Cookie Statement
What Are Cookies?
When you visit our website, it may store or retrieve information in your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your computer’s hard disk by a website. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is typically used to make the site work as you expect it. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.
What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
There are two broad categories of cookies: First party cookies, served directly by us to your device and third-party cookies, which are served by a third party e.g. Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn. Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are “session cookies”, meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are “permanent cookies”, meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used by the website to recognize your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.
This website uses the cookies that perform three functions, namely:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies;
- Functionality Cookies; and
- Performance Cookies.
- Advertising/Targeting Cookies.
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies – These cookies are essential in order to enable you to navigate around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. These cookies don’t gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet. This category of cookies cannot be disabled.
We use the following strictly necessary cookies:
Cookie name
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Cookie Type
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Source
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Expiry
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Purpose
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PHPSESSID
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Strictly Necessary Cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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Session
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PHPSESSID is an auto generated session cookie by the server which contains a random long number which is given out by the server itself.
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STYXKEY_HCP_POPUP_is_hcp
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Strictly Necessary Cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 day
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A cookie that stores that the user has selected that they are a HCP
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STYXKEY_HCP_POPUP_location
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Strictly Necessary Cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 day
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A cookie that stores the location of the HCP
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cc-box
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Strictly Necessary Cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 month
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A cookie that stores whether the cookie banner was viewed by the user.
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2. Functionality cookies – These cookies allow our site to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language, preferences, or region) to provide a more personalized online experience. These cookies collect information that may be anonymous but may also include personal information that you have disclosed. If you do not accept these cookies, the site’s performance and functionality may be affected, and access to content on the site may be restricted.
We use the following functionality cookies:
Cookie name
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Cookie Type
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Source
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Expiry
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Purpose
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cli_user_preference
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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The cookie is used to store the yes/no selection the consent given for cookie usage. It does not store any personal data.
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Checks if a user has agreed to advertising cookies
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Checks if a user has agreed to analytics cookies
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Checks if a user has agreed to functional cookies
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Checks if a user has agreed to necessary cookies
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Checks if a user has agreed to performance cookies
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CookieLawInfoConsent
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Records the default button state of the corresponding category. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.
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viewed_cookie_policy
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Functionality cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 year
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Checks if a user has viewed the cookie policy
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3.Performance Cookies – These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, length of time spent on the site, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies you. All the information that these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how a website works.
We use the following performance cookies:
Cookie name
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Cookie Type
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Source
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Expiry
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Purpose
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_ga
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Performance cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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2 years
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used by google analytics to distinguish and keep track of unique users.
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_gat_UA-157440120-3
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Performance cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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Session
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used by Google analytics to throttles number of requests received by users
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_gid
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Performance cookies
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aboutaadc.eu
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1 day
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The cookie is used by google analytics to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
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4. Advertising/Targeting cookies – These are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you but can also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and be used to chart the effectiveness of an ad campaign by tracking users’ clicks. They are usually placed by third-party advertising networks with a website operator’s permission but can be also placed by the operator. These cookies can remember that you have visited a website, and this information can be shared with other organizations, including other advertisers. Without these cookies, online advertisements you encounter will be less relevant to you and your interests.
We use the following advertising cookies:
Cookie Name |
Cookie Type |
Source |
Expiry |
Purpose |
__Secure-1PAPISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-1PAPISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-1PSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-1PSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-3PAPISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-3PAPISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-3PSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-3PSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
__Secure-3PSIDCC |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
_fbp |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
aboutaadc.eu |
3 Months |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
_gcl_au |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
aboutaadc.eu |
3 months |
Cookie is used by Google Adsense to store and track conversions |
1P_JAR |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
1 Month |
Sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics and track conversion rates. |
AnalyticsSyncHistory |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.linkedin.com |
1 Month |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
APISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions., SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
APISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions., SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
bcookie |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.linkedin.com |
2 years |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
CONSENT |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.co.uk |
2 years |
Used for Google’s consent mode for conversion tracking and remarketing. |
DV |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
1 day |
Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes |
HSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Contains encrypted entries of your Google account and the last login time to protect against attacks and data theft from form entries. |
HSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Contains encrypted entries of your Google account and the last login time to protect against attacks and data theft from form entries. |
IDE |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.doubleclick.net |
1 year |
Used for Display & Video 360, Google Ads |
lang |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.ads.linkedin.com |
Session |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
lang |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.linkedin.com |
Session |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
fr |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.facebook.com |
3 Months |
Used for advertising and contains the encrypted Facebook user ID and the browser ID |
li_gc |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.linkedin.com |
2 years |
Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
lidc |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.linkedin.com |
1 Day |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
muc_ads |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.t.co |
2 years |
Pending |
NID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.co.uk |
6 months |
This cookie contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information such as your preferred language, how many search results you prefer to have shown on a results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Each NID cookie expires 6 months from a user’s last use. |
NID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
6 months |
This cookie contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information such as your preferred language, how many search results you prefer to have shown on a results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Each NID cookie expires 6 months from a user’s last use. |
OGPC |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
1 month |
This cookie enables the functionality of Google Maps. |
OTZ |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
1 month |
Used by Google Analytics that provides an aggregate analysis of Website visitors. |
personalization_id |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.twitter.com |
2 years |
This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. |
SAPISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions., SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
SAPISID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions., SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
SEARCH_SAMESITE |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
6 months |
Allow servers to mitigate the risk of CSRF and information leakage attacks by asserting that a particular cookie should only be sent with requests initiated from the same registrable domain. |
SID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Google uses security cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties. |
SID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
Google uses security cookies to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties. |
SIDCC |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
1 year |
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. |
SSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions., SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
SSID |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.google.com |
2 years |
These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions., SSID, APISID and SAPISID cookies enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube. |
UserMatchHistory |
Advertising/Targeting cookies |
.linkedin.com |
1 Month |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
For more details on how Google processes your data please visit Google’s Privacy Policy available at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Compatible with Chrome, Internet Explorer 8–11, Firefox and Opera.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
We use software tools such as Web server logs to gather information about our website users’ browsing activities, in order to constantly improve our website and better serve our customers. This information assists us in designing and arranging our Web pages in the most user-friendly manner and to continually improve our website to better meet the needs of our customers and prospective customers.
Web server logs allow us to count how many people visit our website and evaluate our website’s visitor capacity. We do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you.
How to control or delete cookies
Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the cookies settings in your browser. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. However, note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience with the site and the services we are able to offer. If you have accepted our use of some or all cookies, the above information relates to cookies used on this website only. Please note that any consent to accept or to decline cookies is limited to this website only and not to other third-party owned websites or any other webpages, which may be hyperlinked to this website. For more information on cookies used by those websites, please refer to the specific privacy notice or cookie policy on those websites.
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