Rapid Formations Cookie Policy
This policy sets out how we use cookies on our website, including which cookies are used. For further information about cookies in general, you can visit the Information Commissioners' Office's (ICO) website.
Definition of "cookie"
The ICO describes a cookie as:
"a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website".
In short, cookies help us to provide you with a better browsing experience and enhance the functionality of our website.
Do I have to agree to the use of cookies?
When you enter our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to customise the cookies you allow. The only exception to this is that any essential cookies will always be enabled as our website would not be able to work properly without them.
The cookie consent banner remains at the bottom of each page on the website, so you can return to it and change your preferences at any time.
You can also use your browser settings to manage your cookie preferences. For more information on how to do this, pick your browser from the list below and follow the link:
Please bear in mind that if you delete or decline cookies, you may experience slower access to our website and might not be able to use some of its parts or features.
You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Which cookies are used on our website?
A. Essential Cookies
These cookies are required for the operation of our website.
Name: CookieConsent
Provider: Cookiebot
Expiry: 1 year
Purpose: Stores your cookie consent preferences.
Name: 1.gif
Provider: Cookiebot
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Used to track how many times people visit the website, which helps improve the delivery of products related to the consent management process.
Name: test_cookie
Provider: Google
Expiry: 1 day
Purpose: Checks if your browser supports cookies.
Name: _GRECAPTCHA
Provider: Google
Expiry: 180 days
Purpose: Helps identify whether a visitor is a person or a bot.
Name: rc::b & rc::c
Provider: Google
Expiry: Session
Purpose: Helps identify whether a visitor is a person or a bot.
Name: rc::a & rc::f
Provider: Google
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Helps identify whether a visitor is a person or a bot.
Name: __cf_bm
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 1 day
Purpose: Helps identify whether a visitor is a person or a bot.
Name: __cfruid
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Cloudflare uses this cookie to provide services such as managing website traffic, delivering website content, and ensuring internet connection.
Name: _ab & _mf
Provider: Stripe
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Necessary for making credit card transactions on the website without storing any credit card information.
Name: Id
Provider: Stripe
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks the status of a user's session or transaction in progress.
Name: __cfuvid
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Cloudflare uses this cookie to provide services such as managing website traffic, delivering website content, and ensuring internet connection.
Name: ef_static_rf
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 30 days
Purpose: Determines if you are logged in on our website across our subdomains.
Name: ef_urchin_cart
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 30 days
Purpose: Transfers data from a successful payment into our cart for visibility purposes only.
Name: ef_urchin_oid
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 30 days
Purpose: Stores the id of your order across our subdomains.
Name: ef_urchin_referrer
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 30 days
Purpose: Sends data to our system about whether the user has been referred via another page.
Name: ef_urchin_tid
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 30 days
Purpose: Confirms whether you are logged in to our system.
Name: er_urchin_uid
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 30 days
Purpose: Used by our system to load information specific to your user account such as your orders, companies etc.
Name: clickid
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Helps identify which specific link or ad a user interacted with.
Name: wpEmojiSettingsSupports
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Helps display website content properly by managing settings like fonts, sliders, colour themes, and other visual features.
Name: apbct_headless, apbct_page_hits, apbct_visible_fields, ct_checked_emails, ct_checkjs, ct_fkp_timestamp, ct_pointer_data, ct_ps_timestamp, ct_screen_info, ct_timezone
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Detects spam and improves website security.
Name: apbct_session_current_page
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Determines which webpage or link should be shown to visitors when they visit the site.
Name: apbct_session_id
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Detects spam and improves website security.
Name: __hs_opt_out
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 6 months
Purpose: This cookie is set to give visitors a choice to opt out of cookies. It will remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again.
Name: __hs_do_not_track
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 6 months
Purpose: This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot.
Name: __hs_initial_opt_in
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 7 days
Purpose: This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode.
Name: __hs_cookie_cat_pref
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 6 months
Purpose: This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to.
Name: __hs_gpc_banner_dismiss
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 180 days
Purpose: This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed.
Name: __hs_notify_banner_dismiss
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 180 days
Purpose: This cookie is used when the website uses a Notify consent banner type.
Name: hs_ab_test
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: Session
Purpose: This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they've seen before. It contains the id of the A/B test page and the id of the variation that was chosen for the visitor.
Name: hs-messages-is-open
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 30 mins
Purpose: This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits.
Name: hs-messages-hide-welcome-message
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 1 day
Purpose: This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed.
Name: __hsmem
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 7 days
Purpose: This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site. It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are currently logged in.
Name: hs-membership-csrf
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: Session
Purpose: This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged.
Name: hs.superstore.laboratory.<id>
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: Automatic on specified dates determined by Hubspot Product (often within 48 hours)
Purpose: This cookie stores an offline cache of HubSpot Product experiment cohort assignments, contains no personally identifiable or device-identifying information, runs anonymously unless tracking consent links experiments to a user session and is created automatically when conditions are met without manual removal.
Name: <id>_key
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 14 days
Purpose: When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again.
Name: __cf_bm
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 30 mins
Purpose: This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the Website, to make valid reports on the use of their Website.
B. Functionality Cookies
These cookies identify you when you revisit our website, enabling us to customise content, address you by name, and retain your preferences, such as language or region.
Name: CookieConsentBulkSetting-#
Provider: Cookiebot
Expiry: 1 year
Purpose: Enables cookie consent across multiple websites.
Name: #.#.clientId
Provider: Zendesk
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks the visitor across devices and visits to improve the chat-box feature on the website.
Name: 1
Provider: Stripe
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Enables the making of secure transactions on the website.
Name: oLoc
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks location-related data during your visit.
Name: @@scroll#
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Used to store information about your scroll position on a webpage to remember where you left off during your browsing session.
Name: apbct_iframes_protected
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Helps save your progress when filling out forms on the website.
Name: ct_cookies_type
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Detects spam and improves website security.
C. Analytical/Performance Cookies
These cookies help us track the number of visitors and understand how they navigate our website. This allows us to improve its functionality and make it easier for users to find what they need.
Name: p.gif
Provider: Adobe Inc
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks the special fonts used on the website for internal analysis without collecting any visitor information.
Name: _ga (x2) & _ga_# (x2)
Provider: Google
Expiry: 2 years
Purpose: Collects data for Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour, helping track them across devices and marketing channels.
Name: _hjTLDTest (x2)
Provider: Hotjar
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Records statistical data on how users interact with the website, which is used for internal analysis
Name: hjActiveViewportIds
Provider: Hotjar
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Holds an ID for the current session and tracks which subpages the visitor views, helping improve their experience on the website.
Name: hjViewportId
Provider: Hotjar
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Saves the user's screen size to adjust the size of images on the website.
Name: _hjSession_#
Provider: Hotjar
Expiry: 1 day
Purpose: Collects statistics about the visitor's website activity, such as the number of visits, average time spent, and pages viewed.
Name: _hjSessionUser_#
Provider: Hotjar
Expiry: 1 year
Purpose: Collects statistics about the visitor's website activity, such as the number of visits, average time spent, and pages viewed.
Name: ZD-buid
Provider: Zendesk
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: A unique ID that recognises the user on return visits.
Name: ZD-suid
Provider: Zendesk
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Records statistical data on how users behave on the website, which is used for internal analysis.
Name: mapbox.eventData.uuid:#
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Stores a unique ID to track how users interact with the map on the website.
Name: pvc_visits(0)
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: 1 day
Purpose: Counts how many times different people have visited a website by giving each visitor a random ID.
Name: ct_has_scrolled
Provider: Rapid Formations
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Tracks whether the website's scroll-depth feature is active and remembers how far the user has scrolled across different pages during the current session.
