Cookie Policy
Scott Logic Ltd is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.
This Cookies Policy (the Policy) (together with our Privacy Policy and any other documents referred to in this Policy) explains how we use any personal information about you that we collect when you use the Scott Logic website (www.scottlogic.com) and any of our other online products, sub-sites and all other websites owned, operated and controlled by us (collectively, the Website). Please read these documents carefully.
This Cookies Policy sets out how we use cookies when you use the Website. We process your personal data using technology such as cookies in order to analyse our traffic, deliver customised experiences for you, and to serve advertising.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. Websites use cookies to help users navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. Cookies that are required for the website to operate properly are allowed to be set without your permission. All other cookies need to be approved before they can be set in the browser.
- Strictly necessary cookies. Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.
- Performance cookies. Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, eg. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor.
- Targeting cookies. Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites, eg. content partners, banner networks. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites.
- Functionality cookies. Functionality cookies are used to remember visitor information on the website, eg. language, timezone, enhanced content.
The cookies we set
The cookies used for the Website do not contain any information that, in itself, personally identifies you and do not provide us with access to the rest of your device. We may, however, associate the information contained in cookies with personal information that you have provided to us separately. In addition, they may be used in the creation of targeted advertising, e.g. remarketing.
Here are the cookies we use on the Website and details of what each of the cookies is used for:
Salesforce.com inc. cookies
Cookie names: visitor_id and pi_opt_in
Expiration time: 3650 days
Description: The visitor cookie is composed of a unique visitor ID and the unique identifier for Scott Logic’s account. For example, the cookie name “visitor_id12345” stores the visitor value “1010101010”, and “12345” is the account identifier. This cookie is set for visitors by the Pardot tracking code.
The pi_opt_in cookie is set with a true or false value when the visitor opts in or out of tracking.
LinkedIn cookies
Cookie names: BizoCustomSegments, BizoData, BizoID, and BizoUserMatchHistory
Expiration time: 6 months
Description: These cookies are used as part of LinkedIn Insights and ad tags to track visitors from our LinkedIn marketing.
Strictly necessary cookies
Cookie name: cf_clearance
Expiration time: 1 year
Description: This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. It is essential for supporting a website's security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors.
Cookie name: __cfruid
Expiration time: Session
Description: Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic.
Cookie name: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
Expiration time: 6 months
Description: This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honoured in future sessions.
Cookie name: __cf_bm
Expiration time: 30 minutes
Description: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
Cookie name: receive-cookie-deprecation
Expiration time: 6 months
Description: This cookie is used to signal to the website owner about the deprecation of cookies being received by the system, ensuring compliance and adaptability with evolving web standards and privacy legislation.
Cookie name: cf_clearance
Expiration time: 1 year
Description: This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. It is essential for supporting a website's security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors.
Performance cookies
Cookie name: bid
Expiration time: 5 months
Description: This cookie is typically used for tracking and analytics purposes, enabling the measurement of advertising or marketing campaign effectiveness.
Cookie name: _tmbid
Expiration time: 1 year
Description: This cookie is used to track user behaviour or session information for analytics purposes, helping to understand how visitors interact with the site to improve user experience and site performance.
Cookie name: gaHX9PWJ39R9
Expiration time: 1 year 1 month
Description: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
Cookie name: _ga
Expiration time: 1 year 1 month
Description: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site's analytics reports.
Cookie name: gatUA-262131-1
Expiration time: 58 seconds
Description: 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 is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high-traffic volume websites.
ookie name: _gid
Expiration time: 24 hours
Description: Used to distinguish users.
Cookie name: _gat
Expiration time: 1 minute
Description: Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named dcgtm_<property-id>.
Cookie name: AMP_TOKEN
Expiration time: 30 seconds to 1 year
Description: Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
Cookie name: gac<property-id>
Expiration time: 90 days
Description: Contains campaign-related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt out. Learn more.
