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 |
| _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