Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how SpecialistsGrid (“SpecialistsGrid, "we, "us, or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites, applications, and use our services (“Services”). This Cookie Policy explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are cookies?
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.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, SpecialistsGrid) 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., like 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.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Services 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 Services. For example, we keep track of the pages viewed to help us understand which of our services are most popular. Third parties serve cookies through our Services for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Services and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:
Types of Cookies We Use
Cookie Type | Purpose | Description |
Essential (E) | These cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Services to operate properly. They include cookies that allow you to log in to secure areas of our Services, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. | Without these cookies, some of the functionality of our Services may be unavailable. |
Functionality | These cookies allow our Services to remember choices you make (such as your language preference, your user name, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, | These cookies don’t track your browsing activity on other websites. |
Performance and Analytics | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Services, such as page views, traffic sources, and time spent on site. These cookies help us to improve the performance and design of our Services. | We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to collect this information. Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the data collected to track and report on the use of our Services, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Microsoft Clarity is a web analytics service provided by Microsoft, Inc. |
Advertising | These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. | These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. |
Location of cookies:
Google Analytics (Performance and Analytics)
Name of cookies | Expiration | Reason |
_gid | 24 h | distinguishes users for 24 hours. |
_ga_* | 2 y | distinguishes users on a domain |
_gat | 1 m | limits the number of user requests and lasts 1 minute |
_utmv | 2 y | user-defined variable cookies that can last 2 years |
Microsoft Clarity (Performance and Analytics)
Name of cookies | Expiration | Reason |
_clck | 1 y | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID. |
_clsk | 1 y | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. |
CLID | 1 y | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity |
ANONCHK | 1 y | Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0. |
MR | 1 y | Indicates whether to refresh MUID. |
MUID | 1 y | Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
SM | 1 y | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by following the instructions provided below.
Browser Controls:
You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. 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. As the means by which 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.
Disabling Most Interest-Based Advertising:
Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of interest-based advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
Do Not Track:
Some browsers have incorporated “Do Not Track” (DNT) features that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Because there is not yet an accepted “Do Not Track” standard, our Services do not currently respond to browser DNT signals.
Updates to this Cookie Policy
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 re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected]
