1. What Are Cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use (i.e., the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used), and how to manage your cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when a website loads in your browser. These cookies help ensure that the website functions properly, enhance security, provide a better user experience, and analyse performance to identify what works and where improvements are needed.
2. How Do We Use Cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are primarily necessary for the website to function properly and do not collect any personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website primarily help us understand how the website performs, track how you interact with it, keep our services secure, deliver relevant advertisements, and enhance your overall user experience while improving the speed of your future interactions with our website.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Necessary/Essential Cookies
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| XSRF-TOKEN | 7 days | This cookie enhances visitor browsing security by preventing cross-site request forgery. |
| laravel_session | 7 days | Laravel uses laravel_session to identify a session instance for a user. |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| li_gc | 6 months | LinkedIn set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| _cfuvid | Session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services. |
| rc::a | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| __hssrc | Session | This cookie is set by HubSpot whenever it changes the session cookie. The __hssrc cookie set to 1 indicates that the user has restarted the browser, and if the cookie does not exist, it is assumed to be a new session. |
| __hssc | 1 hour | HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of sessions and to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. |
| rc::c | Session | This cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 1 year 1 month | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 6 months | Google reCAPTCHA service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::f | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::b | Session | This cookie is set by the Google reCAPTCHA service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-name | Session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user's video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-app | Session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | Session | The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user's preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Analytics Cookies
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| CLID | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. |
| _clck | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. |
| _clsk | 1 day | Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. |
| SM | Session | Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
| MR | 7 days | This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. |
| __hstc | 6 months | HubSpot set this main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number. |
| hubspotutk | 6 months | HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
| YSC | Session | YSC cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. |
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SRM_B | 1 year 24 days | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. |
| __Secure-YEC | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is set by YouTube. The cookie is used to store the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
Advertisement Cookies
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to store and track interactions. |
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. |
| MUID | 1 year 24 days | Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. |
| ANONCHK | 10 minutes | The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. |
| msd365mkttr | 1 year | Azure sets this cookie to register a unique ID to identify the data that the user enters into a particular Microsoft Dynamics 365 form. |
| msd365mkttrs | Session | Azure sets this cookie to enable the usage of a particular form that delivers the user-filled data to Microsoft Dynamics 365. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | Never Expires | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
4. Managing Cookie Preferences
You can modify your cookie settings anytime by clicking the "Consent Preferences" button on our website. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and update your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Below are links to support documents on how to manage and delete cookies in major web browsers:
If you are using a different web browser, please refer to its official support documentation.
5. Third-Party Cookies
We use third-party services that may set their own cookies on your device. These include:
- Google Analytics: For website traffic analysis and page insights
- LinkedIn Insights: For understanding professional audience engagement
- HubSpot: For marketing analytics and lead tracking
Each of these third-party services is governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their respective policies to understand how they handle your data.
6. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to check this page regularly for the latest version of our Cookie Policy.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at info@softjourn.com.