What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on a computer or other device during a visit to a Web site. Cookies are used to store and receive device identifiers and other information on computers, phones and other devices. In addition, cookies enable the website to function optimally, keep track of visitor actions on the website and ensure that login information is saved.
There are different types of cookies that can be distinguished based on origin, function and lifetime.
In this statement, we explain how we use cookies and what choices you have.
What cookies are used for.
Cookies help Nestor Security to improve the use and functionality of the website, to analyze how users use the website and to compile statistics. Cookies also help Nestor Security to show its users personalized information.
The Cookies used by Nestor Security may change from time to time as a result of improving and updating our services, but they generally fall into the user categories below:
Site features and services
We use cookies to enable features that help us provide the Services. For example, cookies help us store preferences, know when you have seen or interacted with Service content, and provide you with customized content and experiences. We also use cookies to help us provide you with content relevant to your location. For example, we store information in a cookie placed in your browser or on your device so that you can see the site in your preferred language.
Performance
We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. For example, cookies help us route traffic between servers and better understand how quickly services load for different people. Cookies also help us record the proportions and sizes of your screen and windows and whether you have contrast mode enabled so that we can display our websites and apps appropriately
Statistics and research
We use cookies to better understand how people use Services so that we can improve them. For example, cookies can help us understand how people use the Services, analyze which parts of the Services people find most useful and interesting, and determine which features can be improved.
Social media
We use cookies to promote web pages on Google+ & LinkedIn. On our website you will find buttons to promote these web pages. These buttons work through pieces of code that come from these social networks themselves. Cookies are placed through this code. We have no influence on this.
Data collected and retention periods
| Cookie | Domain | Function | Retention period |
| TEST_COOKIE | Doubleclick.net | Measure the action of visitors after they click through from an ad. | 15 minutes |
| _hjSession | Hotjar | Takes care of features on page. | Session |
| _HJTDTEST | Hotjar | Determine the most generic cookie path so that cookies can be shared across subdomains. | Session |
| CC_COOKIE | Nestor-security.com | Stores cookie preferences. | 6 months |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Spam protection. | After session | |
| _CF_BM | Hubspot | Reading and filtering requests from bots. | 30 minutes |
| BCOOKIE | Cookie with browser ID that uniquely tracks which devices visit LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform and perform diagnostics. | 1 year | |
| LI_GC | Used to store guest consent to use cookies for non-essential purposes | 6 months | |
| BSCOOKIE | Used to remember that a logged-in user is checked by dual authentication. | 1 year | |
| _HSSC | Hubspot | Anonymously storing statistical data | 30 minutes |
| _HSSRC | Hubspot | Saving a unique session ID | Session |
| _HSTC | Hubspot | Save length of visit | 13 months |
| _GA | Google Analytics | Save and count page views | 2 years |
| _GA_* | Google Analytics | Sustain session status | 2 years |
| _HJABSOLUTSESSIONINPROGRESS | Hotjar | Save unique visits | Session |
| _HJFIRSTSEEN | Hotjar | Save first visit on website | Session |
| _HJINCUDEINSESSIONSAMPLE | Hotjar | Records data about visitors' website behavior | 30 minutes |
| _hjSessionUser | Hotjar | Save unique user ID | 1 year |
| _HJCOOKIETEST | Hotjar | Controls whether the Hotjar tracking code can use cookies. | Directly to creation |
| _HJINCLUDEINPAGEVIEWSAMPLE | Hotjar | Used to detect whether the user's navigation and interactions are included in the website's data analysis | 30 minutes |
| LN_OR | Records statistical data about user behavior on the website. Used for internal analysis by the website administrator. | 1 day | |
| ANALYTICSSYNCHISTORY | Used to store data about when a synchronization occurred with the cookie lms_analytics | 30 days | |
| IDE | Doubleclick.net | Ad display and retargeting | 2 years |
| _GCL_AU | Google Adcense | Saving and tracking conversions | Persistent |
| HUBSPOTUTK | Hubspot | Storing and tracking a visitor's identity | 13 months |
| USERMATCHHISTORY | Use for id sync process. It saves the last sync time to avoid repeating the sync process often | 30 days | |
| LIDC | Used to facilitate data center selection | 1 day |
The following data may be collected:
- IP address
- Location Settings
- Browser settings and operating system
- Information about the peripherals used
- Web pages visited and how long you stay on a page
- Scrolling behavior on the website
- Click behavior on the website
- Language preferences
- Which site referred you to the website (referrer URL)
- Interacting with ads
- Directly identifiable information you enter yourself, such as name, e-mail address or phone number