Cookie policy | James Fisher and Sons plc

James Fisher's cookie policy

James Fisher and Sons plc's cookies policy explains the type of cookies used on its Website together with their purpose.

This Website is operated by James Fisher and Sons plc ("James Fisher" or "We" or "Us" or "Our") and is made available to You ("You" or "Your"). James Fisher's Website uses cookies to distinguish You from other users of Our Website. This helps Us to provide You with a good experience and enables Us to improve the Website.

Please read this cookie policy in conjunction with Our Website terms and conditions and Our privacy statement.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on Your computer by websites that you visit. Cookies provide information on how visitors are using the James Fisher website in order to help Us improve the experience for our customers and to make Our website more efficient. Some of the cookies We use are necessary to enable You to navigate the website and use its features.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

What cookies do We use on Our Website?

James Fisher or Our service providers use analytical and performance cookies to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors navigate Our Website when they are using it, to help Us understand how effective Our content is, what interests Our users have, and to improve how the Website works. We use this information for analysis and statistical purposes only; it's not Our intention to use such information to personally identify any user.

James Fisher uses the following performance cookies on our Website:

Google Analytics cookies:

This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") to help website owners measure how users interact with website content.

The information generated by the cookie about Your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating Your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on Your browser. However, please note that if You do this You may not be able to use the full functionality of this Website. By using this Website, You consent to the processing of data about You by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For more information visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.

You can choose to anonymise the information collected by Google Analytics. Alternatively You can opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Cookie name	Default expiration time	Cookie description
--utma	2 years from set / update	This cookie is used to distinguish users and sessions. It is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
--utmb	30 mins from set / update	This cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. It is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics
--utmc	End of browser session	This cookie determines which domain to measure, distinguishes unique users from returning users, throttles the request rate, remembers the number and time of previous visits, source information, the value of visitor-level custom variables and determines the start and end of a session
--utmz	6 months from set / update	This cookie stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. It is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics
_ga	2 years	Google Analytics cookies are used to measure traffic on our Website.
_gat	Duration of the session	A unique textstring is saved to identify the browser a user is using, timestamp (first visit) for interactions and the source page that led a user to Our Website. No sensitive information is saved.
_gid	1 day
DSID	Less than a month from the date of creation	Stored in browsers under the name doubleclick.net. Used for advertising.
IDE	Two years from date of creation	Stored in browsers under the name doubleclick.net. This is one of the main advertising cookies used on non-Google websites.

Other cookies used on this site:

Name	Default expiration date	Cookie description
cfduid	No expiry stated	Necessary for Cloudflare's security features and cannot be turned off. For more information please visit the Cloudflare support page.
_hstc	2 years	This is the main cookie used by Hubspot for tacking information about visits - domain, initial timestamp, last timestamp, current timestamp and session number (increases incrementally upon each session)
hubspotuk	10 years	This cookie is used during form submission and de-duplicating contacts
_clck	1 year	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID.
_clsk	0 days	Used by Microsoft Clarity to connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.
ANONCHK	0 days	This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics tool that provides insights on users behaviour and website performance.
SM	0 days	This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics tool that provides insights on users behaviour and website performance.
MUID	1 year	This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics services that provides insights into user behaviour on websites.
MR	6 days	This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics product that provides insights on user behaviour and website performance.
OptanonAlertBoxClosed	0 days	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. This cookie has a normal lifespan of a year and contains no personal information.
OptanonConsent	0 days	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 user.
ai_user	1 year	This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time. Used to track usage of the embedded video player.
ai_session	0 days	This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Applications Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie.
_Secure-YNID	5 months	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through video embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
YSC	5 months	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through video embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
_Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN	5 months	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through video embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
_Secure-YEC	0 Days	Youtube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through video embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 Months	This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	5 Months	YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.

Who to contact

If You have any questions or concerns regarding Your privacy while using the James Fisher website, please contact Us at privacy@james-fisher.co.uk.