Cookie Policy

Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy forms part of our overall Privacy Policy and relates to our website www.thescalers.com. This Policy was last reviewed and updated in May 2020.

What are Cookies?

For a better experience while using our website, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.

What types of cookies do we use and why?

For clarity we have split our use of cookies into three distinct purposes:

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies – provide a service that is explicitly requested by you, the device user. These cookies also enable core functionality of the website such as security, network management and accessibility. We do not offer the ability to ‘turn off’ strictly necessary cookies as you land on the site. However, you can do so, locally, with your own browser settings. If you do so, this may affect the functionality of the website.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
__cfduidhttps1 monthThis cookie collects and anonymizes End User IP addresses using a one-way hash of certain values so they cannot be personally identified
NIDhttps1 yearGoogle
_gat_UA-63310166-1https1 dayGoogle Analytics

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies – helps to deliver advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
__hssrchttps1 yearHubspot
_fbphttps1 dayFacebook
frhttps3 monthsAds targeting cookie for Facebook
lidchttps1 dayLinkedin used for routing
langhttpssessionThis cookie is set by LinkedIn to set default locale/language
bscookiehttps2 yearA secure browser cookie set by LinkedIn
IDEhttps2 yearsAds targeting cookie for Doubleclick

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies — helps to improve your user experience of our website, such as providing and analysing relevant content. We give you the option to actively consent to these cookies as you land on our website, with the option to change your mind anytime in the future.

CookieTypeDurationDescription
__hsschttps30 min.This cookie keeps track of sessions
hubspotutkhttps13 monthsThis cookie keeps track of a visitor’s identity
__hstchttps13 monthsThe main cookie for tracking visitors
_gcl_auhttps2 monthsGoogle Analytics
_hjidhttps1 yearHotjar cookie that is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgresshttps30 minThis cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user
_gidhttps1 dayThis cookie is set by Google Analytics used to distinguish users
_gahttps2 yearThis cookie is set by Google Analytics used to distinguish users

How to delete cookies?

If you want to restrict or block the cookies that are set by our website, you can do so through your browser setting. Alternatively, you can visit www.internetcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers and devices. You will find general information about cookies and details on how to delete cookies from your device.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this cookie policy or our use of cookies, please contact us. deliver advertising that is more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.