Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

This website www.blackbookmotorsport.com (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the “accept” button on Our Cookie pop-up.

 

If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.

 

Definitions and Interpretation

In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

 

“Cookie”

means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;

“Cookie Law”

means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”);

“personal data”

means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and

“We/Us/Our”

means SportsPro Media, a limited company registered in England under company number 6667015, whose registered address is 3rd Floor, Two America Square, London, EC3N 2LU, United Kingdom.

 

Information About Us

Our Site is owned and operated by SportsPro Media, a limited company registered in England under company number 6667015, whose registered address is 3rd Floor, Two America Square, London, EC3N 2LU, United Kingdom.

 

How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. For more details, please refer to the section below.

All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in and payment transactions.

Analytics Cookies

It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

Targeting Cookies

It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

Third Party Cookies

Third party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

Persistent Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

Session Cookies

Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy

http://www.blackbookmotorsport.com/privacy-policy

For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.

 

What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

 

Name of Cookie

Purpose

PHPSESSID

Auto generated by our PHP website used to maintain your session variables i.e. maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.  STRICTLY NECESSARY

X-Mapping-fjhppofk

Hosted by Riverbed, used to establish a unique session for the visitor to differentiate from other visitors. We use this to track clicks of users on our site to determine your interests, wishes better.  STRICTLY NECESSARY

__atssc

__atuvc

__atuvs

These cookies are associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms.

__cfduid

Operated by CloudFlare and is used to speed up page load times for make your website experience quicker. It does not contain any user identification information.  STRICTLY NECESSARY

_gads

This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to do with the showing of adverts on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue.

__hs_opt_out

This HubSpot cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. This cookie is set when Our Site gives you the choice to opt out of cookies.

__hs_do_not_track

This HubSpot cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. Setting this cookie is different from opting out of cookies, as it still allows anonymised information to be sent to HubSpot.

__hstc

The main HubSpot 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).

hubspotutk

This HubSpot cookie is used to keep track of a visitor’s identity. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.

__hssc

This HubSpot 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.

__hssrc

Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if you, the visitor, has restarted your browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session.

exp_csrf_token

This cookie is a security enhancement for Expression Engine, our website cms. CSRF stands for Cross Site Request Forgery. Expression Engine verifies that the cookie in the browser was the one set, confirming the submission from the site is genuine.

exp_last_activity

An Expression Engine cookie which contains the date of your last activity on the site to help us improve your website experience.

exp_last_visit

An Expression Engine cookie used for registered users and contains data of the dates of your visits to the site helping us improve your website experience.

exp_tracker

An Expression Engine cookie used to keep track of the last 5 pages you visited on the site and allows us to redirect you to the page you were on before sending us an email through a contact form.

exp_perpage

_form_3_

_form_43_

bbmf_accept_cookies

spm_visited

spm_accept_cookies

These are Expression Engine cookies. These cookies are set upon arrival to the Site and some are deleted when a user closes their browser, the others have a variable expiry date. They allow us to carry information from page to page and avoids creating the need for users to re-enter information. They provide a responsive browser experience.

 

The following third party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

 

Name of Cookie

Purpose

Provider

_JAR

Google ad personalisation

Google

1P_JAR

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics and is used to gather web stats and track conversions rates. We use this to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance.

Google

APISID

This cookie is hosted by google analytics and is used to generate images for maps or to generate a CAPTCHA images to help protect our site from “spambots”. We use these to store your options such as a preferred zoom level.

Google

CONSENT

Cookie Consent is a free JavaScript plugin for alerting users about the use of cookies on your website.

Google

HSID

These are hosted and used by Google to detect your preferences and record usage of Google maps.

Google

DSID

These cookies are used to improve publicity. They are normally used for gearing publicity towards the particular interests of a user, improving the campaign performance reports and preventing the same ad from being shown to users more than once.

Google

IDE

This is hosted by Google Analytics and is an advertising cookie that Google serves across the web; the main advertising cookie on non-Google sites and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net.

doubleclick.net.

SAPISID

These cookies are hosted by Google Analytics and are used by Google to store user preferences and information of Google maps

Google

SID

These are hosted by google to gather information on how you use our website.

Their use includes:
- calculating visitor, session and campaign data for analytics reports
- 'remembering' your search preferences
- facilitating the use of Google Maps functionality
- gathering location data
- storing and protecting your Google account information.

 

Google

SIDCC

SSID

These cookies are hosted by Google Analytics. They are used to protect a users’ data from unauthorised access.

Google

__uis

We use Google DoubleClick advertising to display adverts across the web. We then use this data to improve the ads we target users with.

 

tpc.googlesyndication.com

_ct_rmm

These cookies are managed by DoubleClick, an advertising platform we use to display adverts. They help us identify which visitors to our website have seen or clicked one of our adverts.

.doubleclick.net

bku

Hosted by BlueKai, used to collect data on your browsing habits on different websites using the tracker’s unique ID number. We use this data to profile visitors to our website and define detailed market segments, for use in our marketing campaign strategy and for more targeted online advertising.

.addthis.com

cw_id

mus

na_id

na_tc

uid

psc

ssc

ssh

sshs

uvc

BlueKai works with websites to aggregate anonymous activities and enables marketers to provide more targeted online advertising.

.addthis.com

 

Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics.

Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

The analytics service used by Our Site uses Cookies to gather the required information.

Google Analytics uses the following Cookies:

Name of Cookie

Purpose

NID

A Google preferences cookie called ‘NID’. This browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.

__utma

 

 

This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It is used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners.

__utmz

This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site - so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.

_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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.

_gid

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.

 

 

Consent and Control

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.

In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB

Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/microsoft-edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)

Safari (macOS): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB

Safari (iOS):

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-Cookies-website-preferences

Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)

 

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time.Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made.You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

 

Further Information

If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at dataservices@sportspromedia.com, by telephone on +44 20 7871 0123, or by post at 3rd Floor, Two America Square, London, EC3N 2LU.

For more information about privacy, data protection and our terms and conditions, please visit the following:

http://www.blackbookmotorsport.com/privacy-policy

http://www.blackbookmotorsport.com/terms-and-conditions