Cookie Policy - How Xref uses cookies

Last updated: Oct 22, 2022

What is a cookie? 

A cookie is a small data file that is placed on your browser when you visit our website. Some cookies may collect your personal data such as your IP address. More information about cookies can be found https://allaboutcookies.org/

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to improve your experiences and interaction with our website, and for marketing and analytics purposes.  

There are generally 4 types of cookies 

Session cookies 

These cookies are temporary cookies to recognise your use of our website for the duration of your visit to our website. 

They will typically expire when you close the browser. 

Persistent cookies

These cookies remember what you have customised or personalised for your use of our website to make our website easier for your navigation. The cookies help with analysing your visit patterns for us to improve the user experience of our website. 

These cookies will typically remain on your device after you close your browser or restart your computer. 

First and Third-party cookies 

We use first and third-party cookies to collect information about your use of our website for analytics and marketing purposes. This is so that we can identify and cater to your needs such as your locational preferences and interaction with our website. 

How can you manage your cookie preferences? 

Please note that our website automatically accepts cookies. 

If you do not agree with our cookies, you can customise your preferences using our cookie preference widget. However, this may compromise your experience with our website and you may not have the optimal website experience as there may be some functions that will not work properly. 

More information on how you can manage your cookie preferences can be found here https://allaboutcookies.org/

Which cookies do we use? 

Cookie Name

Purpose

_biz_flagsA

This is a session based cookie placed by our partner Bizible

_biz_nA

This is a session based cookie placed by our partner Bizible used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site

_biz_pendingA

This is a session based cookie placed by our partner Bizible used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site

_biz_sid

This is a session based cookie placed by our partner Bizible used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site

_biz_uid

This is a session based cookie placed by our partner Bizible used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site

_clck

This is a cookie placed by our partner Microsoft Clarity

_clsk

This is a cookie placed by our partner Microsoft Clarity to sotre and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording.

_dd_s

Cookie from Datadog to provide web performance analytics

_ga

The _ga cookie is a first-party cookie that can only be accessed by the domain on which the JavaScript is run.

_gcl_au

This is a cookie placed by our partner Google Adsense to track conversions.

_gid

This is a cookie that contains the number of pageviews within the running session for our partner Google Analytics

_hjSessionUser_*

This is a cookie placed by our partner Hotjar.

_uetsid

This is a re-targeting cookie placed by our partner Bing Ads.

_uetvid

This is a re-targeting cookie placed by our partner Bing Ads.

Databases reviewed to understand cookies included:

https://cookiedatabase.org/

https://cookiepedia.co.uk/