Cookie notice

When users access the Osbit website at https://www.osbit.com, information is collected through instruments known as cookies and other technologies used to set and interact with cookies on our site.
In certain circumstances, we collect personal data about you through these cookies which may include:
• Your IP address.
• Information about the way you use our website.
• Your choice of internet browser.
• The type of device you’re accessing our website from.
• Approximately where you are in the world.
Where information collected through cookies qualifies as personal data, our Privacy Policy will apply.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, phone or other device by certain websites that you visit or emails that you open. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We use cookies on our website in order to give you a more streamlined online experience.
Cookies can be ‘first party’ or ‘third party’ cookies depending on the domain that sets them. On our website, first party cookies are set by us. Third party cookies are set by third parties and information is collected and used in accordance with their policies.
First and third-party cookies can be ‘persistent’ or ‘session’ cookies depending on their duration. Persistent cookies remain on a user’s device for the period specified in those cookies and are activated each time that user visits the website, until the cookies expire or are disabled by the user. Session cookies are linked to each specific visit you make to the website and are automatically deleted when you close your web browser. Our website uses both persistent and session cookies.

How We Use Cookies

On this website we use:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are essential to make our website work correctly, including:

• Balancing website traffic.

• Limiting traffic to maintain consistent performance.

• Performing your privacy and cookie preferences

• Navigation between website pages.

These cookies cannot be turned off or rejected and we do not require your consent for their use. If you do not want us to collect such information, you must stop using our website. By continuing to use our website, you accept these necessary cookies.

Functional cookies
These cookies make navigating our website easier for you, enhance your browsing experience, and allow for enhanced functionality, including ensuring your page loads quickly and effectively.

Analytics cookies
These cookies are used to gather statistics and insights on how you navigate our website so that we can provide you a more relevant browsing experience and improve on our services.
All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous and used only to improve how our website works.

Marketing cookies
These cookies are used to deliver relevant content to you. They may be used to:
• Deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement
• Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on our websites
• Display advertisements relating to Venterra when visiting other websites or apps
• Remember websites you have visited, which we may share with third parties, including advertisers and our agencies

Email interaction technology
Our emails may contain web beacons to tell us whether they are opened and verify any clicks through to links within an email. We use this information to help us understand how an email campaign performed, what types of emails and content our customers find interesting, and what actions people took, so we can improve our email campaigns in the future and make our emails more relevant to you. If you do not wish the web beacon to be downloaded onto your device, you should select to receive emails from us in plain text rather than HTML.

This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.

Cookie declaration – last updated November 2023:

Necessary (2)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Name: crumb
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Name: test
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. The cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Type: HTML
Expiry: Persistent

Preferences (2)

Name: loglevel
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: maintains settings and outputs when using the Developer Tools Console on current session.
Type: HTML
Expiry: Persistent

Name: Squarespace-video-player-options
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: this cookie is used in conjunction with the video player. The cookie remembers the chosen volume setting and keeps this setting on other video content watched by the visitor.
Type: HTML
Expiry: Persistent

Statistics (8)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Name: _ga
Provider: Google
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP Cookie
Expiry: 2 years

Name: _gat
Provider: Google
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP Cookie
Expiry: 1 day

Name: _gid
Provider: Google
Purpose: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP Cookie
Expiry: 1 day

Name: ss_cvisit
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: contains data on the visit. Collects data such as time spent on the website and website interaction.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Name: SS_lastvisit
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: session

Name: SS_MATTR
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: registers data on visitors’ website behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimisation.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: session

Name: SS_MID
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: session

Name: vuid
Provider: Vimeo
Purpose: Collects data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read.
Type: HTTP Cookie
Expiry: 2 years

Marketing (5)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Name: Ads/ga-audiences
Provider: Google Ads
Purpose: Used to store information for remarketing purposes.
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

Name: SS_cid
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: session

Name: ss_cpvisit
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: session

Name: ss_cvr
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Name: ss_cvt
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: Collects data on visitors. This information is used to assign visitors into segments, making website advertisement more efficient.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Unclassified (1)

Name: user_segment
Provider: Squarespace
Purpose: unclassified.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Contact Us

If you have any queries concerning this cookie policy, or how we handle your information, please get in touch with us using the following details:

• Email: comms@osbit.com.

• Post: FAO Brand & Communications Team, Osbit Limited, Broomhaugh House, Riding Mill, Northumberland, NE44 6AW, UK.