Cookie Notice

We use in our site https://seraphicsecurity.com/ (“Website“) cookies and similar files or technologies to automatically collect and store information about your computer, device, and Site usage, in order to improve their performance and enhance your user experience. We use the general term “cookies” in this notice to refer to these technologies and all such similar technologies that collect information automatically when you are using our Site where this notice is posted.  You can find out more about cookies and how to control them in the information below.

If you do not accept the use of these cookies, please disable them using the instructions in this cookie notice or by changing your browser settings so that cookies from this Site cannot be placed on your computer or mobile device. Important: disabling cookies on this Site may impair certain Site features.

In this cookie notice (“Cookies Notice”), we use the term Seraphic (together, “we”, “our” or “us”) to refer to Seraphic Algorithms Ltd. Our Privacy Policy is available at https://seraphicsecurity.com/privacy-policy/.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are computer files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies can then be sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our Site before or whether you are a new visitor.

There are two broad categories of cookies:

• First party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device.
• Third party cookies, which are served by a third party on our behalf.  We use third party cookies for functionality, performance / analytics, marketing, social media purposes and in order to for us to provide our services and present you with information that is customized for you. The third-party cookies are outside of our control. The third parties may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc. See below additional information on how to manage such cookies.

Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’, meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are ‘permanent cookies’, meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used by websites to recognize your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

Web beacons:

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are small graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Site. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our website from an online advertisement displayed on a third party website, to improve website performance and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In most instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function, and therefore declining cookies prevents them from functioning.

Targeted advertising

Third parties may drop cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Site. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other personally identifying details unless you choose to provide these to us.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to:

• track traffic flow and patterns of travel in connection with our Site;
• understand the total number of visitors to our Sites on an ongoing basis and the types of internet browsers (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer) and operating systems (e.g. Windows or Mac) used by our visitors;
• monitor the performance of our Site and to continually improve it; and
• customize and enhance your online experience.

What types of cookies do we use?

The types of cookies used by us in connection with the Site can be considered ‘essential website cookies’, ‘functionality cookies’, ‘analytics and performance cookies’, ‘marketing’, and ‘other technologies’. We have set out some further information below, and the purposes of the cookies we set in the following table.

1. Cookies necessary for essential website purposes
   These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through this Site and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies we will not be able to provide services that you require, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts.

   Cookie name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
   ___cf_bm	https://ws.zoominfo.com/pixel/627aafe14f6f6800125698c2	1 day	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.
   _cfuvid	https://ws.zoominfo.com/pixel/627aafe14f6f6800125698c2	Session	This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators
   _grecaptcha	https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/5qcenVbrhOy8zihcc2aHOWD4/recaptcha__en.js	Persistent	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on t he use of their website.
   _GRECAPTCHA	https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/reload?k=6LezK7MiAAAAAFOLyFFVxqwcrQzz8i_3FA3WGfn9	179 days	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
   ASP.NET_SessionId	https://www.virtualspirits.com/vsa/chat.js	Session	Preserves the visitor’s session state across page requests.
   bscookie	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-598C3RD	1 year	This 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.
   CONSENT	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	2 years	Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compli ance of the website.
   CookieConsent	notinstalled	1 year	Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain
   iconify0	https://code.iconify.design/2/2.2.1/iconify.min.js	Persistent	Used by the website’s content management system (CMS) to determine how the website’s menu-tabs should be displayed.
   iconify1	https://code.iconify.design/2/2.2.1/iconify.min.js	Persistent	This cookie is set to ensure proper product displays on the website.
   iconify3	https://code.iconify.design/2/2.2.1/iconify.min.js	Persistent	Determines the device used to access the website. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly.
   iconify-count	https://code.iconify.design/2/2.2.1/iconify.min.js	Persistent	Used by the website’s content management system (CMS) to determine how the website’s menu-tabs should be displayed.
   iconify-version	https://code.iconify.design/2/2.2.1/iconify.min.js	Persistent	Used by the website’s content management system (CMS) to determine how the website’s menu-tabs should be displayed.
   li_gc	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-598C3RD	179 days	Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain
   rc::a	https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=6LezK7MiAAAAAFOLyFFVxqwcrQzz8i_3FA3WGfn9ver=3.0	Persistent	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on t he use of their website.
   rc::b	https://seraphicsecurity.com/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/modules/recaptcha/index.js?ver=5.7.2	Session	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
   rc::c	https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=6LezK7MiAAAAAFOLyFFVxqwcrQzz8i_3FA3WGfn9ver=3.0	Session	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
   rc::d-15#	https://www.google.com/pagead/landing?gcs=G111rnd=26712349.1672816770url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fwhy-seraphic%2Fgtm=2wgbu0598C3RDauid=969571443.1672816770	Persistent	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.
   test_cookie	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-598C3RD	1 day	Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies
   visitorId	https://ws.zoominfo.com/pixel/627aafe14f6f6800125698c2	1 year	Preserves users states across page requests.

    

2. Functionality Cookies
   These cookies record information about choices you have made and allow us to tailor the website to you. These cookies allow us to provide you with our services in the way in which you have required, as you continue to use or come back to our Site.  For example, these cookies allow us to:
   
   • Save your location preference if you have set your location on the homepage in order to receive a localized information;
   • Remember settings you have applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
   • Show you when you are logged in; and
   • Store accessibility options.

