Cookie Declaration
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On your first visit to our website, a banner appeared to notify you that this website uses cookies and to obtain your consent for us to place certain additional cookies.
Your preferences will be stored for a period of three months; however you can change your mind about whether or not to accept the placing of such additional cookies at any time by selecting the options below.
The duration of individual cookies (i.e. how long they remain on your device) also varies. Some are “session cookies”, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser only until you leave the site. Others are “persistent cookies”, which remain in the cookie file of your browser after the sessions for a specific period of time depending on the lifetime of the specific cookie. The duration of individual cookies is set out in the table below.
Please note that if you consent to the placing of optional cookies, and subsequently withdraw that consent, the website will no longer attempt to access the cookies stored on your device. The cookies themselves can be deleted at any time by using the cookie deletion functionality of your browser. For more information on deleting cookies see https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-cookies. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. We recommend that you check the relevant third party’s cookie and privacy policies for information about any cookies that may be used.
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information.
| NAME | PROVIDER/HOST | PURPOSE | EXPIRY/DURATION (Days) | TYPE |
| __cf_bm |
Investis Digital |
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 the website. |
Ten minutes of continuous inactivity by user | HTTP Cookie |
| __cfruid |
Investis Digital |
This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare - Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. |
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
| CookieControl | www.shaftesburycapital.com |
The cookie is a "first party" cookie. This cookie is necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. It is only set in response to actions made by the visitor whenever they set their privacy preferences. | 90 |
HTTP Cookie |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Investis Digital | Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| AWSALBCORS [x2] | Investis Digital | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimise user experience. | 6 | HTTP Cookie |
| AWSALBTG | Investis Digital | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimise user experience. | 7 | HTTP Cookie |
| AWSALBTGCORS | Investis Digital | Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimise user experience. | 6 | HTTP Cookie |
rc::a |
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 the website. |
Persistent |
HTML Local Storage |
|
rc::c |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
Session |
HTML Local Storage |
Statistics
Statistic cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with websites. Information collected through these cookies is aggregated and anonymised so that individuals cannot be identified.
| NAME | PROVIDER/HOST | PURPOSE | EXPIRY/DURATION (Days) | TYPE |
apbct_timestamp |
www.shaftesburycapital.com |
Sets a timestamp for when the visitor entered the website. This is used for analytical purposes on the website. |
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
Unclassified
We are working with providers to confirm the purpose of these cookies and will update this section as soon as possible.
| NAME | PROVIDER/HOST | PURPOSE | EXPIRY/DURATION (Days) | TYPE |
A/N (6) [x2] |
Pending |
7 |
HTTP Cookie |
Analytics
Analytic cookies help us count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymised where possible. 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.
| NAME | PROVIDER/HOST | PURPOSE | EXPIRY/DURATION (Days) | TYPE |
| _gat | shaftesburycapital.com | The cookie is a "first party" cookie. This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes._gat | 10 minutes | |
| _ga | shaftesburycapital.com |
The cookie is a "first party" cookie. 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. By default it is set to expire after 730 days, although this is customisable by website owners._ga | 730 | |
| _gid | shaftesburycapital.com | The cookie is a "first party" cookie. This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie stores and updatse a unique value for each page visited and expires after 24 hours._gid | Session | |
| _ga | co.uk | The cookie is a "first party" cookie. 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. By default it is set to expire after 730 days, although this is customisable by website owners._ga | 730 | |
| CONSENT | youtube-nocookie.com | This cookie is associated with YouTube. | 729 |
Functional
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. These cookies may be placed by us or by third-party service providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some services may not function properly.
| NAME | PROVIDER/HOST | PURPOSE | EXPIRY/DURATION (Days) | TYPE |
| __atuvs | www.shaftesburycapital.com | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. | 0 | |
| __atuvc | www.shaftesburycapital.com | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing site. It allows the user to see an updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. | 395 |
Targeting
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.
| NAME | PROVIDER/HOST | PURPOSE | EXPIRY/DURATION (Days) | TYPE |
| __atrfs | s7.addthis.com | This domain is owned by Addthis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted, behavioural advertising. | 0 | |
| CONSENT | youtube.com | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 6,076 | |
| __atuvs | s7.addthis.com | This domain is owned by Addthis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted, behavioural advertising. | 0 | |
| YSC | youtube.com | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 0 | |
| xtc | addthis.com | This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising. | 396 | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos. | 180 | |
| __atuvc | s7.addthis.com | This domain is owned by Addthis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted, behavioural advertising. | 396 | |
| uvc | addthis.com | Tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis. | 396 |