Privacy and Legal
HubStar Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy was last updated on May 24, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://www.hubstar.com (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Advertising cookies
On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your behavior on https://www.hubstar.com. With these cookies you, as website visitor, are linked to a unique ID but these cookies will not profile your behavior and interests to serve personalized ads.
5.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Because these cookies are marked as tracking cookies, we ask your permission to place these.
5.5 Social media
On our website, we have included content from Facebook and LinkedIn to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook and LinkedIn and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook and LinkedIn are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
Complianz – Functional
Usage – We use Complianz for cookie consent management. Read more
Sharing Data – This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| cmplz_tcf_consent | 365 days |
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| cmplz_user_data | 365 days |
Read to determine which cookie banner to show
|
| cmplz_consented_services | 365 days |
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| cmplz_functional | 365 days |
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| cmplz_policy_id | 365 days |
Store accepted cookie policy ID
|
| cmplz_marketing | 365 days |
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| cmplz_statistics | 365 days |
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| cmplz_preferences | 365 days |
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| cmplz_banner-status | 365 days | Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed |
CloudFlare – Functional
Usage – We use CloudFlare for content distribution network (CDN) services. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the CloudFlare Privacy Statement
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| mirage_cache_manifest | persistent | |
| __cf_bm | 30 minutes |
Read and filter requests from bots
|
| __cfruid |
session
|
.hs-sites.com |
WordPress – Functional
Usage – We use WordPress for website development. Read more
Sharing data – This data is not shared with third parties.
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| WP_PREFERENCES_USER_* | persistent |
Store user preferences
|
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports |
session
|
Store browser details
|
| wordpress_test_cookie |
session
|
Read if cookies can be placed
|
| wp_consent_* |
1 month
|
Store cookie consent preferences
|
| wp-settings-* | persistent |
Store user preferences
|
| wp-settings-time-* |
1 year
|
Store user preferences
|
| wordpress_logged_in_* | persistent | Store logged in users |
Hotjar – Statistics, Functional
Usage –We use Hotjar for heat maps and screen recordings. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the Hotjar Privacy Statement.
Statistics
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| hjViewportId |
session
|
Read screen resolution
|
| _hjSessionUser_* | 1 year | Store a unique user ID |
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| _hjSession_* | session | Provide functions across pages |
Facebook – Marketing, Functional
Usage – We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement
Marketing
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| _fbp |
3 months
|
Store and track visits across websites |
| _fbc |
2 years
|
Store last visit
|
| fbm* |
1 year
|
Store account details
|
| xs | 3 months |
Store a unique session ID
|
| fr | 3 months |
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
|
| act |
90 days
|
Store logged in users
|
| datr | 2 years |
Provide fraud prevention
|
| c_user |
30 days
|
Store a unique user ID
|
| sb | 2 years |
Store browser details
|
| *_fbm_ |
1 year
|
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| wd |
1 week
|
Read screen resolution |
| csm | 90 days | Provide fraud prevention |
| actppresence | session | Store and track if the browser tab is active |
HubSpot – Marketing, Statistics, Functional, Preferences
Usage – We use HubSpot for marketing automation (automated email marketing). Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the HubSpot Privacy Statement.
Marketing
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| hubspotutk | 13 months | Store and track a visitor’s identity |
| 13 months | Store time of visit |
Statistics
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| __hssrc | session |
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| __hssc | 30 minutes | Store anonymized statistics |
| __hs_cookie_cat_pref | 6 months | Store cookie consent preferences |
| *_key | 2 weeks | Store logged in users |
| hs_ab_test | session | Store ID’s of experiments and sessions for A/B testing |
| __hs_do_not_track | 6 months | Store ‘do not track’ signals |
Preferences
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| messagesUtk |
13 months
|
Store browser details |
| __hsmem | 1 week | Store logged in users |
| hs-messages-is-open | 30 minutes | Store if a message has been shown |
Google Analytics – Statistics
Usage – We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| _ga | 2 years | Store and count pageviews |
| _ga_* | 1 year | Store and count pageviews |
Google Fonts – Marketing
Usage – We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement
Marketing
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| Google Fonts API |
expires immediately
|
Read user IP address |
Google reCAPTCHA – Marketing
Usage – We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement
Marketing
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| rc::c |
session
|
Read and filter requests from bots |
| rc::b | session | Read and filter requests from bots |
| rc::a | persistent | Read and filter requests from bots |
LinkedIn – Functional, Marketing, Statistics, Preferences
Usage – We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Statement.
Functional
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| sdsc |
session
|
Provide load balancing functionality |
| li_gc | 6 months | Store cookie consent preferences |
| BizographicsOptOut | 10 years | Store privacy preferences |
Marketing
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| lms_ads | 30 days | Store and track visits across websites |
| _guid | 90 days | Store and track a visitor’s identity |
| li-oatml | 1 month | Provide ad delivery or retargeting |
| li_sugr | 90 days | Store and track a visitor’s identity |
| UserMatchHistory | 30 days | Provide ad delivery or retargeting |
Statistics
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| lms_analytics | 30 days | Store and track a visitor’s identity |
| 30 days | Store and track visits across websites |
Preferences
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| li_alerts |
1 year
|
Store if a message has been shown |
| bcookie | 1 year | Store browser details |
| lidc | 1 day | Provide load balancing functionality |
| bscookie | 1 year | Store logged in users |
YouTube – Marketing
Usage – We use YouTube for video display. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.
Marketing
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| GPS | session | Store location data |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 6 months | Provide ad delivery or retargeting |
| YSC | session | Store and track interaction |
| 8 months | Store user preferences |
Vimeo – Statistics
Usage – We use Vimeo for video display. Read more
Sharing data – For more information, please read the Vimeo Privacy Statement
Statistics
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| __utmt_player | 10 minutes | Store and track audience reach |
| vuid | 2 years | Store the user’s usage history |
Miscellaneous – Purpose pending investigation
Sharing data – Sharing of data is pending investigation
| Name | Expiration | Function |
| WI_FREQUENCY_132231955988 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_165913342116 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_136385420838 | ||
| long_tasks_event_log | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_159393005091 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_143100880566 | ||
| loglevel | ||
| events_data | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_120666869115 |
| lastExternalReferrer | ||
| lastExternalReferrerTime | ||
| comparesoft.epoch | ||
| i18nextLng | ||
| wz_userId | ||
| hjActiveViewportIds | ||
| long_tasks_span_log | ||
| _cq_duid | ||
| _cq_suid | ||
| _cheq_rti |
| *_mode | ||
| cf_* | ||
| mcfw-bypass-cookie | ||
| breeze_folder_name | ||
| mcfw-wp-user-cookie | ||
| _cq_tuid | ||
| _cfuvid |
.hsforms.com
|
|
| WI_FREQUENCY_170660588152 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_124154457694 | ||
| li_ignored |
| WI_FREQUENCY_125722966679 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_139700221349 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_132661457671 | ||
| WP_DATA_USER_16 | ||
|
WI_FREQUENCY_152046645084
|
||
| WI_FREQUENCY_169266385411 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_155396701769 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_157052885113 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_122525169200 | ||
| _gcl_aw |
| _gac_UA-207446037-1 | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_173344038433 | ||
| li_adsId | ||
| WI_FREQUENCY_176916766737 | ||
| wp_lang |
7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
7.1 Manage your consent settings
- Functional – always active
- The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
- Preferences
- The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
- Statistics
- The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
- Marketing
- The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
9. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
- Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
- Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
- If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
- Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
- Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
HubStar Inc
225 Cedar Hill St, Suite 200, 01752 Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.hubstar.com
Email: privacy@hubstar.com
