Cookie Policy
Scott Logic Ltd is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.
This Cookies Policy (the Policy) (together with our Privacy Policy and any other documents referred to in this Policy) explains how we use any personal information about you that we collect when you use the Scott Logic website (www.scottlogic.com) and any of our other online products, sub-sites and all other websites owned, operated and controlled by us (collectively, the Website). Please read these documents carefully.
This Cookies Policy sets out how we use cookies when you use the Website. We process your personal data using technology such as cookies in order to analyse our traffic, deliver customised experiences for you, and to serve advertising.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. Websites use cookies to help users navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. Cookies that are required for the website to operate properly are allowed to be set without your permission. All other cookies need to be approved before they can be set in the browser.
- Strictly necessary cookies. Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.
- Performance cookies. Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, eg. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor.
- Targeting cookies. Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites, eg. content partners, banner networks. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites.
- Functionality cookies. Functionality cookies are used to remember visitor information on the website, e.g., language, timezone, and enhanced content.
The cookies we set
The cookies used for the Website do not contain any information that, in itself, personally identifies you and do not provide us with access to the rest of your device. We may, however, associate the information contained in cookies with personal information that you have provided to us separately. In addition, they may be used in the creation of targeted advertising, e.g. remarketing.
Here are the cookies we use on the Website and details of what each of the cookies is used for:
Strictly necessary cookies
Cookie name: __cf_bm
Expiration time: 29 minutes 57 seconds
Domain(s): .canva.com, .codepen.io, .codesandbox.io, .hubspot.com, .vimeo.com
Description: This 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.
Cookie name: _cfuvid
Expiration time: Session
Domain(s): .hubspot.com
Description: This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimise user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalised services.
Cookie name: cf_clearance
Expiration time: 11 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .canva.com, .codesandbox.io, .jsfiddle.net, .jshell.net
Description: This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. It is essential for supporting a website's security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors.
Cookie name: CookieScriptConsent
Expiration time: 1 month 2 days
Description: This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.
Cookie name: li_gc
Expiration time: 5 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .linkedin.com
Description: Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes.
Cookie name: VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
Expiration time: 5 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .youtube.com
Description: This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor's consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honoured in future sessions.
Functionality cookies
Cookie name: _cfuvid
Expiration time: Session
Domain(s): .canva.com, .challenges.cloudflare.com, .codesandbox.io, .hsforms.com, .medium.com, .vimeo.com
Description: This cookie is used for purposes of tracking users across sessions to optimise user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalised services.
Cookie name: CL
Expiration time: 1 month
Domain(s): www.canva.com
Description: This cookie is used to store information on the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video, improving the user's viewing experience.
Performance cookies
Cookie name: __hssc
Expiration time: 29 minutes 59 seconds
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.
Cookie name: __hssrc
Expiration time: Session
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.
Cookie name: __hstc
Expiration time: 5 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.
Cookie name: __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN
Expiration time: 5 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .youtube.com
Description: This cookie name is used for feature rollouts, experimentation, and behavioural statistics.
Cookie name: _tmbid
Expiration time: 11 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): www.scottlogic.com, blog.scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie is used to track user behaviour or session information for analytics purposes, helping to understand how visitors interact with the site to improve user experience and site performance.
Cookie name: _clck
Expiration time: 1 year
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie is used to track user interactions and engagement on the website to improve user experience and website functionality.
Cookie name: _clsk
Expiration time: 1 day
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie is associated with Microsoft Clarity analytics software. It is used to store information about the user's session and to combine multiple page views into a single user session for analytics purposes.
Cookie name: _ga
Expiration time: 1 year 1 month
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. 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.
Cookie name: _ga_HX9PWJ39R9
Expiration time: 1 year 1 month
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
Cookie name: _gat_UA-262131-1
Expiration time: 1 minute
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high-traffic-volume websites.
Cookie name: _gid
Expiration time: 24 hours
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
Cookie name: ASI
Expiration time: 30 minutes
Domain(s): www.canva.com
Description: This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
Cookie name: bid
Expiration time: 4 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .consentag.eu
Description: This cookie is typically used for tracking and analytics purposes, enabling the measurement of advertising or marketing campaign effectiveness.
