Cookies

This Cookie Policy forms part of our Privacy Policy which can be viewed here.

Our website cla.co.uk uses cookies 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 site. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser of the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

When you visit our website, you may encounter a consent banner that asks for your permission to use certain cookies and technologies. Your choices will determine how we collect and use your data for purposes like website analytics and advertising.

The consent banner may offer various options, such as accepting all cookies, rejecting all cookies, or customising your choices for different categories of data collection (e.g., analytics, advertising personalisation).

We use the following cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to access restricted parts of our website. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Performance cookies

These 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 are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences.

Targeting 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 more relevant to your interests.

The following cookies are active on the CLA website

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the tables below:

Strictly necessary

Cookie	Description	Organisation	Duration	Type	Stored data
PHPSESSID	This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies a user’s unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when the browser windows are closed.	cla.co.uk	Session	Strictly Necessary	Users unique session ID – which is randomly chosen.
cla-form-submitted	This cookie is used to check if a user has access to a restricted page. No personal information stored.	cla.co.uk	30 days	Strictly Necessary	User ID
cla_customer	This cookie is used to remember the state of the “CLA Customer” toggle in header. No personal information stored.	cla.co.uk	Session	Strictly Necessary	User ID preference setting
CookiesScriptConsent	This cookie is used to remember the state of cookie banner. No personal information stored	cla.co.uk	30 days	Strictly Necessary	User ID cookie preferences
cla_user_licence_id	This cookie is used to remember the user selected licence. No personal information stored.	cla.co.uk	Session	Strictly Necessary	No information stored
ApplicationGatewayAffinity	Windows Azure cloud platform cookie used for maintaining user sessions. It enables web browser traffic to be kept assigned to single server during certain sections of website.	Microsoft Azure	Session	Strictly Necessary	User ID
ASLBSACORS and ASLBSA	The ASLBSA cookie is used for session affinity by Azure Front Door. It ensures that a visitor consistently interacts with the same backend server instance, even if multiple instances are available. This cookie helps distribute traffic evenly across different origins.	Azure Front Door	Session	Strictly Necessary	User ID
cf_clearance	This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor’s IP address. It is essential for supporting a website’s security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors.	CloudFlare	1 year	Strictly Necessary	User ID
_cf_bm	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 their website.	CloudFlare	30 minutes	Strictly Necessary	No information stored
jwt-expiry	It is employed to store the expiration date of the cla-jwt token. This cookie aids in maintaining accurate session timing and enhancing user experience by managing token validity efficiently. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.	cla.co.uk	1 hour	Strictly Necessary	No information stored
cla-jwt	The cla-jwt cookie is a distinctive token utilised within our license permissions system integrated into the website. It ensures seamless operation and access management. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.	cla.co.uk	2 hour	Strictly Necessary	No information stored