     Cookie name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
     lang	https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect?v=2fmt=jspid=4078580time=1672816739797url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-g oogle-chrome%2F	Session	Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website
     lang	https://www.linkedin.com/px/li_sync?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fpx.ads.linkedin.com%2Fcollect%3Fv%3D2%26fmt%3Djs%26pid%3D4078580%2 6time%3D1672816739797%26url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fseraphicsecurity.com%252Fhackers-targeting-google-chrome%252F%26liSync%3Dtrue	Session	Necessary for maintaining language-settings across subpages on the website.
     lidc	https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect?v=2fmt=jspid=4078580time=1672816739797url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-g oogle-chrome%2F	1 day	: Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experie nce.

3. Performance / Analytics Cookies
   We use performance/analytics cookies to analyze how the website is accessed, used, or is performing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain operate and continually improve the Site. For example, these cookies allow us to:
   • Better understand our website visitors so that we can improve how we present our content;
   • Test different design ideas for particular pages, such as our homepage;
   • Collect information about Site visitors such as where they are located and what browsers they are using;
   • Determine the number of unique users of the Site;
   • Improve the Site by measuring any errors that occur; and
   • Conduct research and diagnostics to improve product offerings.

     Cookie name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
     _ga	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TR0Y981CRBl=dataLayercx=c	399 days	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
     _ga_#	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TR0Y981CRBl=dataLayercx=c	399 days	Used 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.
     _gat	https://www.google-analytics.com/plugins/ua/linkid.js	1 day	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
     _gid	https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	1 day	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
     _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	1 day	This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors – this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice.
     _hjFirstSeen	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	1 day	This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website.
     _hjIncludedInPageviewSample	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	1 day	Used to detect whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics.
     _hjIncludedInSessionSample	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	1 day	Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization.
     _hjRecordingLastActivity	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	Session	Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes
     _hjSession_#	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	1 day	Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.
     _hjSessionUser_#	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	1 year	Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what p ages have been read.
     AnalyticsSyncHistory	https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect?v=2fmt=jspid=4078580time=1672816739797url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-g oogle-chrome%2F	29 days	Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service
     collect	https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1_v=j98a=999440980t=eventni=1_s=1dl=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targetinggoogle-chrome%2Ful=en-usde=UTF-8dt=Hackers%20Targeting%20Google%20Chrome%20-%20Seraphic%20Cyber%20Securitysd=24-bitsr=1024x768vp=1 000x741je=0ec=Scroll%20Trackingea=25el=%2Fhackers-targeting-google-chrome%2F_u=aCDACEAjBAAAACAAI~jid=gjid=cid=1582406053.1672816740 tid=UA-229668998-1_gid=101946501.1672816740gtm=2wgbu0598C3RDgcs=G111z=600410955	Session	Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing ch annels.
     hjViewportId	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	Session	: Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
     ln_or	https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.old.min.js	1 day	Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.
     ziwsSession	https://ws.zoominfo.com/pixel/627aafe14f6f6800125698c2	Session	Collects statistics on the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.
     ziwsSessionId	https://ws.zoominfo.com/pixel/627aafe14f6f6800125698c2	Session	Collects statistics on the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pag es have been read.

4.  Marketing
   We use marketing cookies to deliver many types of targeted digital marketing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the Site. The cookie store user data and behavior information, which allows advertising services to target audience according to variables. For example, these cookies allow us to:
   • Observe the site performance and generate retargeting (Site retargeting, search retargeting, etc); and
   • Maintain and improve the Site and our products.

     Cookie name	Source	Expiry	Purpose
     _gcl_au	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-598C3RD	3 months	: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
     _hjRecordingEnabled	https://script.hotjar.com/modules.352fddba5b21bbfc3a08.js	Session	This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange.
     ads/ga-audiences	https://www.google.ie/ads/ga-audiences?v=1t=srslf_rd=1_r=4tid=G-TR0Y981CRBcid=1582406053.1672816740gtm=2oebu0aip=1z=790977941	Session	Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour acr oss websites.
     bcookie	https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect?v=2fmt=jspid=4078580time=1672816739797url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-g oogle-chrome%2F	1 year	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services
     IDE	https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/landing?gcs=G111rnd=1785295331.1672816761url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fthe-threat -of-browser-vulnerabilities-2%2Fgtm=2wgbu0598C3RDauid=844413540.1672816761	1 year	Used 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.
     pagead/1p-user-list/#	https://www.google.com/pagead/1p-user-list/10977083826/?random=1672816739653cv=11fst=1672815600000bg=ffffffguid=ONasync=1gtm=2wgbu 0u_w=1024u_h=768frm=0url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-google-chrome%2Fref=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.co m%2Fcybersecurity-awareness-month-2022%2Ftiba=Hackers%20Targeting%20Google%20Chrome%20-%20Seraphic%20Cyber%20Securityfmt=3is_vtc=1ra ndom=3411808517rmt_tld=0ipr=y	Session	Tracks 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.
     pagead/landing	https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/landing?gcs=G111rnd=744588890.1672816740url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-ta rgeting-google-chrome%2Fgtm=2wgbu0598C3RDauid=112181295.1672816740	Session	Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.
     pagead/landing	https://www.google.com/pagead/landing?gcs=G111rnd=744588890.1672816740url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-go ogle-chrome%2Fgtm=2wgbu0598C3RDauid=112181295.1672816740	Session	Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.
     UserMatchHistory	https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect?v=2fmt=jspid=4078580time=1672816739797url=https%3A%2F%2Fseraphicsecurity.com%2Fhackers-targeting-g oogle-chrome%2F	29 days	Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.
     VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	179 days	Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos
     YSC	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Session	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen
     ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Persistent	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-cast-available	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Session	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-cast-installed	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Session	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-connected-devices	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Persistent	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-device-id	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Persistent	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-fast-check-period	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Session	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-session-app	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Session	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
     yt-remote-session-name	https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api	Session	Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

5.  Unclassified

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