What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web server when you visit a site and allow a site to recognize your device.
The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page, remembering your specific preferences and enhance the user experience. For example, if you personalize pages on our Websites, or register for the Subscription Service, a cookie helps to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. When you return to the same Website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the customized features.
Does attune uses cookies analytics and marketing activities?
attune may use information collected from our cookies to identify users’ behavior and serve content as well as push offers based on the user profile.
What if a user wants to decline or disable cookies?
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of our website. In any case, we keep track of the sub-domains and pages you visit within our website, in order to determine what portion of the Website is the most popular or most used. This data is used to deliver customized content and promotions within the Website and via our Subscription Service to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
What type of cookies does this site use?
A list of all cookies used in this site is listed below.
1. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are needed for the website to function and to use its feature such as accessing secure areas of the site. These are usually used to set in response to actions made by you(a service request). You can set your browser settings to block and alert you about these cookies, but without these cookies, services you have requested for, will not function. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information (PII).
2. Statistic cookies
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
3. Marketing cookies
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | Necessary | |
| _ga | 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. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gid | 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. | 1 day | Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_UA_39103746_1 | Google uses this cookie to distinguish users. | 1 minute | Analytics |
| sc_is_visitor_unique | This cookie is used to store a random ID to avoid counting a visitor more than once. | 2 years | Analytics |
| __utma | This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years | Performance |
| __utmc | The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is deleted when the user closes the browser. The cookie is not used by ga.js. The cookie is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js which is an older version of Google analytics and used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. | Performance | |
| __utmz | This cookie is set by Google analytics and is used to store the traffic source or campaign through which the visitor reached your site. | 5 months | Performance |
| __utmt | The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes | Performance |
| __utmb | The cookie is set by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 minutes | Performance |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes | Advertisement |
| is_unique | This cookie is set by StatCounter Anaytics. The cookie is used to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor and to estimate the accumulated unique visits per site. | 5 years | Analytics |
| is_visitor_unique | This cookie is set by StatCounter Anaytics. The cookie is used to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _fbp | 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. | 2 months | Advertisement |
| fr | 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. | 2 months | Advertisement |
| __cfduid | The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 4 weeks | Necessary |
| _gat | This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the colllection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute | Performance |
| sc_is_visitor_unique | This cookie is used to store a random ID to avoid counting a visitor more than once. | 2 years | Analytics |
| is_unique | This cookie is set by StatCounter Anaytics. The cookie is used to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor and to estimate the accumulated unique visits per site. | 5 years | Analytics |
| is_visitor_unique | This cookie is set by StatCounter Anaytics. The cookie is used to determine whether a user is a first-time or a returning visitor. | 2 years | Analytics |
| test_cookie | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users' browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes | Advertisement |
| lang | 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. | Functional | |
| lidc | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. | 1 day | Functional |
| _fbp | 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. | 2 months/td> | Advertisement |
| fr | 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. | 2 months | Advertisement |
| UserMatchHistory | Linkedin - Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | 4 weeks | Other |
| bcookie | This cookie is set by linkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | 2 years | Functional |
| bscookie | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by Linked share Buttons and ad tags. | 2 years | Advertisement |
| __hstc | 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). | 1 year | Analytics |
| hubspotutk | 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. | 1 year | Analytics |
| __hssrc | 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. | Necessary | |
| __hssc | 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. | 30 minutes | Functional |
Any changes we may make to our Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this site. Please check back frequently to be informed on any updates or changes to our Cookie Policy. This Cookie Policy was last updated on 3 August 2020 and replaces any other Cookie Policy previously applicable from this date.
If you have any difficulties in handling your cookies preferences, reach-out us at info@attuneconsulting.com