Performance

Cookie	Description	Organisation	Duration	Type	Stored data
_clck	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It anonymously tracks visitor behaviour to enhance the browsing experience and website performance. The cookie gathers data on visitor numbers, source (where they came from), and pages viewed.	Microsoft Clarity	1 year	Performance	User ID (anonymous)
_ga	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.	Google Analytics	1 year 1 month	Performance	User ID (anonymous)
_vwo_uuid_v2	This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions.	Visual Website Optimizer (VWO)	1 year	Performance	An anonymous ID
_vwo_uuid	The _vwo_uuid cookie generates a unique ID for each visitor. It helps distinguish one visitor from another and is used for report segmentation in VWO. Importantly, it does not contain any personal data.	Visual Website Optimizer (VWO)	1 year 1 month 4 days	Performance	An anonymous ID
_vwo_ds	This cookie stores persistent user-level data for VWO Insights.	Visual Website Optimizer (VWO)	3 months	Performance	An anonymous ID
_uetsid	This cookie is used by Bing to track user interactions and conversions on websites. It helps optimize ad campaigns.	Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads)	1 day	Performance	Unique session ID
SM	A GUID cookie used by Microsoft Clarity to identify unique web browsers visiting their sites. This cookie is used to synchronize the MUID across Microsoft domains, and is also used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes	Microsoft Clarity	Session	Performance	Unique session ID
CLID	This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity. It identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.	Microsoft Clarity	1 year	Performance	User ID (anonymously)
MUID	This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity. It identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes	Microsoft Clarity	1 year	Performance	User ID (anonymously)
YSC	This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.	YouTube	Session	Performance	User ID
_uetvid	This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.	Bing Ads	1 year	Performance	Unique, anonymized visitor ID
pardot	The pardot cookie is set while the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user. The cookie indicates an active session and is not used for tracking.	Salesforce Pardot	session	Performance	User ID
_vis_opt_s	The _vis_opt_s cookie tracks session creation for a visitor. It counts the number of times the browser was closed and reopened. Used for A/B testing, rollouts, personalization, and insights.	Visual Website Optimizer (VWO)	100 days	Performance	A value that represents the number of browser sessions (e.g., 2 indicates the browser was restarted once).
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place for users in the Designated Countries	LinkedIn	1 month	Performance	User ID and time sync based on country
_ga_6E28TL5ZLG	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.	Google Analytics	1 year 1 month	Performance	User ID
Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	YouTube	180 days	Performance	Unique ID

Targeting

Cookie	Description	Organisation	Duration	Type	Stored data
SRM_B	SRM_B is a Microsoft cookie which identifies unique web browsers. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.	Microsoft	1 year 24 days	Targeting	Unique ID
bcookie	The bcookie cookie tracks user behavior across LinkedIn services and helps with ad targeting and analytics.	LinkedIn	1 year	Targeting	Browser identifier ID
visitor_id699783	A Pardot cookie that appends a unique identifier for a website visitor, used for tracking purposes. The visitor_id699783 cookie tracks user interactions and helps personalize marketing content.	Marketo (a marketing automation platform)	1 year 1 month 4 days	Targeting	An anonymous visitor ID
visitor_id699783-hash	A Pardot cookie security measure that prevents malicious users from faking a visitor and accessing prospect information. The cookie contains the account ID and stores a unique hash	Pardot	1 year 1 month 4 days	Targeting	An anonymous visitor ID
_fbp	The _fbp cookie is used to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.	Meta	3 months	Targeting	An anonymous visitor and browser ID
IDE	The IDE cookie is used for advertising purposes. It registers and reports user actions after viewing or clicking on ads.	Google DoubleClick	1 year	Targeting	An anonymous ID and language preferences
ANONCHK	Set by Microsoft Bing to stores a user’s session ID and verifies clicks from ads on the Bing search engine. It’s also used for site analytics, reporting, and personalization.	Microsoft	10 minutes	Targeting	Unique User session ID and click verification
li_sugr	This cookie is used to track users as they interact with LinkedIn services embedded on websites, which can be used for analytics and targeted advertising purposes.	LinkedIn	3 months	Targeting	Used to make a probabilistic match of a user’s identity with User ID
_gcl_au	Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services	Google AdSense	3 months	Targeting	Browsing behavior
MR	This is a Microsoft cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.	Microsoft	7 days	Targeting	Unique ID
lpv699783	pi.pardot.com cookie for tracking user activity on website.	Pardot	30 minutes	Targeting	Unique ID
pum_alm_first_activity	A cookie that remembers a user’s previous activity in relation to forms and popups.	Popup Maker plugin	1 day	Targeting	Previous activity information based on User ID
pum_alm_popup_open_counts	A cookie that remembers a user’s previous activity in relation to forms and popups.	Popup Maker plugin	3 months	Targeting	Previous activity information based on User ID
pum_alm_last_activity	A cookie that remembers a user’s previous activity in relation to forms and popups.	Popup Maker plugin	1 day	Targeting
pum_alm_pages_viewed	A cookie that remembers a user’s previous activity in relation to forms and popups.	Popup Maker plugin	3 months	Targeting
MSPTC	Microsoft cookie to track user behaviour on websites that display Microsoft ads.	Microsoft	1 year	Targeting	Unique ID
loc	AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information.	AddThis	1 year 1 month	Targeting	Unique ID geolocation
uvc	addthis.com sets this cookie to determine the usage of addthis.com service.	AddThis	1 year 1 month	Targeting	User ID
ln_or	LinkedIn sets this cookie to registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website for internal analytics.	LinkedIn	1 day	Targeting	Not specified.
CLAID	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.	cla.co.uk	1 month	Targeting	Stores session traffic attribution details for the user using anonymous ID
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	.youtube.com – This cookie is used to store the user’s consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor’s consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions.	YouTube	6 months	Targeting	User ID privacy settings
IDE	The IDE cookie is used for advertising purposes. It registers and reports user actions after viewing or clicking on ads.	DoubleClick	1 year	Targeting	User ID
UserMatchHistory	LinkedIn Ads ID syncing	LinkedIn	30 days	Targeting	User ID
UTM	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.	cla.co.uk	1 month	Targeting	Stores session traffic attribution details for the user using anonymous ID
Utm_medium	This cookie is used to provide traffic, medium, source and campaign information when a user submits information into a website form.	cla.co.uk	2 month	Targeting	Stores session traffic attribution details for the user using anonymous ID

