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This Cookies Policy applies to the KM Group websites, (our “Sites”), which are operated by or on behalf of KM Media Group Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”).
We want to ensure that you are aware of the information we store on your device(s), so that you can make informed choices using the information below.
BY USING OUR SITES YOU ARE CONSENTING TO OUR USE OF COOKIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS COOKIE POLICY.
A cookie is a small text file stored by your web browser on your computer or mobile device. Some cookies are essential for our Sites to work and help us provide you with relevant information. They also allow us to recognise your computer (but not specifically who is using it) when you access our Sites and to improve the usability and performance of our Sites.
We use the following cookies:
You can find more information about the individual non-Advertising cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the list below:
Cookie Name: euconsent-v2
Duration: 13 months
Purpose: Anonymous cookie used to record your consent status for cookies
Cookie Name: addtl_consent
Duration: 13 months
Purpose: Anonymous cookie used to record your consent status for cookies
Cookie Name: _qca
Duration: 13 months
Purpose: Anonymous cookie used for tracking by our Consent Management Platform - Quantcast
Cookie Name: KMG_C_T
Duration: 365 days
Purpose: This is an anonymous cookie used for counting page views per visitor.
Cookie Name: KMG_C_S
Duration: Session
Purpose: These are session cookies, used to enable login and device detection.
Cookie Name: _ga
Duration: 24 months
Purpose: Google Analytics cookie used to provide our web analytics.
Cookie Name: _gid
Duration: 24 months
Purpose: Google Analytics cookie used to provide our web analytics.
Cookie Name: v1st
Duration: 13 months
Purpose: This is your digital unique identifier on the Dailymotion Service. It is used for fraud detection and prevention, security of the Dailymotion Service, compliance with legal obligations (ex. compliance with court orders in relation to video access) and identification of an end user’s age.
Cookie Name: ts
Duration: 13 months
Purpose: Traffic Segment cookie used principally for progressive roll-out, a critical technical functionality that prevents massive service break-down during implementation of new developments or features.
Cookie Name: dmvk
Duration: Session
Purpose: Random video key used to prevent interruption of the video watched by an end user when navigating between different Internet service providers networks.
Cookie Name: _hjSessionUser_{site_id}
Duration: 365 Days
Purpose: Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Hotjar does not track users across different sites and ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.
Cookie Name: _hjFirstSeen
Duration: 30 Minutes
Purpose: Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.
Cookie Name: _hjHasCachedUserAttributes
Duration: Session
Purpose: Enables us to know whether the data set in _hjUserAttributes Local Storage item is up to date or not.
Cookie Name: _hjUserAttributesHash
Duration: 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds
Purpose: Enables us to know when any User Attribute has changed and needs to be updated.
Cookie Name:hjViewportId
Duration: Session
Purpose: Stores user viewport details such as size and dimensions.
Cookie Name: hjActiveViewportIds
Duration: Session
Purpose: Stores an expirationTimestamp that is used to validate active viewports on script initialization.
Cookie Name: _hjSession_{site_id}
Duration: 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity.
Purpose: Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session.
Cookie Name: _hjSessionTooLarge
Duration: 1 hour
Purpose: Determined automatically by a signal from the server if the session size exceeds the limit.
Cookie Name: _hjCookieTest
Duration: Under 100ms duration
Purpose: Checks to see if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use cookies. If it can, a value of 1 is set.
Cookie Name: _hjLocalStorageTest
Duration: Under 100ms duration
Purpose: Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Local Storage.
Cookie Name: _hjSessionStorageTest
Duration: Under 100ms duration
Purpose: Checks if the Hotjar Tracking Code can use Session Storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set.
Cookie Name: _hjIncludedInPageviewSample
Duration: 2 minutes duration, extended every 30 seconds
Purpose: Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
Cookie Name: _hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id}
Duration: 2 minute duration, extended every 30 seconds
Purpose: Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.
Cookie Name: _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
Duration: 30 minutes duration, extended on user activity
Purpose: Used to detect the first pageview session of a user.
Cookie Name: _hjTLDTest
Duration: Session
Purpose: We try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. This enables us to try to determine the most generic cookie path to use, instead of page hostname.
Cookie Name: _hjRecordingEnabled
Duration: Session
Purpose: Set when a Recording starts. Read when the Recording module is initialized to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.
Cookie Name: _hjRecordingLastActivity
Duration: Session
Purpose: Updated when a user recording starts and when data is sent to the server (the user performs an action that Hotjar records).
Cookie Name: _hjClosedSurveyInvites
Duration: 365 days duration
Purpose: Set when a user interacts with a Link Survey invitation modal. Ensures the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown.
Cookie Name: _hjDonePolls
Duration: 365 days duration
Purpose: Set when a user completes an on-site Survey. Ensures the same Survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in.
Cookie Name: _hjMinimizedPolls
Duration: 365 days duration
Purpose: Set when a user minimizes an on-site Survey. Ensures that the Survey stays minimized when the user navigates through your site.
Cookie Name: _hjShownFeedbackMessage
Duration: One day duration
Purpose: Set when a user minimizes or completes a Feedback widget. Ensures the Feedback widget will load as minimized if the user navigates to another page where it is set to show.
Cookie Name: cookienoticecookie
Duration: 180 Days
Purpose: Saves information to allow the website to determine whether or not to display a visitor the cookie notice.
Cookie Name: ASP.NET_SessionId
Duration: session
Purpose: Stores a unique session identifier upon accessing the first page in a session. Allows functions to access information submitted earlier in the session.
We use the following providers, who use cookies as part of their technology. These cookies will only be stored if you have given us permission to do so. They are listed in our CMP.
Purpose:Comscore provides KM Media Group with analytical information about our visitors. Comscore collects data on the traffic and engagement for our sites. To opt out of ScoreCard Research cookies, visit www.scorecardresearch.com/OptOut.aspx.
Purpose: MoneyPenny provides our live chat communication facilities for contact with our customer service and subscriptions departments.
Purpose: Chartbeat provides KM Media Group with real-time analysis of our news content to help us tailor our content for the best experience. Details of cookies used by Chartbeat can be found here.
Purpose: IPSOS provides KM Media Group with analytics for our website for national audience measurement. Details of how Dotmetrics collects and uses information, and how you can opt out from DotMetrics audience measurement can be found here.
Purpose: Parse.ly provides KM Media Group with real-time analysis of our news content to help us tailor our content for the best experience. Details of how Parse.ly collects and uses information can be found here.
When you provide us with permission, we will share data collected through cookies and similar technologies on our websites with selected third party partners.
We provide detailed information on the identity of partners, including the data that they collect and what they use it for, within the relevant sections of our CMP.
For interest based advertising, you can also opt-out by visiting: https://youronlinechoices.eu/.
There is an AdChoice logo at the corner of every advertisement that carries behavioural targeting cookies; you can click on the link within this logo to control the settings that Google uses to display adverts (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated)
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. If you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Sites. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you access our Sites. If you use different devices to view and access our Sites (for example, your computer, smart phone, tablet etc.) you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.
Below are some links to guidance for managing cookies in the most popular web browsers.
Microsoft Edge - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-10
Firefox - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies
Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&ref_topic=14666
Safari - https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=en_US
If you disable the cookies that we use this may impact your experience while on our Sites.
For more detailed information about cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org which provides guidance on how to control cookies.
We may revise this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes we may make to our Cookie Policy in the future will be posted on this page.
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Policy are welcomed. Please contact us at privacy@thekmgroup.co.uk
Thank you for visiting our Sites.
This policy was last updated on 11.01.2024
