What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that may be stored on your computer or mobile device. It allows a website to “remember” your actions or preferences over a length of time. New England Asset Management (“NEAM”) uses cookies to make your visits more effective.
Further information on cookies can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm
How Are They Used On This Site?
This site uses 2 different types of cookies:
Session Cookies are temporary cookies that are not stored on your computer or mobile device. These session cookies are erased when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies are those placed on your computer or mobile device for a pre-determined length of time when you visit this site. This site only places cookies that are specific to this site.
Cookies used on www.neamgroup.com
NEAM uses various providers including Google Analytics to assist us in redeveloping our website to ensure we provide relevant information in an easily accessible format.
Cookies Used On This Site
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Key |
Description |
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_hssc |
This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if we should increment the session number and timestamps in the _hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. This cookie expires after 30 minutes. |
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_hssrc |
Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set. We set it to 1 and use it to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when we manage cookies, we assume it is a new session. |
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_hstc |
The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk (see below), initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). |
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_utma |
This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. This cookie will last for two years. |
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_utmb |
The B and C cookies are brothers, working together to calculate how long a visit takes. _utmb takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site, while _utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. _utmb expires at the end of the session. _utmc waits 30 minutes, and then it expires. |
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_utmc |
The B and C cookies are brothers, working together to calculate how long a visit takes. _utmb takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site, while _utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. _utmb expires at the end of the session. _utmc waits 30 minutes, and then it expires. |
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_utmt |
Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing _utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
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_utmz |
Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. This cookie will last for 6 months. |
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_ga |
Google Universal Analytics: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2790010?hl=en&ref_topic=2790009 |
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_gid |
Google analytics id, used to distinguish users. |
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BIGipServerwww_grneam.com_80 |
GenRe's F5 for session tracking. |
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hubspotutk |
This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. |
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IE |
Used to determine if visitor is in IE or not for our web apps. |
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InFrame |
Used to determine if visitor is logged in correctly. Expires at end of session. |
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Language |
Preferred language |
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NEAMId |
Session ID. Expires at end of session. |
Managing Cookies
If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by NEAM, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The “Help” function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.allaboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the NEAM website.
