Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
Montreal Associates uses cookies on its website. You can find out more about cookies and how to control them in the information below.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience.
We recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
Categories of cookies
Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are fundamental to website functionality and cannot be switched off without blocking features on the site.
Functional cookies: these are used to enhance your experience (e.g. remember settings),
Tracking and performance cookies: these cookies allow us to gather analytics to improve the performance and functionality of our site. These analytics can include measurements on the popularity of a page, common patterns of how people browse around the site, and how frequently a certain feature is used. We usually aggregate the data for review but in some cases, we may collect information on the content you have viewed in order to understand what interests you most.
Targeting and advertising cookies: These cookies are used to show advertising that is likely to be of interest to you based on your browsing habits. These cookies, as served by our content and/or advertising providers, may combine information they collected from our website with other information they have independently collected relating to your web browser's activities across their network of websites.
In some cases, we can associate cookie information with an identifiable individual. For example:
If we send you a targeted email which includes cookies or similar technologies, we will know whether you open, read, or delete the message.
When you click a link in a marketing e-mail you receive from Montreal Associates, we will also use a cookie to log what pages you view and what content you download from our websites
You may withdraw your consent to Tracking and performance cookies at any time by clicking the privacy settings link in the bottom right of each page.
The list below describes the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for.
Cookies on this site
Strictly necessary cookies
| Provider | Cookie Name(s) | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website Session | ASP.NET_SessionId | Maintains your user session state, allowing us to store data for the duration of your session on the site. | Session |
| Cookie Preferences | cookie_consent_level, CookieConsent | Used to remember a user's cookie preferences on montrealassociates.com. Where users have previously indicated a preference, such as language, it will be stored in this cookie. | 365 days |
| YouTube | CONSENT | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 730 days |
Functional Cookies
| Provider | Cookie Name(s) | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Force24 | F24_personId, F24_autoId | Used to collect information about how visitors use the website and to remember preferences if users fill in forms on the site. | 365 days |
| lang | Remembers the user's selected language version of the website. | Session | |
| YouTube | PREF | Stores user preferences, such as search result display settings and SafeSearch preferences. | 10 years |
Tracking and Performance Cookies
| Provider | Cookie Name(s) | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Force24 | _hjid, _insp_norec_sess, _fbp, _insp_nv, _insp_slim, _utmz, insp_wid, insp_targlpt, adiV, _utmc | Used to collect information about how visitors use the website and to remember preferences if users fill in forms on the site. | Until user unsubscribes or data is deleted |
| bcookie, lidc | Used to identify and authenticate LinkedIn members, remember preferences, and support analytics and advertising activities. | 2 years, 1 day | |
| Google Analytics 4 (GA4) | _ga, _gat, _gid, CONSENT | Used to distinguish users, throttle request rates, determine new sessions/visits, store traffic source information, and measure website performance and engagement. | Up to 14 months |
| Microsoft Clarity | _clck, _clsk, CLID, ANONCHK, MR, MUID, SM | Used to analyse user behaviour through session recordings, heatmaps, and website interaction metrics to improve website functionality, user experience, and marketing effectiveness. | Up to 13 months |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Allows embedded YouTube content to function correctly and collects performance information about visitor engagement with embedded videos. | 8 months |
Microsoft Clarity
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products and services. Website usage data is captured using first- and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products and services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimisation, fraud/security purposes, and advertising.
For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, please visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
| Provider | Cookie Name(s) | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| UserMatchHistory | Tracks visitors across websites in order to present relevant advertisements based on visitor interests and preferences. | 30 days | |
| Google Analytics 4 (GA4) | _utma, _utmt, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz, _utmv | Used to determine new sessions/visits, store traffic source information, and measure visitor-level engagement and campaign effectiveness. | Up to 14 months |
| YouTube | SSID, SID, HSID, DSID, IDE, YSC, _Secure-3PAPISID, APISID | Used to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, protect user data, and serve personalised advertisements across the web. | Session to 2 years |
| Twitter/X | personalization_id | Allows content sharing on Twitter/X and collects information about browsing habits to make advertising more relevant. | 2 years |
| Facebook/Meta | _fbp | Allows content sharing on Facebook and collects information about browsing habits to make advertising more relevant. | 2 years |
You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service at Google support
Visitors may choose to opt-out of Google Analytics tracking with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on
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 www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Opera
Apple Safari
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.