Cookie name: __utma
Expiration time: 2 years from set/update
Description: Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Cookie name: __utmt
Expiration time: 10 minutes
Description: Used to throttle request rate.
Cookie name: __utmb
Expiration time: 30 minutes from set/update
Description: Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exist. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Cookie name: __utmb
Expiration time: End of browser session
Description: Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.
Cookie name: __utmz
Expiration time: 6 months from set/update
Description: Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Cookie name: __utmv
Expiration time: 2 years from set/update
Description: Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the setCustomVar method with a visitor-level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
Targeting cookies
Cookie name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Expiration time: 6 months
Description: This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface.
Cookie name: gclau
Expiration time: 3 months
Description: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services
Cookie name: test_cookie
Expiration time: 15 minutes
Description: This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
Cookie name: visitor_id512771
Expiration time: 1 year 1 month
Description: This is a cookie pattern that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The cookies in this domain have a lifespan of 10 years.
Cookie name: IDE
Expiration time: 1 year
Description: This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
Cookie name: cid
Expiration time: 1 year
Description: This cookie is used to improve advertising for website visitors. It can redirect more relevant advertisements to the visitor, and helps improve reports on campaign performance
Cookie name: YSC
Expiration time: Session
Description: This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
Functionality cookies
Cookie name: _cfuvid
Expiration time: Session
Description: This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimise user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalised services.
Cookie name: cp_session
Expiration time: 3 months
Description: This cookie is used for Help systems found in the website.
Cookie name: _cfuvid
Expiration time: Session
Description: This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimise user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalised services.
Third-party cookies
This cookie is typically used for tracking and analytics purposes, enabling the measurement of advertising or marketing campaign effectiveness.
We use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through the Website.
Any third party we share your information with must disclose the purpose for which they intend to use your information. They must retain your information only for the duration disclosed when requesting or receiving said information. The third-party service provider must not further collect, sell, or use your personal information except as necessary to perform the specified purpose.
Your information may be shared with a third party for reasons including:
- Analytics information. Your information might be shared with online analytics tools in order to track and analyse website traffic.
- Improving targeted advertising campaigns. Scott Logic partners with third-party service providers to improve targeted advertising campaigns.
If you choose to provide such information during registration or otherwise, you are giving Scott Logic permission to use, share, and store that information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Your information may be disclosed for additional reasons, including:
- Complying with applicable laws, regulations, or court orders.
- Responding to claims that your use of our Service violates third-party rights.
- Enforcing agreements you make with us, including this Privacy Policy.
The Website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web that helps us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
The information generated by the Google Analytics cookies about your use of the Website (including your IP address) is anonymous (i.e. it does not identify you personally) and will be sent to Google and held on Google’s servers in the USA in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. Please note that Google may also transfer Google-held information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page. Google offers an ‘opt-out’ browser which enables website users to prevent data from being used by Google Analytics. To use this browser, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/; however, please read the paragraph below on disabling cookies before doing so.
The Website uses tracking cookies from Google Ads, LinkedIn Corporation and Salesforce.com, inc. in relation to marketing content selection, delivery and reporting. This may include the collection of information, and combination with previously collected information, to select and deliver content to you through marketing activities, and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such content. This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select content, processing data about what content was shown, how often or how long it was shown when and where it was shown, and whether you took any action related to the content, including for example clicking on content.
Disabling cookies
If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Further information on rejection and deletion of cookies is provided at www.aboutcookies.org.
More information
If you have any questions on this Policy or our use of cookies, you can email us at enquiries@scottlogic.com.
Changes to this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review and we may, from time to time, update or otherwise modify this Policy. We will notify you of any changes to this Policy by posting the modified Policy on the Website. If you then continue to use the Website, you will be confirming your consent to our use of cookies or your information as set out in the modified Policy. You are encouraged to check the terms of this Policy whenever you visit the Website.
This policy was last modified on 18 September 2024.