Functionality

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
cla_customer	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	This cookie is used to remember the state of the “CLA Customer” toggle in header. No personal information stored.
cla-form-submitted	https://cla.co.uk/	1 month	This cookie is used to check if a user has access to a restricted page. No personal information stored.
cla_user_licence_id	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	This cookie is used to remember the user selected licence. No personal information stored.
cla-jwt	.cla.co.uk	1 hour	The cla-jwt cookie is a distinctive token utilised within our license permissions system integrated into the website. It ensures seamless operation and access management. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.
jwt-expiry	.cla.co.uk	1 hour	It is employed to store the expiration date of the cla-jwt token. This cookie aids in maintaining accurate session timing and enhancing user experience by managing token validity efficiently. This cookie does not store any sensitive information, ensuring user privacy and data security.
cla-course-login	cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is set when a user logs in to our website. It contains a unique user identifier, allowing the user to access courses seamlessly. The cookie does not store any sensitive information and is designed to enhance the user experience by maintaining login sessions. It is set to expire in 30 days, ensuring that users remain logged in without needing to re-authenticate frequently.
Recite.Persist	cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is used when the Recite.me Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows the toolbar to persist across subsequent web pages on the website.
Recite.Preferences	cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is used when the Recite.me Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows user-selected settings to auto-load on subsequent web pages on the website.
__cf_bm	Cloudflare Inc. .canva.com	30 minutes	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 their website.
ARRAffinitySameSite	Microsoft Corporation .accountlogin.cla.co.uk	Session	When using Microsoft Azure as a hosting platform and enabling load balancing, this cookie ensures that requests from one visitor browsing session are always handled by the same server in the cluster.
ASLBSACORS	cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is likely associated with load balancing to ensure that visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
x-ms-routing-name	Microsoft .accountlogin.cla.co.uk	1 hour	This cookie is used to ensure the user's browsing session is directed to the same server in a session to maintain a consistent user experience.
sp_t	Spotify Inc. .spotify.com	1 year	Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.
ApplicationGatewayAffinity	cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is used to maintain user session affinity, ensuring that a user's requests within a session are sent to the same server for consistent interaction with the web application.
ARRAffinity	Microsoft Corporation .accountlogin.cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
ASP.NET_SessionId	Microsoft Corporation contentstore.cla.co.uk	Session	General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server.
ASLBSA	cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is typically used to ensure a consistent and efficient user experience by managing load balancing on the web server, helping to ensure that user requests are directed to the same server in any browsing session.
CookieScriptConsent	CookieScript cla.co.uk	1 month	This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.
JSESSIONID	Oracle Corporation accountlogin.cla.co.uk	Session	General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
__RequestVerificationToken	Microsoft Corporation contentstore.cla.co.uk	Session	This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser.
sp_landing	Spotify Inc. .spotify.com	1 day	Required to ensure the functionality of the integrated Spotify plugin. This does not result in any cross-site functionality.
PHPSESSID	PHP.net cla.co.uk	Session	Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
cf_clearance	Cloudflare, Inc. cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie is set by Cloudflare, a service that improves website security. This temporary cookie helps ensure a smooth browsing experience.
