Investis Digital Limited (IDX™) ("we", "us", "our")
Updated March 2024
Our website ('Connect ID') uses cookies. We use cookies for many reasons, for example to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
This Cookie Policy describes:
- what cookies are;
- our use of cookies;
- how you can manage cookies used on our website;
- privacy;
- further information; and
- changes to this Cookie Policy.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, smart phone, tablet or other electronic device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive and some cookies may collect personal data about you. You can find more general information about cookies at: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Our use of cookies
We want you to understand the different types of cookies that are used on our website. We use a variety of types of cookies for the following purposes:
- Strictly necessary cookies: these are cookies strictly necessary for the performance of our website, for example cookies that enables website content to be delivered securely and efficiently.
- Optional or non-essential cookies, which could include cookies used for various purposes (see table of cookies below) such as 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 cookies 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 and Marketing Cookies: these cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose, so that when you are on another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website. We may also show you advertising on our website based on your browsing patterns on other websites that we have obtained from our advertising partners.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use on our website and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
First Party Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration* | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. | 7 days | Strictly necessary |
| AWSALB | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. | 7 days | Strictly necessary |
*Duration means the period that our cookies are installed on your device.
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, which are not controlled by the cookie manager. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services.
Third Party Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration* | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| __cfduid | A cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare used to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare, it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information. | 30 days | Strictly necessary |
| _cfruid | A cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare used to identify trusted web traffic. | Session | Strictly necessary |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third party advertisers. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| fr | Provided by Facebook for targeted advertising. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| _lfa | This cookie is used by Leadfeeder to store and track audience reach. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| __hluid | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is used for in-app usage tracking to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant advertisements. | 365 days | Strictly necessary |
| __hmpl | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. | Session | Strictly necessary |
| __hssc | Provided by Hubspot, is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. | Session | Strictly necessary |
| __hssrc | Collects statistical data related to the user's website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website's users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. | Session | Strictly necessary |
| __hstc | This cookie keeps 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. | 390 days | Strictly necessary |
| hs-messages-hide-welcome-message | Provided by Hubspot, this third party cookie is used to prevent the welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. | 1 day | Strictly necessary |
| hs-messages-is-open | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. It resets to re-close the widget after 30 minutes of inactivity. | 30 minutes | Strictly necessary |
| hsfirstvisit | Provided by Hubspot, this cookie tracks a users first visit to the website. 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). | 1 day | Strictly necessary |
| hubspotutk | This cookie is used to keep track of a visitor's identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | 390 days | Strictly necessary |
| IDE | Provided by DoubleClick, this third-party cookie is used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to you across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to you based on your previous visits to this website. | 545 days | Strictly necessary |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Segment IO cookies to identify known users and track their site activity( if cookie is removed, there will be impact on check about user visits to MI Dashboard sections) | 365 days | Strictly necessary |
| ajs_user_id | Segment IO cookies to identify known users and track their site activity ( if cookie is removed, there will be impact on check about user visits to MI Dashboard sections) | 365 days | Strictly necessary |
| ajs_group_id | Segment IO cookies to identify known users and track their site activity ( if cookie is removed, there will be impact on check about user visits to MI Dashboard sections) | 365 days | Strictly necessary |
| _conv_v | Provided by Convert. This is the visitor-centric cookie | 180 days | Strictly necessary |
| _conv_s | Provided by Convert. This is session centric cookie | Session | Strictly necessary |
| _conv_r | Provided by Convert. This cookie holds the referral data for the current visitor. | 180 | |
| usersync | The usersync cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with our partners. ID syncing enables our partners to use their data from outside the Platform on the Platform. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| uids | This cookie contains a base 64 encoded JSON object which contains external unique randomly-generated values that enable other Prebid Server demand partners to distinguish browsers and mobile devices. This information is used by our Prebid Server demand partners to select advertisements for delivery by the Platform and to measure the performance of, and attribute payment for, those advertisements. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| uuid2 | This cookie contains a unique randomly-generated value that enables the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. It is matched against information – such as advertising interest segments and histories of ads shown in the browser or device – provided by clients or other third parties and stored on the Platform. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| anj | The anj cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with our partners. ID syncing enables our partners to use their data from outside the Platform on the Platform. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| icu | The icu cookie is used to select ads and limit the number of times a user sees a particular ad. It contains information such as the number of times an ad has been shown, how recently an ad has been shown, or how many total ads have been shown. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| intercom-id-xxxxx | Intercom cookies to identify known users and track their site activity ( if cookie is removed, there will be impact on check about user visits to MI Dashboard sections), actions performed and time of session, frequent visits) | 270 days | Strictly necessary |
| 1P_JAR | The cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 30 days | Strictly necessary |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | These cookies are used to deliver ads more relevant to you and your interests | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| SIDCC | Security cookie to confirm visitor authenticity, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect visitor data from unauthorized access. | 90 days | Strictly necessary |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| HSID | Security cookie to confirm visitor authenticity, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect user data from unauthorized access. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| __Secure-3PSID | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| SID | Security cookie to confirm visitor authenticity, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect visitor data from unauthorized access. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| SAPISID | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube. | 720 | |
| APISID | Personalizes Google ads on websites based on recent searches and interactions. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| SSID | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on maps integrated with Google Maps. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| ANID | Lists ads on Google sites based on recent searches. | 720 days | Strictly necessary |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | The objective is to mitigate the risk of information leakage from cross sources. It also provides some protection against cross-site request forgery attacks | 105 days | Strictly necessary |
| NID | Stores visitors’ preferences and personalizes ads on Google websites based on recent searches and interactions. | 180 days | Strictly necessary |
| OTZ | Links activities of website visitors to other devices that are previously logged in via the Google account. In this way, advertisements are tailored to different devices. | 30 days | Strictly necessary |
| 1P_JAR | The cookie is used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 30 days | Strictly necessary |
The cookie manager will not be able to control the loading of these third-party cookies. To deactivate the use of third-party advertising cookies, you must contact the relevant third party or opt-out at browser-level (as discussed below) to manage the use of these types of cookies.
How to manage cookies on our website
Cookies do lots of jobs on our website. However, most browsers allow you to disable them if you would like to. You can also disable certain non-essential cookies that are placed on your device when you access our website by clicking the 'Cookie Settings' link at the bottom of each web page on our website, or by clicking here.If you decline cookies, you may find that you have a less personalised experience on our website and that certain parts of our website do not work at all or do not work correctly.
Recording of consent
To adhere to privacy regulations, it is necessary to record what consent you provided for cookies loading should loaded within the browser. A unique identifier is created when you interact with the cookie manager, this identifier is stored in a strictly necessary cookie and is also stored within our secure servers. On being provided with an identifier, we will be able to list the date and time when a selection was made within the cookie manager, along with what consent was provided. For more details on the regulation regarding the recording of consent, please see https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/consent/how-should-we-obtain-record-and-manage-consent/
Privacy
We are committed to using cookies fairly and in accordance with applicable privacy rights. Our Privacy Policy can be accessed here.
Further information
If you have any queries relating to this Cookie Policy please email [email protected].
Changes to this Cookie Policy
If this Cookie Policy changes, the revised policy will include a new effective date and will be posted on this page. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates.