Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto a computer or other device that can be used to identify the user or device and to collect information.
Cookies used
Our website uses both first party and third-party cookies to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to help improve your experience of the site.
The following cookies are used on our website:
| Name | Duration | Purpose |
| Necessary Cookies – these are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. | ||
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Necessary” category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to store the user consent for cookies in the category “Performance”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Analytics” category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Advertisement” category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 1 year | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Others”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 1 year | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. |
| Advertisement / Marketing – these are third party cookies that store user date and behaviour information which provide for targeted advertising. | ||
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | The test cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. |
| personalization_id | 2 years | Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting. |
| _fbp | 3 months | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. |
| fr | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| bscookie | 2 years | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by LinkedIn share Buttons and ad tags. |
| UserMatchHistory | 1 month | LinkedIn – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| li_gc | 2 years | Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
| _rdt_uuid | 3 months | This cookie is set by Reddit and is used for remarketing on reddit.com |
| Analytics / Statistic – these are third party cookies that collect data to show how our website is used. | ||
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. |
| _ga | 2 years | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gid | 1 day | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _gat_UA-125037370-1 | 1 minute | 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. |
| __insp_wid | 1 year | This cookie is set by Inspectlet. This cookie is used to store data within a session. |
| __insp_slim | 1 year | This cookie is set by Inspectlet. This cookie is used to store the information about mouse click, scroll, highlighted text etc. |
| __insp_nv | 1 year | This cookie is set by Inspectlet. |
| __insp_targlpu | 1 year | This cookie is set by Inspectlet. This cookie is used to store information regarding mouse click and move in a session. |
| __insp_targlpt | 1 year | This cookie is set by Inspectlet. This cookie is used to store information regarding mouse click and move in a session. |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | 1 month | Used by LinkedIn to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries. |
| CONSENT | 16 years 4 months | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback. No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video. |
| __insp_dct | session | This cookie is set by Inspectlet to store information regarding mouse position, clicks, scrolls, and highlighted elements and text. |
| __insp_pad | 1 year | This cookie contains the page number of the session recording. |
| __insp_sid | 1 year | This cookie contains the ID of the Inspectlet session that is being recorded. |
| __insp_uid | 1 year | This cookie contains random ID assigned to a visitor |
| Functional – these are third party cookies which enable effective use of the G-Research website. | ||
| lang | session | 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. |
| bcookie | 2 years | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
Opting out
To opt out of third party cookies please refer to the relevant third party website for more information. For example, you can use Google’s opt-out browser add-on to block Google cookies: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the ‘Cookie consent’ button at the bottom of the web page. You can then adjust the available sliders to “Disabled” or “Enabled”, then click “Save & Accept”. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Please find further information as to the deletion of cookies, as well as further general information, available here: https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
