Cookie Policy

Synoptek LLC (together with its Affiliates, “Synoptek”, “we” or “our”) use cookies and other similar technology on this website. If you wish to continue and access this website, we will assume your consent to the placement of cookies on your device. We detail our use of cookies and how you can adjust your browser settings to avoid cookies in our cookie policy.

The purpose of this page is to:

  • Explain our use of cookies and other similar technology on our website.
  • Share how you may adjust your settings regarding cookies.

Contents of This Policy

  1. Definitions and Types of Cookies
  2. Reason for Our Collection of Data Using Cookies and/or Web Beacons
  3. Categories of Cookies Used
  4. Consent
  5. Adjusting Your Settings

What Are Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website and allow the website to recognize your device. There are different types of cookies depending on how long they are valid (e.g. valid for the session of your visit or persistent until a future expiration date) and who places them on your device. Cookies placed on your device when you browse our website and managed solely by Synoptek are called “first party cookies” whereas cookies placed on your device by a third-party advertiser different from the website you are visiting are called “third party cookies” for advertising and marketing efforts, such as Google Analytics which provide web analytics and intelligence about our website which may also be used to provide measurement services and target advertising.

Why Do We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, such as letting you navigate between webpages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving your user experience. In addition, cookies can help us analyze the use of our website and online content (analytics cookies) and also facilitate/track the interaction on our website and online content with social media (e.g. links to social media sites, like buttons, etc.). We may place cookies and other similar technology on your device, including mobile device, in accordance with your preferences set on our website. To the extent permissible under applicable law and depending on your settings on our website or on your mobile device, the following information may be collected through cookies or similar technology: your unique device identifier, device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier and your location information, etc. Without these cookies, the information and/or services you have requested may not be provided.

Cookies Used

Generally, cookies have been categorized as: Strictly Necessary cookies, First party analytics cookies, Performance cookies, Functionality cookies, and Advertising and Social Media cookies. However, it is important to note that not all cookies may be used in all jurisdictions or on our website. Some of the cookies used by Synoptek as of January 1, 2024, are listed below. This list is not exhaustive, if you visit our website, it may set some or all the following cookies:

__cf_bm .hsforms.com 30 minutes Necessary The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
_cfuvid .hsforms.com Session Necessary Used by Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address and apply rate limits
__cf_bm .hubspot.com 30 minutes Necessary The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
_cfuvid .hubspot.com Session Necessary Used by Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address and apply rate limits
__cf_bm .hsforms.net 30 minutes Necessary The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
__cf_bm .zoominfo.com 30 minutes Necessary The __cf_bm cookie supports Cloudflare Bot Management by managing incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. The cookie does not collect any personal data, and any information collected is subject to one-way encryption.
_cfuvid .zoominfo.com Session Necessary Used by Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address and apply rate limits.
lidc .linkedin.com 1 day Functionality Used by LinkedIn for routing.
li_gc .linkedin.com 6 months Functionality Used by LinkedIn to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes
_ga_* .synoptek.com 1 year Analytics Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics 4 to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_ga .synoptek.com 1 year Analytics Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gid .synoptek.com 1 day Analytics Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_gat_* .synoptek.com 1 minute Analytics No description available
bcookie .linkedin.com 1 year Analytics This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
_gcl_au .synoptek.com 3 months Marketing Used by Google AdSense to understand user interaction with the website by generating analytical data.
li_sugr .linkedin.com 3 months Marketing Used by LinkedIn to make a probabilistic match of a user’s identity outside the Designated Countries
_fbp .synoptek.com 3 months Marketing Facebook Pixel advertising first-party cookie. Used by Facebook to track visits across websites to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
lastExternalReferrer Persistent Marketing Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
lastExternalReferrerTime Persistent Marketing Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
AnalyticsSyncHistory .linkedin.com 1 month Marketing Used by LinkedIn to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries
UserMatchHistory .linkedin.com 1 month Marketing Contains a unique identifier used by LinkedIn to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
bscookie .www.linkedin.com 1 year Marketing Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

In addition to Synoptek’s use of cookies on our website, our customers may utilize cookies themselves, or our clients may utilize other third-party service providers, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or any third-party cookies and how they may be used.

Consent

In the U.S. and many other jurisdictions, we may assume your consent to the use of cookies on your device. In this case, you have the right to opt-out of the use of cookies. See Managing your Settings below.

How To Manage Your Cookies Settings

You may adjust your cookie settings to allow, limit, and/or reject the use of cookies on your devise through our cookie consent manager. If you want to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do this using your browser options. Please keep in mind that deleting and blocking cookies may have an impact on your user experience.

We may periodically update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices. If needed, in such situations we encourage you to revisit cookie consent manager and submit your preferences again.

Visit our Privacy Policy for more information on our privacy policies and practices.

To opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, please click on cookies consent manager.

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