Cookie Policy
Silver Bullet Data Services Group PLC (Silverbullet) (“we”, “us”, “our”)
Updated 28 June 2021
Our website uses cookies. We use cookies for many reasons, for example to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
This Cookie Policy describes:
- what cookies are;
- our use of cookies;
- how you can manage cookies used on our website;
- privacy;
- further information; and
- changes to this Cookie Policy.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, smart phone, tablet or other electronic device if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your device’s hard drive and some cookies may collect personal data about you. You can find more general information about cookies at: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Our use of cookies
We want you to understand the different types of cookies that are used on our website. We use a variety of types of cookies for the following purposes:
- Strictly necessary cookies: these are cookies strictly necessary for the performance of our website, for example cookies that enables website content to be delivered securely and efficiently.
- Optional or non-essential cookies, which could include cookies used for various purposes (see table of cookies below) such as:
- Performance Cookies: these cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality Cookies: these cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting and Marketing Cookies: these cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose, so that when you are on another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website. We may also show you advertising on our website based on your browsing patterns on other websites that we have obtained from our advertising partners.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use on our website and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
First Party Cookies
| NAME | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY | EXPIRY |
|---|---|---|---|
| __CookieConsentV200 | __CookieConsentV200 cookie is a plugin used to comply with EU guideline. | Strictly necessary | 90 days |
| has_js | The has_js cookie is used to determine whether the user’s browser has enabled javascript or not. | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Optional | 2 years |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Optional | 24 hours |
| _gat_UA-200677155-1 | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_. | Optional | 1 minute |
| AWSALBTG | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: Used to encode information about the selected target group. | Strictly necessary | 1 Day |
| AWSALBTGCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie: Load Balancing Cookie: which includes the same information as the original stickiness cookie plus this SameSite attribute. | Strictly necessary | 1 Day |
| AWSELB | AWS Classic Load Balancer creates load balancing cookie: used to map the session to the instance. | Strictly necessary | 1 Day |
| AWSALB | Classic AWS load balancer first receives a request from a client, it routes the request to a target, generates a cookie named AWSALB that encodes information about the selected target, encrypts the cookie, and includes the cookie in the response to the client. | Strictly necessary | 1 Day |
| AWSALBCORS | AWS Application Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSALB. |
Strictly necessary | 7 days |
| AWSELBCORS | AWS Classic Load Balancer Cookie. Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. Same value as AWSELB. |
Strictly necessary | Removed after session with server closes |
| .ASPXROLES | Cookies used to keep track of if the visitor has any permissions on the website. Only used for logged in users | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | SessionId what .NET Manages for maintaining session | Strictly necessary | End of browser session |
*Duration means the period that our cookies are installed on your device.
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, which are not controlled by the cookie manager. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services.
How to manage cookies on our website
Cookies do lots of jobs on our website. However, most browsers allow you to disable them if you would like to. You can also disable certain non-essential cookies that are placed on your device when you access our website by clicking the ‘Cookie Settings’ link at the bottom of each web page on our website, or by clicking ‘Cookie Settings’. If you decline cookies, you may find that you have a less personalised experience on our website and that certain parts of our website do not work at all or do not work correctly.
Recording of consent
To adhere to privacy regulations, it is necessary to record what consent you provided for cookies loading should loaded within the browser. A unique identifier is created when you interact with the cookie manager, this identifier is stored in a strictly necessary cookie and is also stored within our secure servers. On being provided with an identifier, we will be able to list the date and time when a selection was made within the cookie manager, along with what consent was provided. For more details on the regulation regarding the recording of consent, please see https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/consent/how-should-we-obtain-record-and-manage-consent/
Privacy
We are committed to using cookies fairly and in accordance with applicable privacy rights. Our Privacy Policy can be accessed here.
Further information
If you have any queries relating to this Cookie Policy please contact us at data.protection.officer@wearesilverbullet.com
Changes to this Cookie Policy
If this Cookie Policy changes, the revised policy will include a new effective date and will be posted on this page. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates.