1. Introduction
Bamboo Public Relations Limited (“Bamboo PR”, “Bamboo, “we, “our”) uses cookies on its website. This Cookie Policy explains more about cookies and why we use them.It also explains how you can control and opt out of receiving them. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Notice, which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information.Our Privacy Notice also includes details on your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us or supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.We update this Cookie Notice in response to changes in applicable laws and regulations, changes to our processing practices and changes to the services we offer. Please review this Cookie Notice periodically to check for updates.Privacy Notice
2. About Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which may be downloaded to your device when you visit our website. We use cookies to allow our website to function correctly, remember your preferences and to understand visitor behaviour on our website.The cookies we use on our website fall into the following categories:
2.1 Statistics or Analytics Cookies
We use cookies to collect information about the use of our website such as the pages visitors visit most often, how they arrived at our website and associated information. These do not collect any directly identifiable personal information. We use these cookies to learn more about how our website is used to identify problems and areas for improvement.
2.2 Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies remember the choices you make when you visit our website. This includes, for example, your consent to the use of cookies on our website.
2.3 Marketing or Targeting Cookies
These are cookies placed by third parties on our website, which record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. They use this information for advertising purposes, however we keep this to a minimum as much as possible.
2.4 Learn more about Cookies
For further information on our use of cookies, please see details in the table below. To learn about cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies Used by Bamboo PR
The cookies we use on our website and their purposes are explained in the following table:
Necessary
Necessary cookies are essential for our website to function. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given their consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Advertisement'. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Analytics'. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 1 hour | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Necessary'. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performanc | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category 'Performance' |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 1 hour | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not a user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| __cfduid | 11 months | The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. |
Analytics
Analytics cookies help us understand how our visitors interact with the website. It helps us understand the number of visitors, where the visitors are coming from, and the pages they navigate. The cookies collect this data and are reported anonymously.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GPS | 30 minutes | This YouTube cookie registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location |
| hubspotutk | 1 year | This cookie is used by Hubspot to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to Hubspot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. Bamboo PR is in the process of migrating away from Hubspot. |
| _ga | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _gid | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report. Data collected includes the number of visitors, where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. |
| _hssc | 30 minutes | This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if Hubspot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp |
| _hssrc | Whenever Hubspot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when Hubspot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. | |
| _hstc | 1 year | This is the main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session) |
Performance
Performance cookies collect data for statistical purposes on how visitors use a website. They don’t contain personal information such as names and email addresses, and are used to improve your user experience of a website.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| YSC | 30 minutes | This cookies is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
| _gat | 1 minute | This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customised ads.
| Cookie Name | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IDE | 2 years | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
| NID | 5 months | This cookie is used to a profile based on user's interest and display personalised ads to users |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months | This cookie is set by YouTube and tracks the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website |
Preferences
| Cookie Name | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website |
Cookie Sharing with Third Parties
Please note: we do not share the information collected by any cookies on our website with any additional third party. The only parties processing this information is Bamboo PR or the cookie provider.
Changing Your Cookie Preferences
You can allow or block cookies by activating that setting on your browser. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the availability or functionality of our website. Most of the website will function normally, however, functions that rely on cookies such as our contact us form will be disabled. You can still choose to contact us via the alternative contact details on our Contact Us page.
Contact Us
Please contact us by emailing privacy@bamboopr.co.uk.
Changes to this Cookie Notice
This policy was published on 05/06/2022 and last updated on 01/11/2023.