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This Cookie Policy applies to information collected through your use of our website, with instruments known as Cookies. Our Cookies generally do not collect personal information about you, however where they do, our Privacy Policy here applies.

What are cookies?

‘Cookies’ and similar technologies such as web beacons and pixels are small files that are stored by your browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Safari) on your computer or mobile phone. We use the generic term Cookies in this policy to cover all such technologies.  Cookies help our website recognise your device and remember information about your visit like your preferences, settings and how you use our website. Some are essential to our website and others are helpful to us but non-essential as explained in more detail below.

What Cookie types do we use?

Our Cookies are either first party or third party. Whether a Cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the website or domain placing the Cookie. First Party Cookies are placed directly by us, while other parties we may do business with set Third Party Cookies. These third parties collect data directly from your web browser and the processing of this data is subject to their own privacy policies.

Cookies are either:

Session Cookies – which allow websites to link your actions during a browser session. We may use these for a variety of purposes such as remembering what you clicked on, on the previous page visited. These session Cookies expire after a browser session so would not be stored longer term; or

Persistent Cookies – which are stored on your device in between browser sessions and allow your preferences or actions across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered. These Cookies do not expire once the browsing session closes and remain on your device until an expiration date set by the source of the Cookie.

What are the categories and types of the Cookies we use?

Essential Cookies: These Cookies are essential to make our website work correctly, they enable you to move around our website and use our features. These Cookies are necessary for the provision of our services and if you do not want us to collect such information, you must cease using our website immediately.

Performance Cookies: These Cookies help us understand how you interact with our website, by providing information about the areas visited, the time spent on the website, and any issues encountered, such as error messages. This helps us improve the performance of our website.

Functionality Cookies: These Cookies allow our website to remember if you have previously visited our site or the choices you make (such as your user name, language, region or preferences) to provide a more personalised online experience.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These Cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement.

A full list of the cookies we use and their duration is publicly available in the cookie management tool on our website.

Strictly necessary

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
Copernicus www.hanoversearch.com Session This cookie is used for system authentication
COP-CookieBanner www.hanoversearch.com 27 years This cookie is used to remember users preferences
__cf_bm

.onesignal.com

30 minutes 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.
CookieScriptConsent

.hanoversearch.com

1 month This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.
_GRECAPTCHA

www.google.com

6 months Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.

Performance

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
COP-Admin-Site www.hanoversearch.com 6 months This cookie is used for system authentication
shortlistvacs www.hanoversearch.com 1 year This cookie is used to remember a user’s previously viewed content which is then used to tailor the users ongoing experience
souecetracking-utmcampaign www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-isset www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-campaign www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-isset www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-medium www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-referrer www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-setms www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-utmsource www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-visitdatetime www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-referrer www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-setms www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-utmmedium www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-utmsource www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-visitdatetime www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
_ga_EW3M5NPBD5 .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_gat_UA-59663040-1 .hanoversearch.com 55 seconds 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.
_pk_id.14.c988 www.hanoversearch.com 1 year This cookie is used by Matomo for site performance tracking purposes.
_ga_MBK8JCCN7P .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
COP-Personal www.hanoversearch.com 2 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s previously viewed content which is then used to tailor the users ongoing experience
_ga

.hanoversearch.com

1 year 1 month 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 in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gid

.hanoversearch.com

1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_pk_ses.14.c988 www.hanoversearch.com 30 minutes This cookie is used by Matomo for site performance tracking purposes.
_ga_VZ0E4XS16R .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

Targeting

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

.youtube.com

6 months 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.
YSC

.youtube.com

Session This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
_gcl_au

.hanoversearch.com

3 months Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services

Unclassified

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
wisepops_session

.hanoversearch.com

Session
wisepops

.hanoversearch.com

1 year 1 month
_hjSessionUser_1340974 .hanoversearch.com 1 year
_hjSession_1340974 .hanoversearch.com 30 minutes
TiPMix .hanoverv1-1481109-gb-engb-api.sites.4matnetworks.com 1 hour
x-ms-routing-name

.www.hanoversearch.com

1 hour
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.6YYsGt-Vbxo www.hanoversearch.com Session
wisepops_visitor .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month
prism_25737160 .hanoversearch.com 1 month
prism_25737160 prism.app-us1.com 1 month
ba9fd2eb_f24_autoId .hanoversearch.com 1 year
x-ms-routing-name

.hanoverv1-1481109-gb-engb-api.sites.4matnetworks.com

1 hour
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA

.youtube.com

6 months
wisepops_visits

.hanoversearch.com

1 year 1 month
TiPMix .www.hanoversearch.com 1 hour

Strictly necessary

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
Copernicus www.hanoversearch.com Session This cookie is used for system authentication
COP-CookieBanner www.hanoversearch.com 27 years This cookie is used to remember users preferences
_GRECAPTCHA

www.google.com

6 months Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.
CookieScriptConsent

.hanoversearch.com

1 month This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.
__cf_bm

.onesignal.com

30 minutes 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.

Performance

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
COP-Admin-Site www.hanoversearch.com 6 months This cookie is used for system authentication
shortlistvacs www.hanoversearch.com 1 year This cookie is used to remember a user’s previously viewed content which is then used to tailor the users ongoing experience
souecetracking-utmcampaign www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-isset www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-campaign www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-isset www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-medium www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-referrer www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-setms www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-utmsource www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-latest-visitdatetime www.hanoversearch.com 3 months This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-referrer www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-setms www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-utmmedium www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-utmsource www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
sourcetracking-visitdatetime www.hanoversearch.com 1 month 15 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s entry point to the site to help administrators understand campaign and referral information
_pk_id.31.c988 www.hanoversearch.com 1 year This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_id is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie.
_ga_MBK8JCCN7P .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_pk_id.14.c988 www.hanoversearch.com 1 year This cookie is used by Matomo for site performance tracking purposes.
_gid

.hanoversearch.com

1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

.hanoversearch.com

30 minutes The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user’s journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
_ga_VZ0E4XS16R .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
COP-Personal www.hanoversearch.com 2 days This cookie is used to remember a user’s previously viewed content which is then used to tailor the users ongoing experience
_gat_UA-59663040-1 .hanoversearch.com 58 seconds 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.
_pk_ses.31.c988 www.hanoversearch.com 30 minutes This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_ses is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie.
_ga_EW3M5NPBD5 .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_hjFirstSeen

.hanoversearch.com

30 minutes The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user’s journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
_pk_ses.14.c988 www.hanoversearch.com 30 minutes This cookie is used by Matomo for site performance tracking purposes.
_ga

.hanoversearch.com

1 year 1 month 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 in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

Targeting

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

.youtube.com

6 months 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.
YSC

.youtube.com

Session This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
_gcl_au

.hanoversearch.com

3 months Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services

Unclassified

Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
_hjSessionUser_1340974 .hanoversearch.com 1 year
x-ms-routing-name .hanoverv1-1481109-gb-engb-api.sites.4matnetworks.com 1 hour
x-ms-routing-name .hanoverv1-1481109-gb-engb.stage.4matnetworks.com 1 hour
TiPMix .www.hanoversearch.com 1 hour
wisepops_session .hanoversearch.com Session
x-ms-routing-name .www.hanoversearch.com 1 hour
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_1340974 .hanoversearch.com 2 minutes
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.6YYsGt-Vbxo www.hanoversearch.com Session
prism_25737160 prism.app-us1.com 1 month
f24_personId .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month
TiPMix .hanoverv1-1481109-gb-engb-api.sites.4matnetworks.com 1 hour
wisepops_visits .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month
f24_autoId .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month
prism_25737160 .hanoversearch.com 1 month
_hjSession_1340974 .hanoversearch.com 30 minutes
TiPMix .hanoverv1-1481109-gb-engb.stage.4matnetworks.com 1 hour
wisepops .hanoversearch.com 1 year 1 month

How do you manage Cookies?

We always ask for your consent before installing any non-essential cookies on your device.

We use a cookie management tool on our website. You can click the icon at the bottom of the homepage in order to bring up the cookie preference options and change them. Remember Cookies are specific to the device you are on so you will need to enable the preferences on each device you use if you want to make the changes across all of your devices.

Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept Cookies. You can change the settings to manage Cookies being sent to your device.

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Click here for more information on Cookies and how to manage them.

 

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at Hanover Search Group Ltd, Cannon Green, 27 Bush Lane, London, EC4R 0AA, or by email to: gdpr@hanoversearch.com