Cookie Policy UK Biocentre

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. They help the site function, improve performance, and support our communications.

 

We use cookies to:

• Ensure the website works properly

• Understand how visitors use our site

• Remember your preferences

• Support our marketing and communications
  
  

Types of cookies we use:

Strictly necessary cookies:

Essential for the website to function (e.g. security, page navigation). These are always active.

__cfruid

This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.

__cfuvid

This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.

__cf_bm

This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. It expires in 30 minutes. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.

__hs_opt_out

• This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again.
• This cookie is set when you give visitors the choice to opt out of cookies.
• It contains the string "yes" or "no".
• It expires in 6 months.

__hs_do_not_track

• This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot.
• It contains the string "yes".
• It expires in 6 months.

__hs_initial_opt_in

• This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode.
• It contains the string "yes" or "no".
• It expires in seven days.

__hs_cookie_cat_pref

• This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to.
• It contains data on the consented categories.
• It expires in 6 months.

__hs_gpc_banner_dismiss

• This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed.
• It contains the string "yes" or "no".
• It expires in 180 days.

__hs_notify_banner_dismiss

• This cookie is used when the website uses a Notify consent banner type.
• It contains a boolean value of True.
• It expires in 180 days.

hs_ab_test

• This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they’ve seen before.
• It contains the id of the A/B test page and the id of the variation that was chosen for the visitor.
• It expires at the end of the session.

hs-messages-is-open

• This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits.
• It is set in your visitor's browser when they start a new chat, and resets to re-close the widget after 30 minutes of inactivity.
• If your visitor manually closes the chat widget, it will prevent the widget from re-opening on subsequent page loads in that browser session for 30 minutes.
• It contains a boolean value of True if present.
• It expires in 30 minutes.

hs-messages-hide-welcome-message

• This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed.
• It contains a boolean value of True or False.
• It expires in one day.

__hsmem

• This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site.
• It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are currently logged in.
• It expires in seven days.

hs-membership-csrf

• This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged.
• It contains a random string of letters and numbers used to verify that a membership login is authentic.
• It expires at the end of the session.

hs-membership-logout-referer

• This cookie is set when visitors log out of HubSpot-hosted sites.
• It contains the value of the Referer header in the visitor's browser at the time of logout. This is the URL of the page the visitor was previously on before they logged out.
• It expires in one hour or when the visitor logs in to a HubSpot-hosted site.

hs.superstore.laboratory.<id>

• It contains an offline cache of cohorts that a user got assigned for HubSpot Product experiments.
• It doesn't contain personal identifiable information or information that can identify your device or hardware
• HubSpot experiments are anonymous and aren't attached to user sessions. However, if tracking consent is given, specific experiments might be tied to identifiable user sessions.
• The individual contents of this storage entry expire automatically upon specific dates determined by HubSpot Product. Often, these are 48 hours.
• It can't be manually removed and is automatically created whenever conditions are met.

<id>_key

• When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again.
• The cookie name is unique for each password-protected page.
• It contains an encrypted version of the password so future visits to the page will not require the password again.
• It expires in 14 days.

 

Analytics cookies

Help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it (e.g. page views, traffic sources).

__hmpl

• It contains metadata regarding tracking events that HubSpot collects throughout the user's journey at HubSpot.
• It's stored either on the Browser's Session Storage or Local Storage based on the presence or lack of tracking consent.
• It doesn't contain personal identifiable information or information that can identify your device or hardware.
• It can't be manually removed and is automatically created whenever conditions are met.

hublytics_events_53

• This browser storage entry is used by HubSpot Product to temporarily store tracking events created by HubSpot Product until they get dispatched over the network.
• It's stored either on the Browser's Session Storage or Local Storage based on the presence or lack of tracking consent.
• It doesn't contain personal identifiable information or information that can identify your device or hardware.
• It can't be manually removed and is automatically created whenever conditions are met.

__hstc

• The main cookie for tracking visitors.
• It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
• It expires in 6 months.

hubspotutk

• This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
• It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor.
• It expires in 6 months.

__hssc

• 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.
• It expires in 30 minutes.

__hssrc

• 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.
• It contains the value "1" when present.
• It expires at the end of the session.

 

Functionality cookies

Remember your preferences, such as form inputs or settings.

 

Marketing cookies

Used to deliver relevant content and measure campaign effectiveness. These may be set by third parties such as HubSpot.

 

HubSpot cookies:

Our website uses HubSpot, which sets cookies to:

• Track website usage and performance

• Support forms and user interactions

• Manage marketing communications

These cookies may collect information such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited.

 

Your choices

When you visit our website, you can:

• Accept all cookies

• Reject non-essential cookies

• Manage your preferences

You can change your preferences at any time via the “Cookie Settings” link.

 

Legal basis

We use strictly necessary cookies to operate our website.

All other cookies are used only with your consent, in line with UK GDPR and PECR.

 

Contact

If you have any questions, contact:

hello@ukbiocentre.com