Cookie name: CDI
Expiration time: 11 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): www.canva.com
Description: This cookie is generally used for tracking and analytics purposes, capturing user interaction and behaviour on the site to improve user experience and site performance.
Cookie name: hubspotutk
Expiration time: 5 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie, it cannot be classified as Strictly Necessary.
Cookie name: WMF-Uniq
Expiration time: 1 year
Domain(s): .upload.wikimedia.org
Description: This cookie name is used for A/B testing, visitor analytics, and DDoS protection.
Targeting cookies
Cookie name: _gcl_au
Expiration time: 3 months 1 day
Domain(s): .scottlogic.com
Description: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
Cookie name: bcookie
Expiration time: 11 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .linkedin.com
Description: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
Cookie name: cid
Expiration time: 11 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .ctnsnet.com
Description: This cookie is used to improve advertising for website visitors. It can redirect more relevant advertisements to the visitor, and helps improve reports on campaign performance.
Cookie name: CPA
Expiration time: 3 hours
Domain(s): www.canva.com
Description: This cookie is used to track user behaviour and interaction to enhance user experience and for targeted advertising purposes.
Cookie name: IDE
Expiration time: 1 year
Domain(s): .doubleclick.net
Description: This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
Cookie name: lidc
Expiration time: 1 day
Domain(s): .linkedin.com
Description: This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
Cookie name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Expiration time: 5 months 4 weeks
Domain(s): .youtube.com
Description: This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface.
Cookie name: YSC
Expiration time: Session
Domain(s): .youtube.com
Description: This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
Third-party cookies
This cookie is typically used for tracking and analytics purposes, enabling the measurement of advertising or marketing campaign effectiveness.
We use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third-party cookies you might encounter through the Website.
Any third party we share your information with must disclose the purpose for which they intend to use your information. They must retain your information only for the duration disclosed when requesting or receiving said information. The third-party service provider must not further collect, sell, or use your personal information except as necessary to perform the specified purpose.
Your information may be shared with a third party for reasons including:
- Analytics information. Your information might be shared with online analytics tools in order to track and analyse website traffic.
- Improving targeted advertising campaigns. Scott Logic partners with third-party service providers to improve targeted advertising campaigns.
If you choose to provide such information during registration or otherwise, you are giving Scott Logic permission to use, share, and store that information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Your information may be disclosed for additional reasons, including:
- Complying with applicable laws, regulations, or court orders.
- Responding to claims that your use of our Service violates third-party rights.
- Enforcing agreements you make with us, including this Privacy Policy.
The Website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web that helps us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
The information generated by the Google Analytics cookies about your use of the Website (including your IP address) is anonymous (i.e. it does not identify you personally) and will be sent to Google and held on Google’s servers in the USA in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. Please note that Google may also transfer Google-held information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page. Google offers an ‘opt-out’ browser, which enables website users to prevent data from being used by Google Analytics. To use this browser, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/; however, please read the paragraph below on disabling cookies before doing so.
The Website uses tracking cookies from Google Ads, LinkedIn Corporation and Salesforce.com, inc. in relation to marketing content selection, delivery and reporting. This may include the collection of information and combination with previously collected information, to select and deliver content to you through marketing activities, and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such content. This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select content, processing data about what content was shown, how often or how long it was shown, when and where it was shown, and whether you took any action related to the content, including, for example, clicking on content.
Disabling cookies
If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Further information on rejection and deletion of cookies is provided at www.aboutcookies.org.
More information
If you have any questions on this Policy or our use of cookies, you can email us at enquiries@scottlogic.com.
Changes to this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review, and we may, from time to time, update or otherwise modify this Policy. We will notify you of any changes to this Policy by posting the modified Policy on the Website. If you then continue to use the Website, you will be confirming your consent to our use of cookies or your information as set out in the modified Policy. You are encouraged to check the terms of this Policy whenever you visit the Website.
This policy was last modified on 11 February 2026.