These include small files that are known as ‘Cookies’. They cannot be used to identify you personally. These pieces of information are used to improve your web browsing experience by, for example:
- enabling a service to recognise your device, so that you do not have to give the same information several times during one task or browsing sessions.
- recognising that you may already have given a username and password, so that you do not need to do it for every web page that you visit.
- analysing anonymous data to help us understand how people interact with the website, so that we can make improvements and to assist us in developing the website in an informed way for our online users.
Our Cookies Banner Provider is One Trust.
Disabling/Enabling Cookies
You can Accept All or Manage Preferences for the use of Cookies from the Cookies Notice that appears, when you view the website. However, we would like you to have the best experience of our website and it is likely that disabling cookies will limit the functionality of the website.
In the Manage Preferences section, there is an explanation of each of the Cookies’ functions and you can choose to opt in or remain opted out of each Cookie Type listed, except for the Strictly Necessary Cookies. The other Cookies are Performance Cookies, Functional Cookies, Targeting Cookies and Social Media Cookies. Please see the Cookies Banner Notice for further information.
If you are concerned about the use of Cookies, in relation to “Spyware” you can use Anti-Spyware software to delete Cookies that may be considered invasive, rather than disabling the Cookies altogether.
Consent
By accepting Cookies with your browser settings and using the Communisis Limited website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Communisis Limited and Google in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Cookies Policy.
If Communisis Limited does obtain consent the first time that Cookies are set, Communisis does not have to repeat it every time the same person visits the website. However, it is good to keep in mind that devices may be used by different people. You can therefore, clear Cookies from your web browser settings prompting all websites to initiate their Cookie Notice consent with a view to actioning your Cookies Preferences and this can be done at any time.
How to Control and Delete Cookies
We will not use Cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the Cookies, which are set by our websites or indeed any other website, you can do this through your web browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser, should tell you how to do this. Alternatively, you may wish to visit the following website: www.aboutcookies.org.
This website contains comprehensive information on how to manage Cookies across a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete Cookies from your device, as well as more general information about Cookies.
A comprehensive set of guidelines for the use of Cookies can be accessed from the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (www.ico.org.uk).
Information on how to clear Cookies are provided by the ICO here as well as further information about cookies can be found here too.
If you wish to view your Cookie Code, just click on a Cookie to open it. You will see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that provided the Cookie.
For information on how to do this within the web browser of your mobile phone, you will need to refer to your mobile handset manual or visit the help section of your mobile provider’s website.
To opt-out of third parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.
Withdrawing Consent for Cookies
Once consent has been obtained by Communisis Limited, users or subscribers may choose to withdraw that consent at any time. They can withdraw the consent by clearing the Cookies via the Internet Browser settings (Please see the above ICO link for the instructions on how to clear the Cookies).
However, if a user decides to disable the Cookies, this may detrimentally affect the general functionality of the Communisis Limited website experience.
COOKIES WE USE ON THIS WEBSITE
FIRST-PARTY COOKIES
JavaScript Detection
These Cookies are used to “remember” whether users’ terminals support the use of JavaScript. This facilitates an enhanced user experience, as JavaScript-enhanced features can be made available to users:
Name: panel_cookie
Purpose: This Cookie is used to show if you have allowed our site to use Cookies. It does not send any data about you to anyone.
Typical Content: Sequence of Numbers
Expires: 7 Days
THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
We use Third-Party Suppliers and their services on this website, which may also use Cookies as detailed below.
Web Analytics/Metrics
This category comprises of Cookies used to evaluate site performance, in terms of number of visits, unique visitors, drop-off rate for transactions and so on:
| Cookie Name | Default expiration time | Description |
| _ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property- id>. |
Considerations about Third-Party Cookies
Whilst Communisis Limited takes all reasonable precautions to make sure that other organisations, who it deals with have good security practices, Communisis Limited is not responsible for the privacy practices of other organisations, whose websites may be linked to its services or whose contact details it may provide on the website. Communisis Limited is not responsible for the Privacy Policies of social media or other Third-Party providers with whom it has pages or accounts.
Social Media Plugin
We use services, such as social sharing and these are offered by different companies. These companies may drop Cookies onto your computer, when you use them on our website or if you are already logged in to them.
These Social Media Cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They can track your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on the other websites that you visit. If you do not allow these Cookies, you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
Here is a list of places where you can find out more about specific services that we may use and their use of Cookies:
Facebook – Privacy policy
Google +1 – Privacy policy – Privacy & Terms – Google
Twitter – Privacy policy
If you would like to disable “Third-Party” Cookies generated by these providers, you can turn them off by going to the Third-Party’s website and getting them to generate a one-time “Decline All/No Thanks” Cookie that will stop any further Cookies being written to your machine.
