improve our website. |
| _cs_id | Content-square | Cookie to store technical user data. | Set for 395 days. | To improve our website. |
How we remember your cookie preferences
Your preferences are stored in cookies stored on your browser. If you switch off a category of cookies that you’ve previously accepted, then for technical reasons those cookies will not be deleted.
To delete cookies from your browser, we recommend that you clear your browser data. If you do this, or change browser, we’ll ask for your preferences again when you next visit our website.
Cookie duration and your browser settings
The length of time for which cookies are stored on your browser varies depending on the cookie (see overview above). Some cookies only last for your online session, whereas others will stay on your browser for a reasonable time afterwards.
For more information about how to use your browser settings to clear your browser data or to manage cookies, please check the ‘Help’ function in your browser.
Our websites
Our websites are scanned on a regular basis to assess which cookies are currently in place and to make sure that the information that you receive in this Cookie Notice is up to date. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Cookies and your privacy
The information cookies collect, and how we use that information, may count as personal data. We may also be able to identify you by name, IP address or session ID. You have rights regarding how we collect, store and use your personal data.
You can learn more about how we use your personal data in our Privacy notice