Cookie Policy
© Insignia Crew 2023
OUR COOKIE POLICY
This policy sets out information about our use of Cookies on our website.
“We” or “us” means Insignia Crew Limited (registered company number 10395540).
Our registered address is C/O Zest Accountants, 4 Gold Tops, Newport, NP20 4PG, UK
“Website” means www.insigniacrew.com.
We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller under number ZA235867.
If you wish to contact us, please email [email protected] or call +44(0) 7879 638 908.
What is a cookie?
A ‘cookie’ is a type of data file that is stored on your device when you visit a website or perform actions while visiting a website. A cookie file contains information that is transferred to your device’s memory which is recalled when you revisit our site, or when you perform certain actions on your device. Where we refer to a cookie in this policy, this incorporates similar tracking technologies.
Necessary Cookies
When you first visit our website, we only use necessary cookies. This means that additional cookies (called “Optional Cookies” in this policy) won’t be used unless you agree to accept/enable all cookies, or select your own cookie preferences.
Optional Cookies
Optional cookies are used for analytical, performance, advanced functionality and advertising purposes. More information is set out in this policy. Optional cookies help us improve our website and we believe accepting all optional cookies provides you with the best user experience.
Cookies can be “First Party”, i.e. set by us, or “Third Party”, i.e. placed on your device by another organisation when you visit our website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by an organisation providing a service to us or by our business partners, so that they can advertise products and services to you on our website and elsewhere on the internet. Because of how cookies work, our website cannot access third-party cookies stored from other websites; nor can other organisations access the data in the cookies we use on our website.
Changing your preferences
You can select to accept/enable some or all of the optional cookies either within the settings of your own device or by selecting the option provided on our website.
How long will cookies stay on my device?
The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies should expire when you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire after a set period or are deleted. For each of the cookies used on our website we have set out the duration in the tables below.
The Cookies we use on our website
Necessary Cookies
Necessary Cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that allow page navigation or enable you to access certain areas of our website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. Necessary Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences but doing so may result in reduced or limited functionality of our website. In some circumstances our website may cease to function as intended if necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We do not accept any liability for any loss arising where necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We use the following necessary cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| CookieConsent | Stores your consent state for the current domain. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is deleted after 1 year. Data is sent to Ireland. |
| Local Storage Support Test | The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows our website to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures. | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie and is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the UK. |
| RC::A | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for our website, in order to make valid reports on the use of it. | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie and is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the USA. |
| RC::C | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
Optional Cookies
We and third parties like to use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our website. Optional cookies help us to provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our website and the service we provide.
We need to obtain your consent to use Optional cookies; this is usually by way of a pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.
Advanced functionality, Analytics and Performance
We use advanced functionality cookies to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
We use analytical/performance cookies to enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
We would like to use the following optional advanced functionality, analytics and performance cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| Lang | Remembers your selected language version of our website. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is deleted after 1 day. Data is sent to the USA. |
| _at.hist.# | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis to store your usage history of the AddThis sharing widget | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie and is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the USA. |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how you use our website. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is deleted after 2 years. Data is sent to the UK. |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how you use our website. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is deleted after 1 day. Data is sent to the UK. |
| Vuid | Collects data on your visits to our website, such as which pages have been read. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is deleted after 2 years. Data is sent to the USA. |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is deleted after 1 day. Data is sent to the UK. |
Advertising
We and third parties want to display adverts that we think are relevant to you. In order to do so we need your consent to use advertising cookies. Even if you do not accept our advertising cookies, where you have accepted advertising cookies on another website they may remain active on our website. You can configure the advertisement vendors that place cookies on your device using the preference tool on our website. [This only applies if you allow granular control over advertisement cookies]
We use the following advertising cookies:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| i/jot | Sets a unique ID for you that allows third party advertisers to target you with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report our website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 1 year. Data is sent to the USA. |
| test_cookie | Used to check if your browser supports cookies. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 1 day. Data is sent to the USA. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Tries to estimate your bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 179 days. Data is sent to the USA. |
| YSC | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube you have seen. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt.innertube::nextld | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube you have seen. | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie so is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Stores your video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Stores your video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Stores your video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie so is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Stores your video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt-remote-session-a | Stores your video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
| yt-remote-session-name | Stores your video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie is session based and is deleted the next time you close your browser. Data is sent to the USA. |
We use social media cookies to allow you to share our website (or parts of it) on social media.
These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Please note that our social media partners may also use cookies over which we have no control and if you have consented to the use of those cookies elsewhere, as they are on your device without your consent, those cookies will be active. We cannot prevent this. To control the use of these cookies, you will need to contact the controller of that cookie.
We use the following social media platforms:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Controller | Further Information (including duration of cookie) |
| __atuvc | Updates the counter of our website’s social sharing features. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 1 year. Data is sent to the USA. |
| __atuvs | Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to you if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 1 day. Data is sent to the USA. |
| __widgetsettings | This cookie is set by Twitter – it allows you to share content from our website onto your Twitter profile. | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie so is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the UK. |
| _at.cww | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie so is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the USA. |
| at-rand | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis | Third Party Cookie | This is a persistent cookie so is stored on your device in-between browsing sessions. Data is sent to the USA. |
| Uvc | Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 1 year. Data is sent to the USA. |
| Xtc | Registers your sharing of content via social media. | Third Party Cookie | This cookie stays on your device for 1 year. Data is sent to the USA. |
© Insignia Crew 2023