Cookie Policy
To help make this website work properly, to enhance your experience on the site and to help us learn what information and content interests you, we place small data files called cookies on your device. This notice provides you with information about cookies and how you can control them for this website.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie, to develop a record of a user’s online activity. Cookies may be delivered in a first-party (set by our website) or third-party (set by another website) context and may also be set in association with emails you receive from Blakes.
Cookies Used on This Site
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie Name | Hostname | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| .ASPXFORMSAUTH | blakes.com | Stores the user's encrypted authentication ticket when using forms authentication. | Until session end |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | dcr1static-remote.blakes.com | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Until session end |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | dcr3static-remote.blakes.com | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Until session end |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | www.blakes.com | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Until session end |
| ASPSESSIONIDXXXXXXXX | communication.blakes.com | This cookie name is generally associated with use as a general purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft ASP based technologies. The structure of the cookie name is a common root - ASPSESSIONID, followed by a series of unique letters. It is usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. | Until session end |
| CMSCookieLevel | blakes.com | Specifies which cookies are allowed by the visitor. | 1 year |
| CMSCsrfCookie | www.blakes.com | Stores a security token that the system uses to validate all form data submitted via POST requests. Helps protect against Cross site request forgery. | Until session end |
| CMSCurrent Theme | blakes.com | Stores the name of the current visual theme to provide proper design to the dialog windows. | 1 Day |
| CMSForumPostAnswer | blakes.com | Keeps a list of Question-Answer forum posts in which the user voted for an answer to prevent repeated votes. | 1 month |
| CMSMobileRedirected | Blakes.com | Indicates if the visitor has been redirected to the mobile version of the website by the Mobile device redirection web part. | Until session end |
| CMSRatedDocuments | blakes.com | Keeps a list of pages that the user rated to prevent repeated votes. | 1 year |
| CMSShowDesktopVersion | blakes.com | Indicates that the visitor has switched to the desktop (default) version of the website from a specific device profile. | 1 year |
| CMSVotedPolls | blakes.com | Keeps a list of polls where the user voted to prevent repeated votes. | 1 year |
| CMSWindowsUser | blakes.com | Stores information for users who were imported from an Active Directory domain during authentication. | Until session end |
| CsrfToken | dcr1static-remote.blakes.com | This cookie is associated with the Django web development platform for Python. It is designed to help protect a site against at particular type of software attack on web forms. | Until session end |
| NSC_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | dcr3static-remote.blakes.com | This cookie name is associated with the Netscaler load balancing service from Citrix. This is a pattern type cookie with the root being NSC_ and the rest of the name being a unique encrypted alpha numeric identifier for the virtual server it originated from. The cookie is used to ensure traffic and user data is routed to the correct locations where a site is hosted on multiple servers, so that the end user has a consistent experience. | Until session end |
| NSC_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | dcr1static-remote.blakes.com | This cookie name is associated with the Netscaler load balancing service from Citrix. This is a pattern type cookie with the root being NSC_ and the rest of the name being a unique encrypted alpha numeric identifier for the virtual server it originated from. The cookie is used to ensure traffic and user data is routed to the correct locations where a site is hosted on multiple servers, so that the end user has a consistent experience. | Until session end |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | .blakes.com | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | 1 year |
| OptanonConsent | .blakes.com | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | 1 year |
2. Performance Cookies. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie Name | Hostname | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __atuvs | AddThis | The AddThis cookie is is associated with the ‘share buttons’ where a user can email or share a link of a post to their friends. | Until session end |
| __openid_selector_* | blakes.com | Stores OpenId user identification for authentication purposes. | 1 year |
| _ga | blakes.com | 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 sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 2 years |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | blakes.com | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gac_property-id | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. | 3 months | |
