COOKIE POLICY.
WHAT’S A COOKIE?
• A "cookie" is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
• Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?
• We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.
• Cookies are either:
- Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
- Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
• Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
- Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
- Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
- First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.
We use third party cookies on our website and these are set out below.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in below:
CATEGORY: Necessary
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secureareas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Cookie Name: CONSENT
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Expiry: 198 months
Cookie Name: crumb
Provider: nailyourbrand.co.uk
Purpose/Description: Ensure visitors browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.
Expiry: Session
Cookie Name: test
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Expiry: Persistent
Cookie Name: test_cookie
Provider: doubleclick.net
Purpose/Description: Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
Expiry: 1 day
CATEGORY: Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Cookie Name: yt-player-brandaid-host
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings.
Expiry: Persistent
Cookie Name: yt-player-bandwidth
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings.
Expiry: Persistent
CATEGORY: Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Cookie Name: aka_debug
Provider: akamaized.net
Purpose/Description: Used by vimeo to track usage of their embedded video player
Expiry: Session
Cookie Name: p.gif
Provider: typekit.net
Purpose/Description: Keeps track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data.
Expiry: Session
Cookie Name: ss_cvisit
Provider: nailyourbrand.co.uk
Purpose/Description: Contains data on the visit. Collects data such as time spent on the website and website interaction.
Expiry: 1 day
Cookie Name: vuid
Provider: vimeo.com
Purpose/Description: Contains data on the user’s visit to the website, such as which pages have been read.
Expiry: 2 years
Cookie Name: yt-player-headers-readable
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings.
Expiry: Persistent
CATEGORY: Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
Cookie Name: IDE
Provider: Google / doubleclick.net
Purpose/Description: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the web site user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
Expiry: 1 year
Cookie Name: ss_cid
Provider: nailyourbrand.co.uk
Purpose/Description: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Expiry: 2 years
Cookie Name: ss_cpvisit
Provider: nailyourbrand.co.uk
Purpose/Description: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Expiry: 2 years
Cookie Name: ss_cvt
Provider: nailyourbrand.co.uk
Purpose/Description: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Expiry: 1 day
Cookie Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Tries to estimate the user’s bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
Expiry: 179 days
Cookie Name: YSC
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Expiry: Session
Cookie Name: yt.innertube::nextld
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Expiry: Persistent
Cookie Name: yt.innertube::requests
Provider: youtube.com
Purpose/Description: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Expiry: Persistent
You can alter your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the Cookie banner and selecting ‘DECLINE’.
Please refresh your page to ensure that the new settings have taken effect.
You can also control your cookie settings through your web browser.
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at hello@nailyourbrand.co.uk