Our use of cookies and aggregated data
In addition to the personal data we hold about you, we also use cookie technology for security reasons, to
personalise your experience of our services and to analyse service use to inform development.
We also use and share aggregated data with our organisation and institution clients, stakeholders, prospective
clients and our site auditors for analysis, service improvement and marketing purposes. Aggregated data is
anonymous, which means it does not and cannot be used to identify you personally.
Our use of cookies and aggregated data is in our legitimate interests. They are used in a way which you might
reasonably expect as part of the running of our service and do not materially impact your rights, freedom or
interests.
Our use of cookies means that your use of our services is not anonymous to us. You can tell your browser whether or
not to accept our cookies. However, if you do not accept them, some of our services may not be available to you or
work as well as they could.
Most web browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change the settings of your browser to reject all
cookies, to only allow trusted websites to use them, or to only accept cookies from those websites which you are
currently on. Please follow the guide provided on www.allaboutcookies.org
on how to do this for the most popular web browsers.
Gradintelligence cookies
Session ID cookie {random alphanumeric name}
In order to determine whether you are logged in at any given time, we use a cookie. This cookie does not
contain your username and password - it just contains a session id (or reference number), which we can look up to
find out who you are and whether you are logged in. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on our site for
longer than 30 minutes.
Period: 30 minutes or when browser closed.
joomla_user_state
If you have a user account, this cookie is set so that you remain logged-in during each page visit.
This is set to 'logged_in' if the user is currently logged-in.
Period: Current session.
Language cookie {random alphanumeric name}
Stores the selected language setting, for example 'en-GB'
Period: 1 year.
gidv
This cookie helps us to recognise your device in order to improve your experience and detect suspicious activities on your account.
Period: 6 years.
activetab
This is used by our site to simplify use of advanced navigation features.
Period: 1 day.
WAF (web application firewall) cookies
We also use cookies for the functionality of the WAF to prevent attacks. These cookies are strictly necessary.
Cookies with prefixes x-bni- and _utm_
Strictly necessary cookies for WAF to prevent attacks like DDOS, and BOTS protection.
Examples: x-bni-ci, x-bni-ca, x-bni-ja, x-bni-fpc, x-bni-rncf, _utm_is_did, _utm_is_wdc
Period: end of user session.
Google Analytics 4 cookies
We also use Google Analytics cookies on the site. In summary they track visitor information for each visit
and for returning visits. You can “opt out” of Google Analytics cookies by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out
Browser Add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout) to
block Google Analytics on all websites, or you can configure your browser to block cookies.
_ga
Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users
Period: 2 years.
_ga_<container-id>
Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
Period: 2 years.
Google reCaptcha cookies
Google's reCaptcha cookies are used when users click a button that says “I’m not a robot” and Google can determine
whether to prompt the user with additional questions (i.e. select pictures that best describe X) to verify if that
person is in fact not a robot. You can read Google's
privacy policy
and terms for more information.
ReCaptcha collects the following data:
- All cookies placed by Google in the last 6 months
- CSS information
- The language/data
- Installed plug-ins
- All Javascript objects
Period: 6 months
Cookie consent cookies
There are two cookies that we use to record each visitor's acceptance of our use of cookies on this website. This
process ensures that we are in accordance with regulations concerning the use of cookies.
cc_analytics
This cookie records your consent for us to use analytics cookies, which are detailed above.
Period: 1 day.
cc_necessary
This cookie records your consent for us to use any other necessary cookies, which are detailed above.
Period: 1 day.
Useful links
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the following links
useful:
If you would like to contact us about cookies please email us at
privacy@gradintel.com.