LEGAL
COOKIE POLICY
Last updated: 13 October 2026
Dated: 13th of October 2026
Cookie Policy
We use a variety of technologies to help us better understand how you use pirkx.com
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files placed on your computer by websites you visit in order to help them remember certain information about you. At pirkx, we set only a few cookies for tracking user preferences, authentication, and collecting anonymous analytics data. Additionally, we also use other cookies; each of these uses is described in greater detail below:
Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.
Browser cookies
This is a small data file sent from a website to your browser that is stored on your computer's hard drive. You can configure your browser's settings to reflect your preference to accept or reject cookies.
Preference Cookies
If you logged out, pirkx will place a simple cookie to remember your preferences’ for the site.
Authentication Cookies
When you log into your account, pirkx will place a cookie for the sole purpose of creating this session. It contains your user id and hashed authentication information.
Analytics Cookies
We use a tool called Google Analytics to help us understand how users interact with our website. It tells us aggregate usage and traffic information, such as how the site was accessed, how long visitors stayed, and the number of first-time visitors to the site. By knowing how people use the site, we can make it better.To learn more about Google Analytics and how it uses your data, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy
Session Recording Cookies
We use Hotjar to record how visitors use our website, so we can see where people get stuck and improve the site. To learn more about Hotjar and opt out, visit Hotjar's opt-out page.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
HubSpot
We use HubSpot to support our marketing and CRM activity. HubSpot sets cookies to track visitor behaviour, manage sessions, and connect form submissions to contact records.
Facebook Pixel
We use the Facebook Pixel to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and to show you relevant adverts there.
TradeDoubler
We use TradeDoubler to track conversions from our affiliate and partner marketing on our payment confirmation pages.
Compass
We also work with Compass to support advertising and targeting. Like our other advertising partners, nothing here is set until you've accepted targeting cookies.
Managing Cookies
Most browsers include an option to clear existing cookies or reject new ones. However, if you do this, portions of the pirkx website may not function as intended. The links below provide information about cookie settings in major browsers:
You may also choose to opt out of Google Analytics, details can be found below: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy
Manage your Cookie Settings Here:
Cookies on this site table
| Provider | Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OneTrust | OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. | First and Third Party | 1 Year |
| OneTrust | OptanonConsent | The cookies is used for storing the information about the users consent based on which the cookies will be set on the browser. | First and Third Party | 1 Year |
| Lotame | _cc_aud | Advertising | Third Party | 9 Months |
| Lotame | _cc_cc | Advertising | Third Party | 9 Months |
| Lotame | _cc_id | Advertising | Third Party | 9 Months |
| pirkx | _skeleton_session | This cookie typically contains at most a user_id and flash message. | First Party | When the browsing session ends. |
| pirkx | ahoy_visit | This cookie is used to track the visits in the website. | First Party | Until end of session. |
| pirkx | ahoy_visitor | This cookie is used to track the details of the visitor in the website. | First Party | Until end of session. |
| OneTrust | eupubconsent | This cookie is used by pirkx to understand whether or not a user has accepted cookies. | First and Third Party | 1 Year |
| Google Analytics | _gid | This cookie stores a unique user session identifier. | First and Third Party, Session | 24 hours |
| Google Analytics | _ga | This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to the Websites. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits pwc.com, a new _ga cookie is written with a different unique ID. In most cases, this cookie is used to understand whether a visitor is a single time visitor or a repeat visitor to the Websites and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. | First and Third Party | 2 Years |
| nid | This is a Google UserID cookie used to help track users across various portions of the Websites. | Third Party | 6 Months | |
| rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of our website. | Third Party | Persistent | |
| pirkx | __cf_bm | Set by Cloudflare, pirkx's CDN and security provider, to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. Does not store personally identifiable information. Replaces the retired __cfduid cookie. |
First Party | 30 Minutes |
| HubSpot | __hstc | The main HubSpot visitor tracking cookie, used to connect form submissions to contact records. | First Party | 6 Months |
| HubSpot | hubspotutk | Tracks a visitor's identity across sessions and is used to deduplicate contacts in the CRM. | First Party | 6 Months |
| HubSpot | __hssc / __hssrc | Session cookies used to determine whether to treat a visit as a new session. | First Party | 30 Minutes / Session |
| Hotjar | _hjSessionUser_2825776 | Identifies a returning visitor for session recording and analysis purposes. | First Party | 1 Year |
| Hotjar | _hjSession_2825776 | Identifies the current visit for session recording and analysis purposes. | First Party | 30 Minutes |
| _fbp | Used by the Facebook Pixel to deliver and measure advertising. | First Party | 90 Days | |
| TradeDoubler | Conversion cookie (name varies) | Set on the payment confirmation page to track conversions from our affiliate and partner marketing. | Third Party | Varies |
| Compass | _compass | Advertising — used to recognise your browser and build audience profiles for targeted advertising. | First Party | 7 Days |
| Compass | mtm_consent | Remembers that you've given consent for Compass tracking, so you're not treated as a fresh visitor each time. | First Party | 400 Days |
