COOKIE POLICY
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small files that are stored on a user’s computer. They are designed to hold data specific about a particular user and their use of websites. They can be accessed either by the web server or the user’s computer. The information stored by the cookie allows the server to deliver a page tailored to the user. Alternatively, the page itself can contain scripts which can read the data in the cookie and is able to carry information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.
HOW DOES AKITA USE COOKIES?
Akita Systems Ltd uses cookies to provide online customer support, power our marketing and enquiry contact facility and improve the user experience of our website.
Where applicable, Akita Systems Ltd’s websites (akita.co.uk and https://akitais.com/) use a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer or device.
This complies with the EU Directive issued on 25 May 2011 that requires websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer/device.
WHAT COOKIES DOES AKITA USE?
The following cookies are used by Akita. Cookies are used on both akita.co.uk and akitais.com unless a specific website is stated in the description.
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.linkedin.com | / | Third-party | 6 months | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes
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| __cf_bm More info |
.apollo.io | / | Third-party | 30 minutes | 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.
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| _GRECAPTCHA More info |
www.google.com | /recaptcha | Third-party | 6 months | Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.
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| _ga More info |
.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
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| nQ_cookieId More info |
www.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie is used for tracking user interactions and engagement with the website to improve user experience and services.
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| _ga_719RQL3LCT More info |
.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
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| _gid More info |
.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 1 day | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
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| 19af4c0-e197-4de9-8a9b-fe98c8a2ca04 More info |
.dynamics.com | / | Third-party | Session | This cookie is used to track user interaction and behavior on the website for internal analytics purposes. It helps in understanding user preferences and improving website functionalities.
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| nQ_userVisitId More info |
www.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 30 minutes | This cookie is used to track a visitor’s interaction with the website, capturing data such as page visits and session duration to enhance user experience and monitor site performance.
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| gat_gtag_UA_35070578_1 More info |
.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 53 seconds | This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate).
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| msd365mkttr More info |
www.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | 1 year | This cookie is used to track user interaction and behavior on the website for marketing purposes. It helps in understanding user preferences and optimizing marketing campaigns accordingly.
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| bcookie More info |
.linkedin.com | / | Third-party | 1 year | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
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| msd365mkttrs More info |
www.akita.co.uk | / | First-party | Session | This cookie is used to track visitor and user interactions with the website to optimize marketing efforts and conversion rates by gathering data on user behavior.
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| lidc More info |
.linkedin.com | / | Third-party | 1 day | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website
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| 79f08280-5c63-4331-b04d-fb6f39afda51 | dynamics.com | / | Third-party | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is associated with Dynamics 365 and is used for storing session data, helping improve the functionality and user experience on the site.
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HOW TO OPT OUT OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS COOKIES
In order to provide website visitors with more choice on how data is collected by Google Analytics, Google has developed a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to stop data being sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not affect usage of websites in any other way. A link to further information on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is provided here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=None
For more information on the use of cookies by Google Analytics please see the Google website. A link to the privacy advice for this product is provided below for your convenience: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
HOW TO DISABLE ALL COOKIES
Users can control the use of cookies within their Internet browser(s). Links to advice on how to do this for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online or via the software help (normally available via key F1).
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
