About this cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: syke.tech

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: TThese are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

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

­Essential/Necessary Cookies

  • sessionid
    This cookie is used by our website to serve you the correct region and remember your preferences.
    (Expires: 14 days]

Analytical/Performance Cookies

  • _ga
    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.
    (Expires: 2 years)
  • __gid
    This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
    (Expires: 1 day)
  • _gcl_au
    This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website.
    (Expires: 3 months)
  • _gat_UA_20825719-4
    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 appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
    (Expires: 1 minute)
  • CLID
    This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity and stores information about how visitors use the website. The cookie contributes to the creation of an analysis report. The data collection includes numbers of visitors, where they visit the website from and pages visited on the website.
    (Expires: 1 year)
  • SM
    Used by Microsoft’s Clarity analytics service to synchronise the MUID across Microsoft domains.
    (Expires: end of session)
  • _clck
    This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
    (Expires: 1 year)
  • _clsk
    This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing.
    (Expires: 1 day)
  • AnalyticsSyncHistory
    This cookie is set by Linkedin. This cookie is used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the designated countries.
    (Expires: 1 month)
  • _hjid
    This cookie is set by Hotjar. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.
    (Expires: 1 year)
  • _hjFirstSeen
    This is set by Hotjar to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.
    (Expires: end of session)
  • _hjIncludedInPageviewSample
    This cookie is set by Hotjar to let them know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit.
    (Expires: 30 minutes)
  • _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
    This cookie is set by Hotjar and is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.
    (Expires: 30 minutes)
  • _hjIncludedInSessionSample
    This cookie is set by Hotjar to let them know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit.
    (Expires: 30 minutes)

Functional Cookies

  • lang
    This cookie is set by LinkedIn and is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time the user visits the website.
    (Expires: end of session)
  • lidc
    This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing.
    (Expires: 1 day)
  • bcookie
    This cookie is set by LinkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page
    (Expires: 2 years)

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

  • test_cookie
    This cookie is set by doubleclick.net (part of Google). The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the users’ browser supports cookies.
    (Expires: 15 minutes)
  • _fbp
    This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.
    (Expires: 3 months)
  • bscookie
    This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags.
    (Expires: 2 years)
  • MUID
    This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to syncrhonise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking.
    (Expires: 1 year 24 days)
  • ANONCHK
    This cookie is used by Microsoft for storing the session ID for a user. This cookie ensures that clicks from advertisement on the Bing search engine are verified and it is used for reporting purposes and for personalization.
    (Expires: 10 minutes)
  • SRM_B
    Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
    (Expires: 1 year 24 days]
  • UserMatchHistory
    This cookie is set by Linkedin. This cookie is used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.
    (Expires: 1 month)

How can I control the cookie preferences ?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.