May 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how Pierce (collectively) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website www.pierce.co.uk. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
Sometimes we may use cookies to collect personal information, which becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
This cookie policy was created by Termly’s solution for cookie consent.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
I Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Pierce Group) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: laravel_session
Purpose: Internally laravel uses laravel_session to identify a session instance for a user
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 hour
Name: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Purpose: Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 month
Name: XSRF-TOKEN
Purpose: This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 hour
Name: li_gc
Purpose: Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 6 months
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: _ga
Purpose: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - 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.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year 1 month
Name: sib_cuid
Purpose: This cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application. It enables the website to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 6 months 1 day
Name: _gid
Purpose: This cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application. It enables the website to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 day
Name: _ga_H979XLJ4E9
Purpose: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year 1 month
Name: _ga_HRB679NJNL
Purpose: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year 1 month
Name: _clck
Purpose: This cookie is used to track user interactions and engagement on the website to improve user experience and website functionality.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: _clsk
Purpose: This cookie is associated with Microsoft Clarity analytics software. It is used to store information about the user's session and to combine multiple page views into a single user session for analytics purposes.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 day
Name: MSPTC
Purpose: This cookie is used to track user engagement and interaction with the website to enhance customer experience and website functionality. It may collect information about how users navigate and use the site, helping to identify preferences and improve service delivery.
Provider: www.bing.com
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: lidc
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 day
Name: SRM_B
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
Provider: www.bing.com
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites for you.
Name: _gat_gtag_UA_31325960_1
Purpose: This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate).
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 53 seconds
Name: MR
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.
Provider: www.clarity.ms
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 7 days
Name: MR
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.
Provider: www.bing.com
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 7 days
Name: SM
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.
Provider: www.clarity.ms
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: session
Name: MUID
Purpose: This cookie is widely used by Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedding Microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
Provider: www.bing.com
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Name: li_sugr
Purpose: This cookie is used to track users as they interact with LinkedIn services embedded on websites, which can be used for analytics and targeted advertising purposes.
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 3 months
Name: MUID
Purpose: This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
Provider: www.clarity.ms
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: _uetsid
Purpose: This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 day
Name: _uetvid
Purpose: This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: uuid
Purpose: This cookie is used to optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad exchange.
Provider: www.sibautomation.com
Service: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 6 months 1 day
Name: ANONCHK
Purpose: This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
Provider: www.clarity.ms
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 10 minutes
Name: UserMatchHistory
Purpose: This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences.
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 month
Name: _gcl_au
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 3 months
Name: _fbp
Purpose: Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 3 months
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Websites through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Name: bscookie
Purpose: Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: bcookie
Purpose: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
Provider: www.linkedin.com
Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: Facebook
Provider: www.facebook.com
Service: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/
Name: X
Provider: www.x.com
Service: https://x.com/en/privacy
Name: Instagram
Provider: https://www.instagram.com/
Service: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy
Name: YouTube
Provider: https://www.youtube.com/
Service: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Name: Loomly
Provider: https://loomly.com/
Service: https://www.loomly.com/privacy
Name: CLID
Purpose: This cookie is usually set by Dstillery to enable sharing media content to social media. It may also gather information on website visitors when they use social media to share website content from the page visited.
Provider: www.clarity.ms
Service: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Type: Third-party
Expires in: 1 year
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
Name: _hjSession_3477676
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 30 minutes
Name: _cookie_banner_status
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year
Name: _hjSessionUser_3477676
Provider: www.pierce.co.uk
Service: https://www.pierce.co.uk/privacy-policy
Type: First-party
Expires in: 1 year
As how you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Websites may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at enquiries@pierce.co.uk
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