COOKIE
POLICY
Last updated أبريل 10, 2024
This Cookie Policy explains how Utility Associates, Inc. (“Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our“) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.utility.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.
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or 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, Utility Associates, Inc.) 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.
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 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.
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 linked here. 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 in the notification banner and on our website. 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):
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: TERMLY_API_CACHE Purpose: Used to store visitor’s consent result in order to improve performance of the consent banner. Provider: www.utility.com Service: Termly Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: 1 year |
Name: Priority Purpose: Used to protect forms from spam. Provider: www.google.com Service: www.google.com Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: session |
Name: _GRECAPTCHA Purpose: Stores a value used to verify that the user is not a bot Provider: www.google.com Service: reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 5 months 27 days |
Name: rc::f Purpose: Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. Provider: www.google.com Service: reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: rc::a Purpose: Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. Provider: www.google.com Service: reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: tluid Purpose: Assigns a random ID number to each visitor so that their policy consent and cookie consent preferences can be saved.Provider: app.termly.io Service: Termly View Service Privacy Policy Country: United StatesType: server_cookie Expires in: 1 year |
Name: cf_bm Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. Provider: .hubspot.com Service: Cloudflare View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 29 minutes |
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: yt.innertube::requests Purpose: Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user Provider: www.youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: yt-remote-connected-devices Purpose: Stores a list of connected devices for YouTube Provider: www.youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: yt.innertube::nextId Purpose: Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user Provider: www.youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY Purpose: Stores the last result entry key used by YouTube Provider: www.youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: yt-remote-device-idPurpose: Stores a unique ID for the user’s device for YouTube Provider: www.youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: html_local_storage Expires in: persistent |
Name: cfruid Purpose: Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. Provider: .hs-sites.com Service: Cloudflare View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: session |
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: _gid Purpose: Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on webs ite usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session. Provider: .utility.com Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 23 hours 59 minutes |
Name: hubspotutk Purpose: This cookie keeps track of a visitor’s identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. Provider: .utility.com Service: HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 5 months 27 days |
Name: _ga Purpose: Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. Provider: .utility.com Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Name: NID Purpose: Set by Google to set a unique user ID to remember user preferences. Persistent cookie that stays for 182 days Provider: .google.com Service: Google View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 6 months |
Name: ptq.gif Purpose: Records anonymous page view data. Provider: track.hubspot.com Service: Hubspot View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: pixel_tracker Expires in: session |
Name: _ga_# Purpose: Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated n umber as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions. Provider: .utility.com Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Name: counters.gif Purpose: Collects information on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content. Provider: forms.hsforms.com Service: HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: pixel_tracker Expires in: session |
Name: #collect Purpose: Sends data such as visitor’s behavior and device to Google Analytics. It is able to keep track of the visitor across marketing channels and devices. It is a pixel tracker type cook ie whose activity lasts within the browsing session. Provider: www.google-analytics.com Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: pixel_tracker Expires in: session |
Name: hssrc Purpose: Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if t he visitor has restarted their browser. Provider: .utility.com Service: HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: session |
Name: Vertical_divider.png Purpose:Provider: 7528315.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net Service: Country: United States Type: pixel_tracker Expires in: session |
Name: hstc Purpose: The main cookie for tracking visitors. Provider: .utility.com Service: HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 5 months 27 days |
Name: hssc Purpose: This cookie keeps track of sessions. Provider: .utility.com Service: HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 29 minutes |
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Name: test_cookie Purpose: A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. Provider: .doubleclick.net Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 15 minutes |
Name: bcookie Purpose: Used to optimize the range of advertising on Linkedin Provider: .linkedin.com Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 11 months 30 days |
Name: IDE Purpose: Used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user. Expires in 1.5 years. Provider: .doubleclick.net Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 1 year 11 months 29 days |
Name: YSC Purpose: YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. Provider: .youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: session |
Name: _gcl_au Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Provider: utility.com Service: AdSense View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: http_cookie Expires in: 2 months 29 days |
Name: UserMatchHistory Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn’s marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. Provider: .linkedin.com Service: LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 30 days |
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Purpose: YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data fr om other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. Provider: .youtube.com Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 5 months 27 days |
Name: lidc Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn’s marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. Provider: .linkedin.comService: LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 1 day |
Social networking cookies:
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Name: bscookie Purpose: Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites. Provider: .www.linkedin.com Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics View Service Privacy Policy Country: United States Type: server_cookie Expires in: 11 months 30 days |
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:
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.
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 our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Third parties may place 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.
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.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@utility.com or by post to:
Utility Associates, Inc.
250 E Ponce de Leon Ave Suite 700
Decatur, GA 30030
United States
Phone: (+1) 800-597-4707