COOKIE POLICY

Introduction

Sonaspection uses cookies to distinguish you from other users on 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.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact: max@sonaspection.com

 
What is a cookie?

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

 

We use the following cookies:
  • Strictly necessary/Essential cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical or 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 (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

 

Privacy Policy

We treat the privacy of our customers and website users very seriously and we implement appropriate measures to safeguard your privacy. For more information, please visit our privacy policy page.

 

Managing your cookie settings

You can enable or disable cookies in your website browser settings. How you do this will depend on which browser you’re using.

Learn how to manage cookies using the latest browser versions by following these links:

 

Third-party cookies

We use Google Analytics on our website. This is a third-party cookie operated by Google. More details are provided in the list of cookies below. View Google’s privacy policy here. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit Google’s opt out page.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the report table below.

 

Cookie report table

Cookie Name

Provider

Purpose

Type

Duration

_stripe_mid

js.stripe.com

This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information.

Necessary

1 year

_stripe_sid

js.stripe.com

This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information.

Necessary

1 day

_ab

js.stripe.com

This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information.

Necessary

Session

_mf

js.stripe.com

This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information.

Necessary

Session

m

stripe.com

Determines the device used to access the website. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly.

Necessary

400 days

1.gif

consent.cookiebot.com

Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery.

Necessary

Session

bcookie

linkedin.com

Used in order to detect spam and improve the website’s security.

Necessary

1 year

CookieConsent

consent.cookiebot.com

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.

Necessary

1 year

li_gc

linkedin.com

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.

Necessary

180 days

rc::a

gstatic.com

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.

Necessary

Persistent

rc::c

gstatic.com

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

Necessary

Session

test_cookie

doubleclick.net

Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.

Necessary

1 day

wpEmojiSettingsSupports

sonaspection.com

This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookie s keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, colour themes and other website settings.

Necessary

Session

ar

google-analytics.com

Checks whether a technical debugger-cookie is present.

Analytics

 

1

m.stripe.network

This cookie is used in conjunction with the payment window. The cookie is necessary for making secure transactions on the website.

Necessary

Session

wc_cart_hash_#

woocommerce.com

This cookie is used to store items in shopping cart.

Necessary

Persistent

lidc

linkedin.com

Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimise user experience.

Preferences

1 day

maps/gen_204

maps.googleapis.com

Used in context with the website’s map integration. The cookie stores user interaction with the map in order to optimise its functionality.

Preferences

Session

_ga

google-analytics.com

Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. It distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identified. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports.

Analytics

2 years

_ga_#

google-analytics.com

Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.

Analytics

2 years

ar

google-analytics.com

Checks whether a technical debugger-cookie is present.

Analytics

3 months

IDE

doubleclick.net

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

Targeting

400 days

_gcl_au

google.com

Used by Google Adsense for experimenting with advertisement efficacy across websites using their services.

Targeting

3 months

#-#

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Session

iU5q-!O9@$

youtube.com

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Marketing

Session

LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Session

LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Persistent

nextld

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Session

NID

google.com

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

Marketing

6 months

pagead/1p-user-list/#

google.com

Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites.

Marketing

Session

remote_sid

youtube.com

Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website.

Marketing

Session

requests

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Session

sbjs

sonaspection.com

Collects data on user behaviour and interaction in order to optimise the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant.

Marketing

Session

TESTCOOKIESENABLED

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

1 day

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

youtube.com

Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

Marketing

180 days

YSC

youtube.com

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Marketing

Session

yt.innertube::nxtld

youtube.com

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Marketing

Persistent

ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Persistent

YtIdbMeta#databases

youtube.com

Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Marketing

Persistent

yt-remote-cast-available

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Session

yt-remote-cast-installed

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Session

yt-remote-connected-devices

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Persistent

yt-remote-device-id

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Persistent

yt-remote-fast-check-period

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Session

yt-remote-session-app

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Session

yt-remote-session-name

youtube.com

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Marketing

Session

 

Google Signals

When users consent to “Allow all cookies,” Google Signals – a feature within Google Analytics – enables us to understand aggregated user behaviour across multiple devices for users signed into their Google accounts. This feature provides anonymised reports on interactions spanning smartphones, tablets, and desktops. By utilising data from users who have opted into ad personalisation, we can analyse cross-device metrics, such as the number of users engaging with our website via different devices and the paths they follow during interactions. These insights help us improve website functionality, enhance user experience, and refine marketing and advertising strategies while adhering to user privacy preferences.

 

Consent and control

Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown pop up 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 website may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of cookie that we use. You can return to your cookie preferences to review and/or change them at any time by adjusting your cookie settings.

In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org, or use the “Help” function within your browser.

 

Changes to this cookie policy

This cookie policy applies from February 2025.

We may alter this cookie policy at any time.  Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of our website 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.