Cookie Policy
Like many websites, this service uses cookies. Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer, mobile phone and tablet device (or any other device which uses a web browser) when you access our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and enables us to improve our services.
It is important for us to use them because we can deliver an efficient service to you and also analyse customer journeys through the Sites to inform future enhancements.
This cookie policy applies to xpsgroup.com and any other websites where a link to this cookie policy is provided and does not apply to any external websites that our website may link to.
You can choose which non-essential cookies we can set by using the . You should be aware that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
We use cookies that are session based and persistent based. Session cookies exist only during one session and disappear when you close your browser or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer until they are deleted. Persistent cookies delete themselves after a period of time but are renewed each time you visit the website.
We use the following types of cookies on this Website:
- Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation and efficient working of this Website. This include cookies that enable you to login to our website and services.
- Analytical cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Marketing cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
- Social sharing cookies. We use some social sharing plugins to allow you to share certain pages of our website on social media.
Cookies will expire after the expiry period set out below.
Necessary Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description | Default Expiration Time | Cookie Provider |
|
UMB_UCONTEXT |
These are backend specific cookies. They are only seen by site administrators accessing the back end of the website. They are used in maintaining the session state of the logged in user. | Session | Umbraco |
|
XSRF-V, XSRF-TOKEN |
These cookies are used to prevent cross-site scripting attacks for your safety. | Session | Umbraco |
| JSSESIONID | General purpose platform session cookies that are used to maintain users' state across page requests. | Session | .nr-data.net |
| cookie | This is a session cookie related to the disclaimer. | Session | First party |
Google/Analytics:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description | Default Expiration Time | Cookie Provider |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users to calculate visitor, session and campaign data. | 2 years | www.xpsgroup.com |
| _gid |
The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. |
24 hours | www.xpsgroup.com / www.vimeo.com |
| _dc_gtm_UA-* | This is cookie placed by Google Analytics to store number of service requests. | 1 minute | www.xpsgroup.com |
| wow.utmvalues | This cookie is from Communigator. This cookie is used to store UTM values for the session. | 20 minutes | www.xpsgroup.com |
| wow.session | This cookie is set by the provider Communigator. This cookie is used to track the Internet Information Services(IIS) session state. | 20 minutes | www.xpsgroup.com |
| wow.schedule | This cookie is set by the provider Communigator. This cookie is used to track the Load Balance Session Queue. | 20 minutes | www.xpsgroup.com |
| wow.anonymousId | This is a analytic cookie used to store anonymous visitor ID. It tracks the visitor uniquely between visits. | 2 years | www.xpsgroup.com |
AddThis:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description | Default Expiration Time | Cookie Provider |
| __atuvc | This is functional cookie used by AddThis that sets this cookie to ensure that the updated count is seen when one shares a page and returns to it, before the share count cache is updated. | 1 year 1 month | AddThis |
| __atuvs | This functional cookie used by AddThis sets this cookie to ensure that the updated count is seen when one shares a page and returns to it, before the share count cache is updated. | 30 mintues | AddThis |
| um | This is a cookie used by AddThis sharing buttons. | 1 year | AddThis |
| di2 | This is a cookie used by AddThis to check the expiry dates of other cookies. | 1 year | AddThis |
| ouid | This is a cookie used by AddThis to store a unique user ID. | 1 year | AddThis |
| bt2 | This is a cookie used by AddThis to anonymously store viewed content in order to recommend other parts of the site. | 1 year | AddThis |
| uid | This is a statistics cookie used by AddThis to store a unique user ID. | 1 year | AddThis |
| uvc | Set by addthis.com to determine the usage of addthis.com service. | 1 year 1 month | AddThis |
| loc | This is a cookie used by AddThis to set this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information. | 1 year 1 month | AddThis |
| na_id | This is a cookie used by AddThis to store the user's usage history. | 1 year | AddThis |
| mus | This is a tracking cookie used by Addthis to provide functions across pages. | 1 year | AddThis |
| vc | This is a cookie used by AddThis sharing buttons. | 1 year | AddThis |
| ssc | This is a cookie used by AddThis sharing buttons. | 1 year | AddThis |
| at-rand | This is a cookie used by AddThis to provide functions across pages. | persistent | AddThis |
| na_tc | This is a cookie used by AddThis to store dynamic variables from the browser. | 2 years | AddThis |
Vimeo Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Description | Default Expiration Time | Cookie Provider |
| AF_SYNC | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 7 days |
vimeo.com |
| vuid | This is a cookie used by Vimeo to store the user's usage history. | 2 years |
vimeo.com |
| afUserId | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 2 years |
vimeo.com |
| _uetsid | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 1 year |
vimeo.com |
| _rdt_uuid | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 3 months |
vimeo.com |
| _uetvid | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 1 year |
vimeo.com |
| _scid | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 1 month |
vimeo.com |
| _fbp | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 3 months |
vimeo.com |
| player |
This cookie saves your settings before you play an embedded Vimeo video. This means that the next time you watch a Vimeo video, you will get your preferred settings back. |
1 year |
vimeo.com |
| _ga |
This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. |
2 years |
vimeo.com |
| _gcl_au | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 3 months |
vimeo.com |
| _pin_unauth | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 1 year |
vimeo.com |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. 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. | 1 year |
vimeo.com |
| _sctr | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. 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. | 1 month |
vimeo.com |
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are marketing and social sharing cookies:
- Google (ad personalisation via Google (i.e. YouTube)
- Vimeo
- AddThis
To deactivate the use of those third party cookies, you can follow the links below.
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated?hl=en
https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy
http://datacloudoptout.oracle.com/
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, you can use Google's opt out browser add-on here.