Cookie Policy
Last updated May 20, 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how Bracket Software, LLC ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.bracketsoftware.com ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer of mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Bracket Software, LLC) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent 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.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found by clicking "Cookie Settings" at the bottom of the page. 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.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Cookies by Category
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
| Name: | __hs_opt_out |
| Purpose | Set when we give you the option to opt-out of cookies. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 6 months |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hs_do_not_track |
| Purpose | This cookie can be set by us to prevent HubSpot's tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 6 months |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hs_initial_opt_in |
| Purpose | This cookie is used by HubSpot to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 7 days |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hs_cookie_cat_pref |
| Purpose | This cookie is used by HubSpot to record which categories you've consented to. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 6 months |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hs_gpc_banner_dismiss |
| Purpose | This cookie is used when a global privacy control banner is dismissed. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 180 days |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hs_notify_banner_dismiss |
| Purpose | This cookie is used when a Notify consent banner type is dismissed. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 180 days |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | hs_ab_test |
| Purpose | This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they've seen before. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | At end of browser session |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | <id>_key |
| Purpose | When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits by the same browser do not require login. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 14 days |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | hs-messages-is-open |
| Purpose | This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 30 mins |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | hs-messages-hide-welcome-message |
| Purpose | This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 1 day |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hsmem |
| Purpose | This cookie is set when a visitor logs into a HubSpot-hosted area of the site. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 7 days |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | hs-membership-csrf |
| Purpose | This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | At end of browser session |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | hs_langswitcher_choice |
| Purpose | This cookie is used to save a visitor's selected language. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 2 years |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __cfruid |
| Purpose | Rate limiting policy enforcement. |
| Provider | Cloudflare (via HubSpot Integration) |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | At Cloudflare's descression |
| Read More | Cloudflare Cookies |
| Name: | __cfuvid |
| Purpose | Used to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. |
| Provider | Cloudflare (via HubSpot Integration) |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | At Cloudflare's descression |
| Read More | Cloudflare Cookies |
| Name: | __cf_bm |
| Purpose | Bot identification and management |
| Provider | Cloudflare (via HubSpot Integration) |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | At Cloudflare's descression |
| Read More | Cloudflare Cookies |
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
| Name: | __hstc |
| Purpose | HubSpot's primary visitor tracking cookie |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 6 months |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | hubspotutk |
| Purpose | Tracks a visitor's identity and is used on form submission and when deduplicating contacts in HubSpot. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 6 months |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hssc |
| Purpose | This cookie keeps track of HubSpot sessions |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 30 mins |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
| Name: | __hssrc |
| Purpose | This cookies is used by HubSpot to track sessions especially accross browser restarts |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | At end of the session |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
Functional cookies:
Functionality cookies are cookies that help enhance a website&39;s performance and functionality. For example, functionality cookies can be used to allow video playback or remember a user&39;s region.
| Name: | messagesUtk |
| Purpose | This cookie is used to recognize visitors who chat with us via the chat tool. |
| Provider | HubSpot |
| Type | cookie |
| Expires | After 6 months |
| Read More | HubSpot Knowledge Base Article |
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.
We do not use Flash Player and so also do not use it's Flash Cookies or Local Shared Objects.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at hello@bracketsoftware.com or by post to: