Cookie Policy
1. Introduction
Focus Agency Group Limited (“Focus Agency Group”, “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 generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
We update this Cookie Policy from time to time in response to changes in applicable laws and regulations, changes to our processing practices and to products and services we offer. When changes are made, we will update the final section of this policy. Please review this Cookie Policy periodically to check for updates.
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 track visitors to our website.
The cookies we use on our website fall into the following categories:
Statistics or Analytics Cookies
We use cookies to collect information about the use of our website by visitors such as the pages they visit most often, how they arrived at our website and associated information. These do not collect any directly identifiable personal information about visitors. We use these cookies to learn more about how our website is used to identify problems and areas for improvement.
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.
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.
Learn More About Cookies
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see details in the table below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, please visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
3. Cookies Used by Focus Agency Group
The cookies we use on our website and their purposes are as set out in the following table:
|
Cookie Name |
Domain |
Use |
Description |
Type |
Expiry |
|
CookieControl |
.focusagency.group |
Civic Cookie Control |
Cookie Control cookies. This cookie is set to remember the user’s preferences about cookies. |
Necessary |
3 months |
|
AnalyticsSyncHistory |
.linkedin.com |
|
We utilise LinkedIn for marketing. LinkedIn sets this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. |
Marketing |
1 month |
|
IDE |
.doubleclick.net |
DoubleClick (Google) |
Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the your actions after viewing or clicking one of our ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of our marketing efforts and to present targeted ads to you. |
Marketing |
13 months |
|
NID |
.google.com |
Google Ads ReCaptcha |
Google’s NID cookie serves several key functions related to user preferences and advertising: it helps Google remember your preferences (like language, search results per page, SafeSearch filter), tailors ads to be more relevant on both Google services (like Search) and on non-Google websites, and enables features like personalised autocomplete in Search as you type. This cookie is also an essential part of Google’s reCAPTCHA service, a security tool used to distinguish between human users and automated bots. It helps protect websites from spam, abuse, and potential hacking attempts. |
Marketing / Functionality |
6 months |
|
UserMatchHistory |
.linkedin.com |
|
The UserMatchHistory cookie is primarily used for advertising purposes, predominantly on the LinkedIn platform. It tracks your browsing activity across different websites and records data about the types of content you interact with. |
Marketing |
1 month |
|
_GRECAPTCHA |
Google ReCAPTCHA |
This cookie is an essential part of Google’s reCAPTCHA service, a security tool used to distinguish between human users and automated bots. It helps protect websites from spam, abuse, and potential hacking attempts. |
Functional |
6 months |
|
|
_ga |
.focusagency.group |
Google Analytics |
The _ga cookie is the primary cookie used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users and track their interactions on a website. |
Analytical |
13 months |
|
_ga* |
.focusagency.group |
Google Analytics |
_ga* cookies all start with “_ga” but have additional extensions after the period. These cookies serve specialised purposes within Google Analytics and are related to cross-domain tracking: These cookies help track a user’s journey across multiple websites related to the same business or entity. |
Analytical |
13 months |
|
_hjSession* |
.focusagency.group |
Hotjar |
Hotjar is a heatmapping software that helps us to understand how people are using our website and make improvements to the user experience. This cookie holds current session data. It ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. |
Analytical |
1 year |
|
_hjSessionUser* |
.focusagency.group |
Hotjar |
Hotjar is a heatmapping software that helps us to understand how people are using our website and make improvements to the user experience. This cookie is set when you first visit our site; it assigns a unique ID to track your behavior within our site, ensuring consistent data collection for subsequent visits. |
Analytical |
30 mins |
|
bcookie |
.linkedin.com |
|
This cookie stores a unique browser ID, which helps LinkedIn recognise visitors even if they’re not logged into a LinkedIn account. By doing so, LinkedIn are able to build a proifle of the users interest and target their advertising. |
Marketing |
1 year |
|
li_gc |
.linkedin.com |
|
As we implement LinkedIn ads through our site, this cookie is set by Linkedin to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
Marketing |
6 months |
|
li_sugr |
.linkedin.com |
|
As we implement LinkedIn Ads through our site, LinkedIn set this cookie to make a probablistic match of a user’s identity outside of the Designated Countries. |
Marketing |
3 months |
|
lidc |
.linkedin.com |
|
As we implement LinkedIn Ads through our site, LinkedIn set this cookie to facilitate data centre selection. This helps LinkedIn determine the best data centre to send a users request(s) to. |
Marketing |
1 day |
|
Google Cookies |
IDE, NID, SID, SSID, AID, ID, 1P_JAR, CONSENT, test_cookie |
Google will set various identifiers and tracking cookies when you visit sites using their services. View their privacy policy to find out how to control these cookies and the information they collect. |
4. Performance and Third Party Cookies
We want to ensure we provide a good experience. These cookies (which are set by third parties providing services to us) allow us to monitor how visitors use our website. These cookies provide us with anonymous statistics on how many people visit the website, where they have come from and the pages they visit so that we can continue to develop and improve the website and our services. They also help us understand the effectiveness of our advertising.
Changing Your Cookies Preferences
You can allow or block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that permits you to change the setting of all or some cookies. 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 [Insert example (e.g. the use of our online enquiry form)], will be disabled.
If you would like more information on how to manage cookies on some popular browsers, please click on the links below.
• Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
5. Contact Us
Please contact using the details set out in our Privacy Notice if you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or the information we hold about you.
6. Changes to this Policy
This policy was published on 12/04/2023 and last updated on 27/04/2023