If you would like to disable “Third-Party” Cookies generated by these providers, you can turn them off by going to the Third-Party’s website and getting them to generate a one-time “Decline All/No Thanks” Cookie that will stop any further Cookies being written to your machine.
Social Media Cookies:
| www.communisis.com | static.addtoany.com | 3rd Party |
Cookies for Improving Service
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people access and use this website using an Analytics Tool. We do this to make sure it is meeting its users’ needs and to understand how we could make the user experience of this website better. This is an analytics service provided by Google Inc.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. We do not collect or store your personal information (for example, your name or address), so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
Read more about how Google uses cookies here.
For detailed information about Cookies used by Google Analytics on this website, please view the above ‘Web Analytics/Metrics’ section.
Cookie List
A Cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website, when visited by a user and it asks your browser to store on your device, in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those Cookies are set by us and called First-Party Cookies. We also use Third-Party Cookies, which are from a domain different than the domain of the website that you are visiting, such as for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use Cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These Cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, which amount to a request for services, such as log-in, saving language preferences, privacy preferences, filling in forms, performance measurement and improvement, routing traffic between web servers, detection of the size of the screen, measuring page load times, improving user experience including relevance, audience measurement, detecting fraud and abuse, securing our product, personalisation essential to the user experience, first party measurement and analytics of site usage. You can set your browser to block or alert you to these Cookies, but some parts of the site will not function, if these are blocked. These Cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | ||
| Cookie Sub-Group | Cookies | Cookies Used |
| .www.communisis.com | OptanonConsent
This Cookie is set by the Cookie Compliance Solution from One Trust. It stores information about the categories of Cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent Cookies in each category from being set in the users’ browser, when consent is not given. The Cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.
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1st Party |
| www.communisis.com | OptanonAlertBoxClosed
This Cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the Cookie Law Compliance Solution from One Trust. It is set after visitors have seen a Cookie information notice and in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The Cookie has a one-year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
1st Party |
| www.communisis.com | Eupubconsent
This Cookie is used by the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework to store the user’s consent to the data collection purposes. The Cookie holds an encrypted consent string that vendors participating in the framework can read and determine the user’s consent.
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1st Party |
| www.communisis.com | www.bugherd.com
Bugherd is a visual feedback tool. With the help of the Bugherd browser extension, you can collect website feedback and track bugs directly on the page. |
3rd Party |
Performance Cookies
These Cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so that we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these Cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these Cookies we will not know, when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Performance Cookies | ||
| Cookie Sub-Group | Cookies | Cookies Used |
| www.communisis.com | _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | 1st Party |
| communisis.com | _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress, _ga, _hjid, _gid, _hjFirstSeen, _gat_UA-, _hjTLDTest | 1st Party |
Functional Cookies
These Cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers, whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Functional Cookies | ||
| Cookie Sub-Group | Cookies | Cookies Used |
| vimeo.com | vuid | |
| cdn.cookielaw.org | cdn.cookielaw.org | |
Targeting Cookies
These Cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these Cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| Targeting Cookies | ||
| Cookie Sub-Group | Cookies | Cookies Used |
| linkedin.com | lidc, lang, bcookie, UserMatchHistory | 3rd Party |
| ads.linkedin.com | lang | 3rd Party |
| syndication.twitter.com | lang | 3rd Party |
| twitter.com | personalization_id | 3rd Party |
| pi.pardot.com | pardot | 3rd Party |
| www.linkedin.com | bscookie | 3rd Party |
| google.com | _GRECAPTCHA | 3rd Party |
Legal Obligations
The statutory and/or regulatory directives and legislation on which this Policy is based upon is the current UK Data Protection legislation.
This is all applicable UK Data Protection and Privacy legislation in force from time-to-time, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EU Directive) Regulations 2003 (as amended) (PECR) and any superseding legislation and all other applicable laws, regulations, statutory instruments and/or any codes, practice or guidelines issued by the relevant Data Protection or Supervisory Authority in force from time to time and applicable to a Party, relating to the processing of personal data and/or governing individual’s rights to privacy.
From 28th June 2021, the UK has been granted an adequacy decision by the EU, which covers data transfers between the UK and the EU and this adequacy decision is due to be reviewed in four years’ time on 28th June 2025 with a view to this safeguard remaining in place for UK/EU Data Transfers.
Communisis Limited complies with its obligations set up in Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) related to the use of Cookies by:
- Informing people that its Cookies are there;
- Explaining what the Cookies are doing and why; and
- Obtaining the person’s consent to store a Cookie on their device.
For further information on Data Protection, please see our Privacy Policy.
Our Cookies Policy is regularly reviewed.
Last Update: April 2022.