Cookie Policy | Linnear Legal

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. You can find further information about cookies and what they are used for by visiting http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/.

1. Cookies We Use

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
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.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie	Purpose	Expiry	More information
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Cookiebot CookieConsent HTTP Cookie	Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.	1 year	https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/
Google test_cookie HTTP Cookie	Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.	1 day	https://business.safety.google/privacy/
Hubspot _cfuvid [x2] HTTP Cookie	This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators.	Session	https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy__hstc=241336989.866e4ba56b70d4b5b67b20239cd3cc1a.1731509436861.1731509436861.1733494496799.2&__hssc=241336989.1.1733494496799&__hsfp=770498740
aplo-evnt.com GCLB HTTP Cookie	This cookie is used in context with load balancing . This optimizes the response rate between the visitor and the site, by distributing the traffic load on multiple network links or servers.	1 day
aplo-evnt.com X-CSRF-TOKEN HTTP Cookie	Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.	Session
apollo.io hsforms.com __cf_bm [x4] HTTP Cookie	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.	1 day
Analytical/Performance Cookies
Hotjar _hjSession_# HTTP Cookie	Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.	1 day	https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/
Hotjar _hjSessionUser_# HTTP Cookie	Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.	1 year	https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/
Hotjar _hjTLDTest [x2 ] HTTP Cookie	Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.	Session	https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy
Hotjar hjActiveViewportIds HTML Local Storage	This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimize the visitor’s experience.	N/A – Persistent	https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy
Hotjar hjViewportId HTML Local Storage	Saves the user’s screen size in order to adjust the size of images on the website.	Session	https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy
Hubspot __hssc HTTP Cookie	Identifies if the cookie data needs to be updated in the visitor’s browser.	1 day	https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy?__hstc=241336989.866e4ba56b70d4b5b67b20239cd3cc1a.1731509436861.1731509436861.1733494496799.2&__hssc=241336989.1.1733494496799&__hsfp=770498740
Hubspot __hssrc HTTP Cookie	Used to recognise the visitor’s browser upon reentry on the website.	Session	https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy?__hstc=241336989.866e4ba56b70d4b5b67b20239cd3cc1a.1731509436861.1731509436861.1733494496799.2&__hssc=241336989.1.1733494496799&__hsfp=770498740
Hubspot __hstc HTTP Cookie	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	180 days	https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy?__hstc=241336989.866e4ba56b70d4b5b67b20239cd3cc1a.1731509436861.1731509436861.1733494496799.2&__hssc=241336989.1.1733494496799&__hsfp=770498740
Hubspot Hubspotutk HTTP Cookie	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.	180 days	https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy?__hstc=241336989.866e4ba56b70d4b5b67b20239cd3cc1a.1731509436861.1731509436861.1733494496799.2&__hssc=241336989.1.1733494496799&__hsfp=770498740
Targeting Cookies
Google _ga [x2] HTTP Cookie	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	2 years	https://business.safety.google/privacy/
Google _ga_# [x2] HTTP Cookie	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	2 years	https://business.safety.google/privacy/
Google _gcl_au [x2] HTTP Cookie	Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.	3 months	https://business.safety.google/privacy
Google IDE HTTP Cookie	Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website 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.	400 days	https://business.safety.google/privacy
Google pagead/1p-conversion/#/ Pixel Tracker	his cookie is generated by Google pagead dynamic marketing, to track events such as conversions.	Session	https://business.safety.google/privacy
Google pagead/1p-user-list/# Pixel Tracker	Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for the measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral fees between websites.	Session	https://business.safety.google/privacy
Google times_to_show HTML Local Storage	Used to determine when and where certain pop-ups on the website should be presented for the user and remember whether the user has closed these, to keep them from showing multiple times.	N/A – Persistent	https://business.safety.google/privacy
Hubspot __ptq.gif Pixel Tracker	Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.	Session	https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy?__hstc=241336989.866e4ba56b70d4b5b67b20239cd3cc1a.1731509436861.1731509436861.1733494496799.2&__hssc=241336989.1.1733494496799&__hsfp=770498740
Microsoft _uetsid HTML Local Storage	Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.	N/A – Persistent	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
Microsoft _uetsid_exp HTML Local Storage	Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name.	N/A – Persistent	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
Microsoft _uetvid HTML Local Storage	Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.	N/A – Persistent	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
Microsoft _uetvid_exp HTML Local Storage	Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name.	N/A – Persistent	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
Microsoft MUID HTTP Cookie	Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains	1 year	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
Microsoft _uetsid [x2] HTTP Cookie	Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement. This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.	1 day	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
Microsoft _uetvid [x2] HTTP Cookie	Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.	1 year	https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/privacy/privacystatement
snid.snitcher.com SNID HTTP Cookie	Tracks the individual sessions on the website, allowing the website to compile statistical data from multiple visits. This data can also be used to create leads for marketing purposes.	400 days
snid.snitcher.com Snidsessid HTML Local Storage	Tracks the individual sessions on the website, allowing the website to compile statistical data from multiple visits. This data can also be used to create leads for marketing purposes.	Session
Unclassified Cookies
aplo-evnt.com _leadgenie_session HTTP Cookie	Used for preserving log in state and creating sessions.	Session
assets.apollo.io apolloAnonId HTML Local Storage	Pending	N/A – Persistent
assets.apollo.io eventQueue HTML Local Storage	Pending	N/A – Persistent

We do not share the information collected by the cookies with any third parties.

2. Your Choices

You can choose which cookies we can set by using the cookie banner or your browser settings. If you wish to disable cookies in your browser settings, the following links contain instructions on how to do this:

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However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please send us an email at linnearlegal@gmail.com.