Vestd's Use of Cookies
Cookies serve a variety of functions and are connected to specific website functions. In some cases these can be toggled on or off, and in others they cannot. Fundamentally, cookies are used to analyse your website visit and leverage that data for marketing purposes and to improve your experience in future.
In essence, a cookie is a small text file that is stored on your local computer when visiting websites, including www.vestd.com. Without some of these cookies, our website simply wouldn’t work. As such, these are categorised as “necessary” cookies and cannot be deactivated. Other cookies are categorised as “analytics”, “advertisement”, or “functionality” cookies and you have the power to disable them if you wish to do so. Please be aware that blocking the use of any cookies may negatively impact your experience on the website and limit the services we are able to provide you with online.
The table below lists a variety of the cookies we use, and why.
| What | Who | Why |
| Atlassian Jira Servicedesk | ajs_anonymous_id, ajs_group_id, ajs_user_id | Used to store last visit. |
| Bing Ads | _uetvid, _uetsid | Used to store and track visits across websites. |
| Cloudflare | __cf_bm | Used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| Cloudflare | __cfruid, cf_*_id | Cloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic. |
| Convertflow | cf_*_person_last_update | Tracking record of the visitor stored locally. |
| _fbp | Used to store and track visits across websites. | |
| Google Adsense | _gcl_au | Used to store and track conversions. |
| Google Analytics | _ga, _gid, _ga_* | Used to store and count pageviews. |
| HubSpot | __hs_cookie_cat_pref | Used to store cookie consent preferences. |
| HubSpot | __hssc | Used to store anonymised statistics. |
| HubSpot | __hssrc | Used to store a unique session ID. |
| HubSpot | __hstc | Used to store time of visit. |
| HubSpot | hubspotutk | Used to store and track a visitor’s identity. |
| ln_or | Used to store and track visits across websites. | |
| Mouseflow | mf_* | The cookie contains information about the current session but does not contain any information that can identify the visitor. This cookie is deleted when the session ends, meaning when the user leaves the website. |
| Mouseflow | mf_user | This cookie establishes whether the user is a returning or first-time visitor. This is done simply by a yes/no toggle and no further information about the user is stored. This cookie has a lifetime of 90 days. |
| New Relic | JSESSIONID | Used to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. |
| _rdt_uuid | Used to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads. | |
| YouTube | CONSENT | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Used to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| YouTube | YSC | Used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| YouTube | yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| YouTube | yt-remote-device-id | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
Managing your preferences
When you first visit our website you will be presented with our cookie management tool which enables you to set your preferences or simply accept all.
If you wish to revisit your settings , you can access the cookie management tool by clicking on the following button.
You can also manage cookie preferences within your website browser. Instructions on how to do so via the most widely used browser can be accessed below.