Cookie Policy
Last updated: 5th May 2025
This Cookie Policy describes:
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What cookies are;
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The use of cookies on https://www.lightningreach.org (our “Website”);
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How to manage your cookies; and
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Changes to this cookie policy
What are cookies
Cookies are tiny files that store information on your browser or device hard drive and help provide a more personalised website experience. Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website, and allows our Website to recognise that you have visited our Website before. We use cookies to enhance your online experience of our Website and to better understand how our Website is used. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies.
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Not all of our cookies collect personal data about you, but when they do, we follow our privacy policy which you can read here.
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The cookies we use
We categorise the cookies we use as follows:
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Essential cookies. These are required for the operation of our website. Some of our Services depend on these cookies and may not work properly, or at all, if they are disabled.
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Marketing cookies. These cookies are used to track advertising effectiveness to provide a more relevant service and deliver better ads to suit your interests.
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Functional cookies. We use these to recognise you when you return to our Website so that we can personalise our content for you (such as your country or language preferences).
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Analytical cookies. We use these cookies to provide information to help improve our Website and your experience.
Here is a full list of cookies we use:​
Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Scope | Duration | Cookie Type |
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XSRF-TOKEN | Wix | Cookie for fraud detection of calls | www.lightningreach.org | Session | Essential |
hs | Wix | Security Cookie for Hive (legacy) | www.lightningreach.org | Session | Essential |
svSession | Wix | Session cookie for identification | www.lightningreach.org | 6 months | Essential |
ssr-caching | Wix | Performance cookie for rendering | www.lightningreach.org | 24 hours | Essential |
bSession | Wix | Used for system effectiveness measurement | www.lightningreach.org | 24 hours | Essential |
TS* | Wix | Cookies for attack detection | www.lightningreach.org | Session | Essential |
fedops.logger.sessionId | Wix | Tracking session errors and issues (resilience) | www.lightningreach.org | 12 months | Essential |
_wixAB3|* | Wix | Cookie for site experiments | www.lightningreach.org | 6 months | Essential |
server-session-bind | Wix | Cookie for API protection | www.lightningreach.org | Session | Essential |
client-session-bind | Wix | Cookie for API protection | www.lightningreach.org | Session | Essential |
consent-policy | First-party | Cookie storing user consent preferences | .lightningreach.org | 24 months | Essential |
_ga | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users | .lightningreach.org | 24 months | Analytics |
_ga_* | Google Analytics | Used to persist session state | .lightningreach.org | 24 months | Analytics |
_hjSessionUser_* | HotJar | Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID | .lightningreach.org | 12 months | Analytics |
_hjSession_* | HotJar | Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session | .lightningreach.org | Session | Analytics |
_hjCookieTest | HotJar | Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies | .lightningreach.org | 100 ms | Analytics |
_hjLocalStorageTest | HotJar | Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage | .lightningreach.org | 100 ms | Analytics |
_hjSessionStorageTest | HotJar | Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage | .lightningreach.org | 100 ms | Analytics |
_hjTLDTest | HotJar | Enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname | .lightningreach.org | Session | Analytics |
_hjHasCachedUserAttributes | HotJar | Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not | apply.lightningreach.org | Session | Analytics |
_hjUserAttributesHash | HotJar | Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated | apply.lightningreach.org | Session | Analytics |
Some cookies may be set by third parties when you visit our site. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites. Please refer to their privacy policies for more information.
Disabling and managing cookies
You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Settings manager. The Cookie Settings manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
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The Cookie Settings Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers using the links below:
Updates to this policy​
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes and indicate at the top of the policy when it was last updated.
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If you have any questions about the policy or our use of cookies, please feel free to contact us at hello@lightningreach.org.