| _gid | blakes.com | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid | Until session end |
| AMP_TOKEN | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | 1 year | |
| blakes.vuture.net_VxSessionId | blakes.vuture.net | Track the visitor's website journey | Until session end |
| Campaign | blakes.com | Stores the web analytics Campaign assigned to the visitor. | 50 years |
| CMSAB | blakes.com | Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor. Stores the name of the page variant assigned to the visitor, the list of performed conversions and information whether visitor is included in A/B testing specified by an A/B test. | 2 months |
| CMSBodyClass | blakes.com | Body element class to provide accessibility standards. | 50 years |
| CMSEdGUIDCurrent | blakes.com | Stores the current step of Wizard layout web parts. | 1 day |
| CMSLandingPageLoaded | www.blakes.com | Indicates that the landing page has already been visited and the Landing page activity is not logged again for the current visitor. | Until session end |
| CMSMVT | blakes.com | Stores the combination of variants assigned to the visitor by an MVT test. Used to track conversions for the test and maintain consistent page content for the visitor. | 1 month |
| CMSNoTestMVT | blakes.com | Stores the currently selected MVT combination for editors in the administration interface. | 1 month |
| CMSUserPage | blakes.com | Stores the IDs (DocumentID, NodeID) of the last visited page. Used for logging landing and exit page web analytics and activities. | Until session end |
| communication.blakes.com_VxSessionId | communication.blakes.com | This cookie is not used to track public website visitors. It is only used to identify that a back-end Vuture user is accessing the website. | Until session end |
| CurrentContact | www.blakes.com | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | 50 years |
| intEmailHistoryId | blakes.vuture.net | Connect the visitors e-marketing journey with their website journey. | 1 year |
| JSESSIONID | nr-data.net | This domain is controlled by New Relic, which provides a platform for monitoring the performance of web and mobile applications. | Until session end |
| Source | blakes.com | Stores the channel which the user came from (e.g., email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). | 50 years |
| ssc / ssh / sshs / __atuvc / di2 / uid / ouid / loc / um / mus / uvc / vc / na_id | blakes.com | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. | 13 months |
| UrlReferrer | blakes.com | Stores the URL referrer from which the user arrives on the website. | 1 day |
| VisitorStatus | blakes.com | Indicates if the visitor is new or returning. Used for tracking the visitors statistic in Web analytics. | 20 years |
3. Functional Cookies. These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies,some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie Name | Hostname | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | vimeo.com | This is a CloudFoundry cookie | Until session end |
| CMSPreferredCulture | www.blakes.com | Set by the Kentico CMS to identify the language of the page, stores a language-country code combination. | 1 year |
| CtxsAuthld | https://dcr1static-remote.blakes.com/ https://dcr3static-remote.blakes.com/ | The "CtxsAuthId" cookie is used to uniquely identify a user's session and authenticate them within a Citrix environment, which may include Netscaler Gateway, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or other Citrix services. | 2 minutes |
| CsrfToken | www.blakes.com | CSRF tokens are used to ensure that a particular action, such as changing a password, logging out, or making any significant changes to a user's account, is initiated by the user themselves and not by an attacker. It prevents unauthorized and forged requests. | 2 minutes |
| pwcount | https://dcr1static-remote.blakes.com/ https://dcr3static-remote.blakes.com/ | The "pwcount" cookie is used to monitor and limit the number of password change attempts that a user can make during a single session. | Until session end |
| vuid | vimeo.com | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing. | 2 years |
4. Targeting Cookies. These cookies may be used by us to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant information on other sites such as Blakes Nitro and JoinBlakes. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted information.
| Cookie Name | Hostname | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | blakes.com | Google Analytics | Until session end |
| _gat_UA-XXXXXX-X | blakes.com | Google Analytics Cookies | Until session end |
| bcookie | linkedin.com | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | 1 year |
| li_sugr | linkedin.com | This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain. | 89 days |
| ln_or | www.blakes.com | This is a LinkedIn cookie used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain. | Until session end |
How to Control Cookies
- Preference Centre. Our privacy preference centre can be utilized to control most of the above types of cookies. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled.
- Using Your Browser. Many of the cookies used on our website and through emails can be disabled through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help,” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser unless manually completed through your browser function.