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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      .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.

       

      _GRECAPTCHA
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      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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      .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.

       

      nQ_cookieId
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      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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      .akita.co.uk / First-party 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

       

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      .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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      .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.

       

      nQ_userVisitId
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      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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      .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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      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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      .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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      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.

       

      lidc
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      .linkedin.com / Third-party 1 day This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website

       

      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.

       

       

      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