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Cookie policy

Introduction

Welcome to Argyll Ruane Limited’s (“Argyll Ruane”, “we”, “us”, “our”) cookie policy.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact our data privacy team as follows:

Email: kristian.hampson@argyllruane.com

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following cookies:
  • Strictly necessary/Essential cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around 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.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
Managing your cookie settings

You can enable or disable cookies in your website browser settings. How you do this will depend on which browser you’re using.

Learn how to manage cookies using the latest browser versions by following these links:

Third-party cookies

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a third party cookie operated by Google. More details are provided in the list of cookies below. View Google’s privacy policy here. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit the Google’s opt out page.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie table
Cookie NameProviderPurposeTypeDuration
_cf_bmvimeo.comThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.Necessary1 day
_cfuvidvimeo.comThis cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators.NecessarySession
1.gifimgsct.cookiebot.comUsed to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery.NecessarySession
bcookielinkedin.comUsed in order to detect spam and improve the website’s security.Necessary1 year
bscookielinkedin.comThis cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application. This allows the visitor to login to a website through their LinkedIn application for example.Necessary1 year
CookieConsentargyllruane.comStores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.Necessary1 year
li_gclinkedin.comStores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.Necessary180 days
rc::agstatic.comThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.NecessaryPersistent
rc::cgstatic.comThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.NecessarySession
test_cookiedoubleclick.netUsed to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.Necessary1 day
wpEmojiSettingsSupportsargyllruane.comThis cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookie s keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, colour themes and other website settings.NecessarySession
lidclinkedin.comRegisters which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience.Preferences1 day
AnalyticsSyncHistorylinkedin.comUsed in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service.Statistics30 days
vuidvimeo.comCollects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read.Statistics2 years
_gagoogle-analytics.comUsed to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. It distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identified. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports.Analytics2 years
_ga_#google-analytics.comUsed by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.Analytics2 years
IDEdoubleclick.netUsed by Google DoubleClick to register and report the 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.Targeting2 years
_gcl_augoogle.comUsed by Google Adsense for experimenting with advertisement efficacy across websites using their services.Targeting3 months
#-#youtube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingSession
dmSessionIDargyllruane.comCollects information on what products the visitor has viewed and the content of the shopping-cart. This is used to increase the website’s conversion rate through targeted advertisement and product promotions through emails.Marketing1 day
IDEdoubleclick.netUsed by Google DoubleClick to register and report the 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.Marketing400 days
iU5q-!O9@$youtube.comRegisters a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.MarketingSession
LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEYyoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingSession
li_sugrlinkedin.comCollects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant.Marketing3 months
LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStoreyoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingPersistent
nextldYoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingSession
NIDgoogle.comRegisters a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads.Marketing6 months
pagead/1p-user-list/#google.comTracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.MarketingSession
pagead/landingdoubleclick.netCollects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This al so allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.MarketingSession
pagead/landinggooglesyndication.comTracks the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website – This serves tooptimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website.MarketingSession
recordIDargyllruane.comCollects information on what products the visitor has viewed and the content of the shopping-cart. This is used to increase the website’s conversion rate through targeted advertisement and product promotions through emails.Marketing1 year
remote_sidyoutube.comNecessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website.MarketingSession
requestsyoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingSession
ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLogyoutube.comNecessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website.MarketingPersistent
TESTCOOKIESENABLEDyoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.Marketing1 day
UserMatchHistorylinkedin.comEnsures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.Marketing30 days
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVEyoutube.comTries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.Marketing180 days
YSCyoutube.comRegisters a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.MarketingSession
yt.innertube::nxtldyoutube.comRegisters a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.MarketingPersistent
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEYyoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingPersistent
YtIdbMeta#databasesyoutube.comUsed to track user’s interaction with embedded content.MarketingPersistent
yt-remote-cast-availableyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingSession
yt-remote-cast-installedyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingSession
yt-remote-connected-devicesyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingPersistent
yt-remote-device-idyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingPersistent
yt-remote-fast-check-periodyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingSession
yt-remote-session-appyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingSession
yt-remote-session-nameyoutube.comStores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.MarketingSession

Consent and control

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown pop up requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of cookies unless those cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of our website may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of cookie that we use. You can return to your cookie preferences to review and/or change them at any time by adjusting your cookie settings.

In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org, or use the “Help” function within your browser.

Changes to this cookie policy

We may alter this cookie policy at any time.  Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of our website after the changes have been made.  You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of this cookie policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.


This cookie policy was approved by:
Kristian Hampson, Group Technical Manager
Issue 01. 01 August 2024

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