When you interact with Swoogo online through our company websites, Swoogo.events or Swoogo.com (collectively, the “Website”) we collect information automatically using cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies. Please note that third party marketing and analytics cookies may be considered a sale or sharing under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). If you are a California resident and wish to opt out, please visit Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
WHO WE ARE
For residents of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and United Kingdom (“UK”), the entity responsible for the collection and use (processing) of your personal data on https://www.swoogo.events is Swoogo Solutions Limited (“Swoogo”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) You can contact Swoogo’s Data Protection Officer by email at [email protected] or mail in the US at 1925 Century Park East, Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90067, USA, or in the UK, at International House, 64 Nile Street, London, N17SR, United Kingdom. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation and/or EU General Data Protection Regulation (collectively, “GDPR” or “EU data protection law”), Swoogo is a controller in relation to its processing of personal data through the Website. As used in this Cookie Notice, the term “personal information” includes the term “personal data” as defined under EU data protection law. For more information on your rights in relation to our processing of your personal data, please visit our Privacy Notice, which explains how we collect your personal information, what we do with it and your rights in respect of it.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They help us enhance your user experience on our site and help us learn what information interests you.
When you visit our website, we use cookies and similar technologies for our website to function, to enhance your browsing experience, and to analyze our traffic. Thus, cookies might store information about you, your preferences, or your device.
HOW WE USE COOKIES?
We use essential, functional, analytics, and advertising cookies to collect your internet or other electronic network activity information (device, usage, location information (determined through your IP address), such as your browsing history, configuration, unique online identifiers, and interactions with our ads on third-party websites), when you interact with the Website. We use this information to: (i) track you within the Website; (ii) enhance user experience; (iii) conduct analytics to improve the Website; (iv) prevent fraudulent use of the Website; (v) diagnose and repair Website errors, and, in cases of abuse, track and mitigate the abuse; and (vi) market to you more effectively across different web pages and social media platforms. Third party marketing and analytics cookies may be considered sharing under the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). To opt-out of the sharing of the personal information, visit Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. To the extent EU data protection law applies, we will not place non-essential cookies without your consent and the legal basis for this is your consent.
We also use a cookie to remember the choices that you have made in our cookie privacy manager. This will have a couple of consequences:
The tables below set out the specific cookie providers within each category that are used on our Website, specify the purpose for each category of cookie, and the retention of each cookie.
To opt-out of interest based advertising generally or learn more about the use of this information, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). The DAA offers consumers a WebChoices tool to opt out of interest-based advertising and other applicable uses of Web-viewing data by DAA’s participating companies. The NAI offers a similar opt-out service for NAI members. Visit NAI’s Consumer Opt Out web page to learn about NAI members who deliver tailored ads and opt-out of receiving them. When you opt-out an opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. The opt-out cookie is browser and device specific and will only last until cookies are cleared from your browser or device. You may also disable cookies and limit the collection and use of information through them by setting your browser to refuse cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA), you can also visit the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s (EDAA) opt out web page to opt out of interest based advertising or learn more about your information choices.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
The legal basis for setting non-essential cookies is your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time in our Cookie Management Platform, which can be accessed by clicking “Cookies” in the footer of our Website.
To the extent EU data protection law applies, the legal basis for the placement and access of non-essential (e.g., preference, analytics, and advertising) cookies and other technologies on the Website is your consent. To the extent EU data protection law applies, the legal basis for the placement and access of strictly necessary cookies is that they are necessary for the functioning of the Website.
The different types of cookies we use on our Website include:
Essential cookies. Essential cookies are cookies that help make a website usable by enabling basic Website functions. The legal basis for the processing is necessary to provide the Website. Without these cookies, the Website would not function properly, and you would not be able to use certain features of the Website. Essential cookies are also used to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of the Website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled.
First Party Essential Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ^PHPSESSID$ | Swoogo | This cookie is necessary to set preferences while registering or browsing. | 1 month | |
| __cf_bm | CloudFlare Inc. | This cookie is used to read and filter requests from the CloudFlare Bot. | 30 minutes | Cookie Policy |
| _csrf | Swoogo | This cookie is used to prevent cross-site request forgery. | Session | |
| Loglevel | Swoogo | This cookie is a persistent cookie that collects data on user interaction with the website. | Persistent |
Performance Cookies. Performance cookies (also called preference cookies) are used to remember user preferences and settings on our Website. Performance cookies help to enhance the user experience by allowing our Website to remember user preferences, such as language or region, and to provide a more personalized experience. The legal basis for our use of performance cookies is your consent. If you do not consent, we will not use these cookies.
First Party Performance Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ^hs-messages-hide-welcome-message$ | Hubspot Inc | This cookie is used to prevent the HubSpot chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. | 1 day | Privacy Policy |
| ^hs-messages-is-open$ | Hubspot Inc | This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. | 30 minutes | Privacy Policy |
| ^messagesUtk$ | Hubspot Inc | This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with you via the chatflows tool. | 13 months | Privacy Policy |
| pfjs%3Acookies | Clearbit Inc. | This cookie is used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 1 year | Privacy Policy |
Analytics Cookies. Analytics cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of users to the Website, see how users interact with the Website and different functions, and when users are using the Website. Analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently viewed pages on the Website, and help us record any difficulties you have with the Website. This information allows us to improve the Website and enhance user experience. The legal basis for our use of analytics cookies is your consent. If you do not consent, we will not use these cookies.
First Party Analytics Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cb_anonymous_id | Clearbit Inc | This is the only cookie Clearbit uses ‘out of the box’. It is a unique ID for each anonymous site visitor used to attribute page views back to that anonymous individual. | 1 year | Privacy Policy |
| cb_group_id | Clearbit Inc | This cookie keeps track of group information, like an account that a user belongs to or a company they work for. This cookie is set when a user visits a page with the Clearbit Tag, but the cookie value is null until a group is identified using the group call method. Group calls can be used to pass custom traits about a company, product account, or other group to Clearbit for use in Company Audiences. | 1 year | Privacy Policy |
| cb_user_id | Clearbit Inc | This cookie keeps track of the visitor’s identity. This cookie is set when a user visits a page with the Clearbit Tag, but the cookie value is null until the visitor is identified using the identify call method. When the visitor has been identified, this cookie will store a unique user ID used to attribute web activity to the individual within the Clearbit platform. | 1 year | Privacy Policy |
| cb%3Atest | Clearbit Inc | This cookie keeps track of the visitor’s identity. This cookie is set when a user visits a page with the Clearbit Tag, but the cookie value is null until the visitor is identified using the identify call method. When the visitor has been identified, this cookie will store a unique user ID used to attribute web activity to the individual within the Clearbit platform. | 1 year | Privacy Policy |
| _ga | Google Analytics | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. 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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 2 years | Privacy Policy |
| __hssc | Hubspot | This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. | 30 minutes | Privacy Policy |
| __hssrc | Hubspot | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value “1” when present. | Session | Privacy Policy |
| __hstc | Hubspot | The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). | 13 months | Privacy Policy |
| __tld__ | Segment Inc | From Segment Analytics.js library; this cookie helps to determine out a top-level domain for a user. | Session | Privacy Notice |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar Ltd | This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 30 minutes | Privacy Policy |
| _hjFirstSeen | Hotjar Ltd | This is set to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. | Session | Privacy Policy |
| _hjSession | Hotjar Ltd | A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. | 30 minutes | Privacy Policy |
| _hjTLDTest | Hotjar Ltd | When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. | Session | Privacy Policy |
| _pk_. | Matomo | Matomo is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. _pk_id cookie is used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID. _pk_ref cookies are used to store the attribution information, such as the referrer initially used to visit the website. _pk_ses are short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit. _pk_testcookie tests whether cookies are enabled. In turn, this allows Matomo Analytics to decide on the best place to store session and browsing data before storing it for analytics purposes. | 13 months | Privacy Policy |
| hubspotutk | Hubspot Inc. | This cookie keeps track of a visitor’s identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor. | 13 months | Privacy Policy |
| _hjCookieTest | Hotjar Ltd | Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set. | Session | Privacy Policy |
| _hjHasCachedUserAttributes | Hotjar Ltd | Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not. | Session | Privacy Policy |
| _hjIncludedIn. | Hotjar Ltd | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit. | Session | Privacy Policy |
Third Party Analytics Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ln_or | LinkedIn / Oribi | Used by LinkedIn to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain | 1 day | Privacy Policy |
Advertising (Targeting) Cookies. Advertising cookies identify and store behaviors that users take when visiting our Website. These cookies are used in order to identify you as a prospect for our services, deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests, limit the number of times you see an advertisement, and help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. The legal basis for our use of analytics cookies is your consent. If you do not consent, we will not use these cookies.
First Party Advertising (Targeting) Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __gcl_au | Google LLC | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 3 months | Privacy Policy |
| _gcl_aw | Google LLC | Stores ad click information so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page | Undefined | Privacy Policy |
Third Party Advertising (Targeting) Cookies:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _fbc | Meta | Placed by Facebook to store last visit | Undefined | Privacy Policy |
| _fbp | Meta | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 3 months | Privacy Policy |
| li_fat_id | LinkedIn Corporation | Member indirect identifier for Members for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics | 30 days | Privacy Policy |
Additional Disclosures for Particular Cookies
Hotjar. We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site. To opt-out of sharing through cookies, please visit Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to collect information on your use of our Website to improve our Website. In order to collect this information, Google Analytics may set cookies on your browser, or read cookies that are already there. Google Analytics may also receive information about you from applications you have downloaded that partner with Google. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Although we have enabled Restricted Processing to prevent the sharing of personal information with Google, such sharing may be deemed a sale under the CPRA. Generally, to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you can download the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. To opt-out of sharing through cookies, please visit Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
Facebook Ads. We use Facebook Pixel to customize our advertising and to serve you ads on your social media based on your browsing behavior. This allows your behavior to be tracked after you have been redirected to our Website by clicking on the Facebook ad. The Facebook Pixel stores a cookie on your device to enable us to measure the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes. We do not have access to the information collected through the Facebook Pixel. However, the information collected via the Facebook Pixel, on the Websites as well as other websites on which Facebook Pixel is installed, is stored and processed by Facebook. Facebook may link this information to your Facebook account and use it for promotional purposes in accordance with Facebook’s Data Policy. Facebook and its partners use the Facebook Pixel to show you advertisements on and outside of Facebook. To opt-out of this displaying of Facebook ads, visit your Facebook Ad Settings. You can also clear and control the information third parties share with Facebook in your Off-Facebook Activity page. To opt out of this cookie, visit Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
For more information on your rights in relation to our processing of your personal data, please visit our Privacy Notice.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer:
By e-mail: [email protected]
By mail:
Americas
1925 Century Park East
Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA
90067 USA
APAC
Level 35, Tower One
International Towers
100 Barangaroo Avenue
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
EMEA
International House
64 Nile Street
London N17SR
United Kingdom