Cookie Policy
Improving your browsing experience and our marketing communications.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file stored on your device when you browse our website. We do this when there is a reason to remember information from one-page view to the next. Sometimes it is necessary to do this. For example, to keep our website safe from malicious attacks, or to provide a secure sign-up process, or to remember your preferences. Sometimes it is not strictly necessary but beneficial. For example, to track your browsing history so we can improve your browsing experience and our marketing communications to you, or to improve the overall effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
We will only store cookies that are not strictly necessary if you provide your consent. We will ask for your consent by displaying a consent banner when you first visit our website. If you decline we will only place necessary cookies, we will not place non-essential cookies, nor will we track your browsing activity. If you initially accept but later wish to withdraw your consent then you can delete all the cookies we may have placed using the cookie management features of your browser. You can also use these features to block all cookies (including necessary cookies) but please be aware doing so may have a detrimental effect on the performance of the website. Please note that different browsers manage cookies independently.
The cookies that we might set, depending on your consent, are set out in the table below. We review this list regularly to check its accuracy. However, we rely on third-party technologies for some services and some details may change over time. If you believe any information here is inaccurate then please do contact us to let us know by emailing us at privacy@mindfoundry.ai and we will correct it. Please be aware that third parties (mostly advertising networks) may also use cookies that appear to be associated with our website according to your browser. We do not have any control over these.
Cookie Name |
Cookie Expiry |
Cookie Purpose |
__cf* |
Session |
Our website uses CloudFlare to provide content delivery services and protection against malicious attacks. CloudFlare may place various cookies to maximize network resource utilization, manage traffic, and detect and mitigate malicious traffic. The cookies start with the __cf prefix and usually expire at the end of the session. They may be set on the mindfoundry.ai or hubspot.com domain. They contain no personal information and are necessary for our website to function effectively. |
__hs_opt_out |
13 months |
Our website is hosted using Hubspot. This is one of a number of possible Hubspot cookies depending on the level of consent you give to us. This persistent cookie is necessary to remember your answer when we showed you the cookie consent banner. The value will be "yes" if you consent to our use of non-essential cookies, otherwise it will be "no". |
__hs_initial_opt_in |
7 days |
This Hubspot cookie is used to prevent the cookie consent banner from always displaying if you are browsing in strict mode. The value will be "yes" or "no". |
__hstc |
13 months |
This is one of a number of possible Hubspot cookies if your cookie consent permitted the use of analytical tracking. As well as hosting our website pages, Hubspot can provide us with useful information about your usage of them. This cookie is the primary cookie that distinguishes you from other site visitors. It contains no personal information. |
__hssc |
30 minutes |
This is another Hubspot cookie that is used to recognise when you start a new browsing session. It encodes information about when the session started and how much content has been seen. |
__hssrc |
Session |
This Hubspot cookie is used in combination with __hssc to keep track of sessions. If this cookie exists then it will always have the value 1. |
hubspotutk |
13 months |
When you submit a form on our site this Hubspot cookie is used to recognize if you have already submitted this or any other form. It contains a unique identifier that distinguishes you from other visitors but contains no personal information. |
_gid |
24 hours |
One of a number of possible cookies placed by Google Analytics if your cookie consent permitted the use of analytical tracking. We use Google Analytics to generate statistics on how well our campaigns perform at attracting people to our website and how those people go on to comsume content. This cookie contains a unique identifier and is used to distinguish you from other visitors to our website. It contains no personal information. |
_ga |
2 years |
Another Google Analytics cookie. This is similar in purpose to _gid but this cookie is intended to remember you over a longer period of time. |
_gat |
1 minute |
Google Analytics uses this cookie to throttle the number of requests to their servers from our website. |
_gac_UA-117514818-1 |
3 months |
If you land on our website having followed a promotional link then Google Analytics may set a cookie with this name (or similar) to remember some details about the marketing campaign. |
_GRECAPTCHA |
Session |
This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which is necessary to protect our site against spam enquiries on contact forms. |
_fbp |
90 days |
This cookie is used by the Facebook advertising network. It will be set if your cookie consent permits it. It contains a unique identifier that distinguishes you from other visitors but contains no personal information. |
_fbc |
90 days |
Another cookie set by Facebook if your cookie consent permits it. It will only be set if you landed on our website via a Facebook ad that we have placed. |
bcookie and bscookie |
2 years |
We include LinkedIn Insight Tag on our website to help us understand the effectiveness of advertising campaigns we run on LinkedIn. The tag will place various session and persistent cookies as part of its function provided your cookie consent permitted the use of analytical cookies. These particular cookies are Browser Identifier cookies that uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform. |
lang |
Session |
Also set by LinkedIn Insight Tag and used to remember a user's language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings. |
li_gc |
2 years |
Set by LinkedIn Insight Tag and used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. |
lidc |
1 day |
Set by LinkedIn Insight Tag and used to facilitate routing of information to the correct data center for processing. |
UserMatchHistory |
30 days |
Set by LinkedIn and used for Ads ID synchronisation. |
AnalyticsSyncHistory |
30 days |
Set by LinkedIn and used to store information about the time synchronisation with other LinkedIn analytics cookies took place. |
_clck |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID. |
_clsk |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. |
CLID |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. |
ANONCHK |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. |
MR |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and indicates whether to refresh MUID. |
MUID |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
SM |
13 months |
This cookie is set by Microsoft Clarity, and is used in synchronising the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
This cookie policy was last updated on 11th July 2024.