_clck	cla.co.uk	1 year	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It anonymously tracks visitor behaviour to enhance the browsing experience and website performance. The cookie gathers data on visitor numbers, source (where they came from), and pages viewed.
_clsk	Microsoft cla.co.uk	1 day	Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie. It links various page views from a single visitor into one session. This helps analyse how visitors navigate the website. The cookie collects anonymous data.
_vwo_uuid	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	The _vwo_uuid cookie generates a unique ID for each visitor. It helps distinguish one visitor from another and is used for report segmentation in VWO. Importantly, it does not contain any personal data.
_vwo_ds	Wingify https://cla.co.uk/	3 months	This cookie stores persistent user-level data for VWO Insights.
Pardot	https://cla.co.uk/	Session	The pardot cookie is set while the visitor is logged in as a Pardot user. The cookie indicates an active session and is not used for tracking.
_vis_opt_s	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	3 months 10 days	The _vis_opt_s cookie tracks session creation for a visitor. It counts the number of times the browser was closed and reopened. Used for A/B testing, rollouts, personalization, and insights.
TiPMix	.accountlogin.cla.co.uk	1 hour	This cookie is associated with diagnostics and website health issues to ensure continued stability and performance. It tracks user sessions to identify and resolve any potential problems actively.
YSC	Google LLC .youtube.com	Session	This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
_gat_UA-6576605-32	.accountlogin.cla.co.uk	60 seconds	This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
_ga_7YC6NPZV20	.accountlogin.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_ga	Google LLC .cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
ai_user	Microsoft Corporation contentstore.cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statictical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time.
_vwo_uuid_v2	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd .cla.co.uk	1 year	This cookie name is associated with the product Visual Website Optimiser, by USA based Wingify. The tool helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions.
ai_session	Microsoft Corporation contentstore.cla.co.uk	30 minutes	This cookie name is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statictical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique anonymous session identifier cookie.
ar_debug	.googleadservices.com	3 months	This cookie is used for troubleshooting and analytical purposes, intended to track errors and improve services by providing insights into how the website is functioning.
_ga	Google LLC .accountlogin.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gid	Google LLC .accountlogin.cla.co.uk	1 day	This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_ga_6E28TL5ZLG	.cla.co.uk	1 year 1 month	This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

Name	Provider / Domain	Expiration	Description
__atuvc	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	1 year	The __atuvc cookie stores performed actions on a website. It helps track user interactions and actions related to sharing content.
__atuvs	Oracle Corporation https://cla.co.uk/	30 minutes	Similar to __atuvc, the __atuvs cookie also stores performed actions on a website.
_vis_opt_test_cookie	Wingify Software Pvt. Ltd https://cla.co.uk/	Session	The _vis_opt_test_cookie detects if cookies are enabled in the visitor’s browser. It also tracks the number of browser sessions.
_vwo_sn	Wingify https://cla.co.uk/	30 minutes	This cookie stores session-level information.
test_cookie	Google LLC https://cla.co.uk/	15 minutes	This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Google LLC .youtube.com	6 months	This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.
li_gc	LinkedIn Corporation .linkedin.com	6 months	Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non-essential purposes
lidc	Microsoft Corporation .linkedin.com	1 day	LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data centre selection.
returnUrl	apiportal.cla.co.uk	Session	This cookie is used to redirect the user back to the last visited page after login, enhancing the user experience by ensuring seamless navigation.