Better Origin’s Cookie Policy
About Better Origin’s cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how we use that information, and how to control the cookie preferences.
For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see the Better Origin Privacy Policy.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Your consent applies to the following domains: betterorigin.co.uk
What are cookies ?
Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. Your device stores them when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies ?
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages you visit on the website, the source of the visit, et cetera. These data help us understand and analyse how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Marketing: These cookies are used to track our social media and SEO efforts and collect newsletter signups.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| _abck | This cookie is used to detect and defend when a client attempt to replay a cookie.This cookie manages the interaction with online bots and takes the appropriate actions. |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. |
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gat | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrain request rate and thus limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar sets this cookie to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. |
| _hjFirstSeen | Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user. |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. |
| _hjSession_2201915 | No description |
| _hjSessionUser_2201915 | No description |
| _mcid | This is a Mailchimp functionality cookie used to evaluate the UI/UX interaction with its platform |
| ak_bmsc | This cookie is used by Akamai to optimize site security by distinguishing between humans and bots |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | No description |
| bcookie | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID. |
| bm_sz | This cookie is set by the provider Akamai Bot Manager. This cookie is used to manage the interaction with the online bots. It also helps in fraud preventions |
| bscookie | LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| fr | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| lang | LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user's language setting. |
| li_gc | No description |
| lidc | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| muc_ads | No description |
| personalization_id | Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting. |
| UserMatchHistory | LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.
