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Cookie Notice
This notice explains what cookies are, how Highvern uses them on this website, which cookies we use, and how you can accept, refuse or change your choices. Strictly necessary cookies keep the site and your consent choices working. Analytics and functionality cookies load only after you consent.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Your browser sends them back to the site on later visits so the site can recognise your browser, remember preferences, keep a session working, or measure how the site is used.
Cookies and similar technologies do not damage your device. Some are set by Highvern (first-party). Others are set by organisations whose tools we embed, for example HubSpot (forms and analytics), Google (analytics, if enabled), or Teamtailor (careers widget). Those may be third-party cookies or similar technologies when the provider sets them under its own domain, or first-party cookies when they are written on the highvern.com domain by that
How we use cookies
We use cookies for three practical reasons:
- Essential operation — remember your cookie choices, keep forms and the site working securely, and load only what is needed to provide the page you asked for.
- Understanding the site — with your consent, measure visits, popular pages and how people find us, so we can improve content and performance.
- Optional features — with your consent, enable tools that are not required for basic browsing.
Personal data collected via cookies is handled under our Privacy Notice.
Cookie categories
When you first visit, a consent banner lets you Accept all, refuse non-essential cookies, or choose by category. Accept and refuse options are given equal prominence.
Strictly necessary
These cookies are required for the website to work and to remember your consent. They do not need your opt-in. Without them we cannot store your choices or operate the consent banner correctly. Contact and enquiry forms still work if you refuse analytics and other optional categories.
Analytics / statistics
Accepting analytics allows HubSpot (and Google Analytics, if enabled) to measure traffic and usage — for example which pages are visited, how visitors arrive, and how form submissions relate to earlier visits. These cookies are blocked until you opt in. Declining analytics does not stop you using the site or submitting forms.
Functionality
Accepting functionality allows optional features that improve the experience but are not required to browse. Careers vacancy listings are part of the page and do not load a third-party widget. If you apply for a role, you leave this site for Teamtailor’s careers domain.
Cookies we use
The tables below list the cookies used on this website. Durations follow each provider’s published defaults and may be updated when tools or configurations change.
Strictly necessary
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __hs_opt_out | HubSpot | Stores that you opted out of HubSpot cookies / records decline preference | ~6 months |
| __hs_cookie_cat_pref | HubSpot | Stores your category choices (for example analytics and functionality) | ~6 months |
| __hs_initial_opt_in | HubSpot | Records an initial opt-in to avoid unnecessary re-prompts in some flows | ~7 days |
| Consent / preference cookies set by the banner | HubSpot | Keeps your Accept / Reject / category choices so the banner can respect them on later visits | Per HubSpot preference cookie (~6 months) |
HubSpot’s tracking code may load so the banner can work; analytics cookies listed below are not set until you accept the analytics category.
Analytics / statistics (consent required)
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __hstc | HubSpot | Main HubSpot analytics cookie: visit timestamps and tracking | ~6 months |
| hubspotutk | HubSpot | Visitor identity; associates form submissions with browsing history | ~6 months |
| __hssc | HubSpot | Session tracking (session count and timestamps) | ~30 minutes |
| __hssrc | HubSpot | Determines whether the visitor has restarted their browser | Session |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics (GA4) | Distinguishes visitors and measures traffic when Google Analytics is enabled | Up to ~13 months (GA4 default) |
Functionality (consent required)
| Cookie / technology | Provider | Purpose | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| None currently set on highvern.com | — | No functionality cookies are set for the Careers listings on this site. Applying for a role may set Teamtailor cookies on their careers domain | — |
If you apply for a role on a Teamtailor-hosted careers domain (leaving highvern.com), Teamtailor may show its own cookie notice. Our banner covers tools on the HIGHVERN website only.
How to change your preferences
You can change or withdraw consent at any time:
- Cookie settings on this site — use the Cookie settings control in the site footer (or reopen the banner). That reopens category choices without needing to clear your browser.
- Browser controls — most browsers let you view and delete cookies, block third-party cookies, or block all cookies. Blocking all cookies can stop some sites (including consent memory) from working properly.
Changing settings here only affects how HIGHVERN and the tools we load on this site behave. Browser-level blocks apply to every website you visit.
Third party cookies
- HubSpot — website forms, consent banner, and (with analytics consent) visitor analytics and attribution. HubSpot is a US-headquartered processor; transfers follow HubSpot’s published terms and our Privacy Notice.
- Google — Google Analytics, when enabled; measures site usage after analytics consent. Data may be processed by Google in the US subject to Google’s terms and applicable safeguards.
- Teamtailor — careers / applicant tracking. Vacancy listings on Careers are published on this site. Applications are completed on Teamtailor’s own domain and are under Teamtailor’s notice as well.
We do not sell cookie data. We do not enable HubSpot Intent data sharing or enrichment products as part of this setup.
Updates to this notice
We will update this Cookie Notice when our tools or categories change. The footer Cookies link always points to the current version.
Questions about cookies or privacy can be raised through the contact page or the privacy route set out in the Privacy Notice.