Name: __hmpl
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: Depends on where it is stored and Hubspot's internal lifecycle rules
Purpose: This cookie stores metadata about tracking events collected by HubSpot during the user's journey, is saved in either browser session storage or local storage depending on tracking consent, contains no personally identifiable or device-identifying information, and is automatically created when conditions are met without the ability to be manually removed.
Name: hublytics_events_53
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: Depends on where it is stored and Hubspot's internal lifecycle rules
Purpose: This cookie is used by HubSpot Product to temporarily store tracking events until they are dispatched over the network, is saved in either browser session storage or local storage depending on tracking consent, contains no personally identifiable or device-identifying information, and is automatically created when conditions are met without the ability to be manually removed.
Name: __hstc
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 6 months
Purpose: It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session) for tracking visitors.
Name: hubspotutk
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 6 months
Purpose: This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
Name: __hssc
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: 30 mins
Purpose: This cookie keeps track of sessions.
Name: __hssrc
Provider: Hubspot
Expiry: Session
Purpose: Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser.
D. Targeting Cookies
These cookies track your visit to our website, including the pages you view and the links you click. We use this information to make our website and ads more relevant to your interests and may share it with third parties to show you targeted ads on other websites.
Name: _fbp (x2)
Provider: Meta Platforms Inc
Expiry: 3 months
Purpose: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products.
Name: lastExternalReferrer & lastExternalReferrerTime
Provider: Meta Platforms Inc
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL address.
Name: _gcl_au (x2)
Provider: Google
Expiry: 3 months
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense to test and improve the effectiveness of ads across websites that use their services.
Name: IDE
Provider: Google
Expiry: 400 days
Purpose: Used to track user behaviour and interactions with ads on the website.
Name: pagead/1p-user-list/#
Provider: Google
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks if a user is interested in certain products or events across different websites and how they move between sites.
Name: _uetsid & _uetvid
Provider: Microsoft
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Tracks visitors across different websites to show ads that match their preferences.
Name: _uetsid_exp & _uetvid_exp
Provider: Microsoft
Expiry: Persistent
Purpose: Contains the expiry date for the cookie with the corresponding name.
Name: MUID
Provider: Microsoft
Expiry: 1 year
Purpose: Used by Microsoft as a unique user ID, allowing them to track users by syncing the ID across various Microsoft websites.
Name: _uetsid (x2)
Provider: Microsoft
Expiry: 1 day
Purpose: Collects data on visitor behaviour across different websites to show more relevant ads and limit how often the same ad is displayed to the user.
Name: _uetvid
Provider: Microsoft
Expiry: 1 year
Purpose: Tracks visitors across various websites to display ads that match their preferences.
Name: tld (x2)
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks visitors across different websites to show ads that are tailored to their interests.
Name: wisepops_session_id
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Assigns a unique ID to the session, allowing the website to collect data on visitor behaviour for statistical analysis.
Name: wisepops_session_landing_url
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks visitors' navigation by recording landing pages, helping the website show relevant products and measure ad effectiveness on other sites.
Name: wisepops_session_referrer
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Collects data on visitors' behaviour and interactions to make ads more relevant, and helps the website identify referrals from other sites.
Name: wisepops-pageview_id
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Tracks when the visitor last visited different subpages on the website and records the time when the session started.
Name: wisepops (x2), wisepops_session (x2) & wisepops_visits (x2)
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Used with pop-up ads on the website to determine which ads to show and to make sure the same ad isn't displayed more than intended.
Name: wisepops_visitor (x2)
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Assigns a unique ID to the visitor, allowing third-party advertisers to target them with relevant ads.
Name: wisepops-uses-attention
Provider: Wisepops
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Used to track whether a visitor has shown attention to pop-up content on a website.
Name: IR_gbd (x2)
Provider: Impact
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Assigns a unique ID to the visitor, allowing third-party advertisers to target them with relevant ads.
Name: IR_13485
Provider: Impact
Expiry: After 1 session
Purpose: Collects data related to the visitor's behaviour or interactions on the website.
I have further questions, who can I contact?
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].