Troubador Publishing cookies policy
Last updated March 21, 2023
This Cookie Policy explains how Troubador Publishing Limited ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.troubador.co.uk ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
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 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, Troubador Publishing Limited) 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.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our Website 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 Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies? 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 Website 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):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: ASPSESSIONID#
Purpose: Contains a unique user ID during a user's sessions. It is an HTTP cookie type and expires when a session is ended.
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: .NET platform View Service
Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: __cf_bm
Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider: .hubspot.com
Service: Cloudflare
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
Purpose: The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hotjar
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
Name: _hjIncludedInSessionSample
Purpose: Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: Hotjar
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 minutes
Name: _gid
Purpose: Keeps an entry of a unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is an HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 day
Name: hubspotutk
Purpose: This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hubspot.com
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 27 days
Name: _hjSession_#
Purpose: Holds current session data.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hotjar
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Name: _hjSessionUser_#
Purpose: Set when a user first lands on a page.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hotjar
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Name: __hstc
Purpose: The main cookie for tracking visitors.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hubspot.com
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 27 days
Name: NID
Purpose: Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days
Provider: .google.com
Service: Google
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 6 months
Name: __hssrc
Purpose: Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hubspot.com
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session 21/03/2023
Name: __hssc
Purpose: This cookie keeps track of sessions.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hubspot.com
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Name: _gat
Purpose: Used to monitor a number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 minute
Name: __ptq.gif
Purpose: __________
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: _ga
Purpose: It records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. It is an HTTP cookie that expires after 2 years.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 11 months 29 days
Name: _gat#
Purpose: Enables Google Analytics regulate the rate of requesting. It is an HTTP cookie type that lasts for a session.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 minute
Name: content
Purpose: __________
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: _hjIncludedInPageviewSample
Purpose: Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: Hotjar
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 minutes
Name: _hjFirstSeen
Purpose: Identifies a new user’s first session.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Hotjar
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 minutes
Name: #collect
Purpose: Sends data such as visitor’s behaviour and device to Google Analytics. It can keep track of the visitor across marketing channels and devices. It is a pixel tracker-type cookie whose activity lasts within the browsing session.
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Country: United States
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Advertising cookies:
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: UserMatchHistory
Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 days
Name: ga-audiences
Purpose: Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: AdWords
Country: United States
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: _fbp
Purpose: Facebook tracking pixel used to identify visitors for personalized advertising.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: Facebook
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: bcookie
Purpose: Used to optimize the range of advertising on Linkedin
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose: YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
Provider: .youtube.com
Service: YouTube
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 27 days
Name: fr
Purpose: Used by Facebook to collect a unique browser and user ID, used for targeted advertising.
Provider: .facebook.com
Service: Facebook
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: lidc
Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 1 day
Name: _gcl_au
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
Provider: .troubador.co.uk
Service: AdSense
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: YSC
Purpose: YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
Provider: .youtube.com
Service: YouTube
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: td
Purpose: Used to deliver targeted adverts to users based on browsing activity. It is an HTTP cookie.
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: UnrulyX
Country: United States
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Social networking cookies:
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Name: bscookie
Purpose: Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites
Provider: .www.linkedin.com
Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics
Country: United States
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Unclassified cookies:
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: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Purpose: __________
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 30 days
Name: lang
Purpose: __________
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: li_sugr
Purpose: __________
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: ln_or
Purpose: __________
Provider: www.troubador.co.uk
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 day
Name: DEVICE_INFO
Purpose: __________
Provider: .youtube.com
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 27 days
Name: lang
Purpose: __________
Provider: .ads.linkedin.com
Service: __________
Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
How can I control cookies on my browser?
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. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
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 Website 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.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
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 for 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.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites 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.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time 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.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or by post to:
Troubador Publishing Limited,
Unit E2,
Airfield Business Park,
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire,
LE16 7UL,
United Kingdom
Phone: (+44)01162792299