Darnell IT Solutions Cookie Policy

Last updated October 09, 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Darnell IT Solutions uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at www.darnell-its.co.uk . It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

  • A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.

  • We use cookies for several reasons.  Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our website to function correctly, these are “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies.  Other cookies we use for advertising and marketing purposes.  We use them to collect data such as how many visitors arrive at our website and what pages they’re viewing.  We do this to improve our marketing effectiveness and usability of our website.

    A full list of all the cookies and their purposes on our website is listed below.

  • On your first visit to our website you’ll be prompted to either decline, accept or customise your cookie settings.  Your cookie choices will be remembered so you don’t need to choose every time you visit.

    You can withdraw your consent at any time by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking ‘cookie preferences’ in the bottom left corner.

  • You can use your web browser to:

    • Delete all cookies;

    • Block all cookies;

    • Allow all cookies;

    • Block ‘third-party’ cookies (ie, cookies set by online services other than the one you are visiting);

    • Clear all cookies when you close the browser;

    • Open a ‘private browsing’ / ‘incognito’ session, which allows you to browse the web without recording your browsing history or storing local data such as cookies (you should however be aware of the limitations of this feature in a privacy context); and

    • Install add-ons and plugins that extend browser functionality.

What cookies do we use

Cookie Key Cookie Type Description
rc::a Essential Used to track and analyse user behaviour to distinguish humans from bots or automated software
m Essential Tracks the users session for stripe
_cf_bm Essential Cloudflare places the cookie on end- user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot
Management or Bot Fight Mode.
cf_clearance Essential Cloudflare clearance cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is used to no longer issue a
challenge if present. It is required to reach an origin server.
_cfruid Performance Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
vuid Analytics Used by Vimeo player to check if certain features or preferences have been selected by the user on
websites with embedded videos from Vimeo.
_gat# Analytics Enables Google Analytics regulate the rate of requesting. It is a HTTP cookie type that lasts for a
session.
_ga_# Analytics Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as
client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions
4cfbcefc-fcf9- 4b66-5dc6-9b0d81bb07a9 Analytics data.pendo.io
_ga Analytics Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user
_gid Analytics Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by
visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session.
crumb Analytics The crumb cookie is used in order to recognise a computer when a user visits our website. It also
prevents cross-site request forgery.
#collect Analytics Sends data such as visitor’s behaviour and device to Google Analytics. It is able to keep track
of the visitor across marketing channels and devices. It is a pixel tracker type cookie whose activity lasts
within the browsing session.
embedded_iframe_inline-WJD2Bj5aaWavSgmfpa6Y Unclassified html_local_sorage
squarespace-video-player-options Unclassified html_local_sorage
referrer_user_id Unclassified calendy.com
calendly_session Unclassified calendy.com
loglevel Unclassified html_local_storage
_cfuvid Unclassified calendy.com
_cfuvid Unclassified vimeo.com