Cookie Policy

COOKIE POLICY

This policy sets out information about our use of Cookies on our website.

“We” or “us” means Apex Training & Development Ltd trading as Alchemist (registered company number SC308699).

Our registered address is Ironworks Business Centre, Castlelaurie Works, Bankside Ind. Estate, Falkirk FK2 7XE

“Website” means https://thisisalchemist.com/

We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data controller under number Z8287473. If you wish to contact us, please click here.

What is a cookie?

A ‘cookie’ is a type of data file that is stored on your device when you visit a website or perform actions while visiting a website. A cookie file contains information that is transferred to your device’s memory which is recalled when you revisit our site, or when you perform certain actions on your device. Where we refer to a cookie in this policy, this incorporates similar tracking technologies.

Necessary Cookies

When you first visit our website, we only use necessary cookies. This means that additional cookies (called “Optional Cookies” in this policy) won’t be used unless you agree to accept/enable all cookies, or select your own cookie preferences.

Optional Cookies

Optional cookies are used for analytical, performance, advanced functionality and advertising purposes. More information is set out in this policy. Optional cookies help us improve our website and we believe accepting all optional cookies provides you with the best user experience.

Cookies can be “First Party”, i.e. set by us, or “Third Party”, i.e. placed on your device by another organisation when you visit our website. Third-party cookies may be placed on your device by an organisation providing a service to us or by our business partners, so that they can advertise products and services to you on our website and elsewhere on the internet. Because of how cookies work, our website cannot access third-party cookies stored from other websites; nor can other organisations access the data in the cookies we use on our website.

Changing your preferences

You can select to accept/enable some or all of the optional cookies either within the settings of your own device or by selecting the option provided on our website.

How long will cookies stay on my device?

The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies should expire when you stop browsing. Persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire after a set period or are deleted. For each of the cookies used on our website we have set out the duration in the tables below.

The Cookies we use on our website

Necessary Cookies

Necessary Cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that allow page navigation or enable you to access certain areas of our website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. Necessary Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences but doing so may result in reduced or limited functionality of our website. In some circumstances our website may cease to function as intended if necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We do not accept any liability for any loss arising where necessary cookies are disabled, deleted or otherwise altered. We use the following necessary cookies:

Cookie Name Purpose Controller Further Information (including duration of cookie)
PEPSESSID This is a session cookie stored in the computer’s memory only during a user’s browsing session and are automatically deleted from the user’s computer when the browser is closed. This cookie stores a session ID that is not personally identifiable to users, allowing the user to move from page to page without having to log-in repeatedly. Session cookies are never written on the hard drive and they do not collect any information from the user’s computer. Session cookies expire at the end of the user’s browser session and can also become no longer accessible after the session has been inactive for a specified length of time, usually 20 minutes. This cookie may also be used to store information such as the contents of a shopping cart or to provide feedback messages to users during your browsing session.    thisisalchemist.com  20 minutes
cookienotice This cookie checks whether you have agreed to our cookie terms and hides the cookie notice panel.  thisisalchemist.com  
_cf_bm This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of our website. .hubspot.com Expires in 1 day
_cf_bm This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of our website. .zoominfo.com Expires in 1 day
__cf_bm This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of our website. vimeo.com Expires in 1 day
bscookie This cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application . This allows the visitor to login to a website through their LinkedIn application for example. linkedin.com Expires in 1 year
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website google.com Expires in 2 years
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website youtube.com Expires in 2 years
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website youtube-nocookie.com Expires in 2 years
elementor Used in con text w ith th e w ebsite’s WordPress th eme. Th e cookie allow s th e w ebsite ow n er to implemen t
or ch an ge th e w ebsite’s con ten t in real-time
thisisalchemist.com Persistent
embed/v3/counters.gif Used to implemen t forms on th e w ebsite forms.hsforms.com Session
li_gc Stores th e u ser’s cookie con sen t state for th e cu rren t domain linkedin.com 179 days
JSESSIONID Preserves users states across page requests nr-data.net Session
test_cookie Used to ch eck if th e u ser’s brow ser su pports cookies. doubleclick.net 1 day
visitorId Preserves users states across page requests ws.zoominfo.com 1 year

Optional Cookies

We and third parties like to use cookies on this website to enhance your user experience, personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features, and analyse the traffic/visitor actions on our website. Optional cookies help us to provide you with the experience we intend to provide when you browse our website and also allow us to improve our website and the service we provide.

We need to obtain your consent to use Optional cookies; this is usually by way of a pop-up notice. As set out in this policy, you can change your preference at any time.

Advanced functionality, Analytics and Performance

We use advanced functionality cookies to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

We use analytical/performance cookies to enable us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors use our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

We would like to use the following optional advanced functionality, analytics and performance cookies:

Cookie Name Purpose   Controller Further Information (including duration of cookie)
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This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a number of cookies in order to evaluate your use of this website and enable us to carry out actions including (but not limited to) : Tracking the number of visitors to this website. Monitoring the number of users on the website at any given time. Analysing popular content on this website. Google stores the information collected by these cookies on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.  By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. How to reject or delete this cookie
www.google.com  
google.com  
_tlbcpv Used to record unique visitor views of the consent banner .termly.io Expires in 1 year
lang Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website ads.linkedin.com Session
lang Necessary for maintaining language-settings across subpages on the website. linkedin.com Session
lidc Registers which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. linkedin.com 1 day
messagesUtk Stores a unique ID string for each chat-box session. This allows the website-support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supporter. thisisalchemist.com 179 days
_ga Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. thisisalchemist.com HTTP 2 years
_ga_# Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. thisisalchemist.com HTTP 2 years
ab This cookie is used by the website’s operator in con text with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation /edition of the site. agkn.com HTTP 1 year
AnalyticsSyncHistory Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. linkedin.com HTTP 29 days
events/1/# Used to monitor website performance for statistical purposes. bam-cell.nr-data.net Pixel Session
jserrors/1/# Unclassified bam-cell.nr-data.net Pixel Session
ln_or Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. thisisalchemist.com HTTP 1 day
ziwsSession Collects statistics on the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. thisisalchemist.com HTML Session
ziwsSessionId Collects statistics on the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. thisisalchemist.com HTML Session

Advertising

We and third parties want to display adverts that we think are relevant to you. In order to do so we need your consent to use advertising cookies. Even if you do not accept our advertising cookies, where you have accepted advertising cookies on another website they may remain active on our website. You are able to opt out of Google Advertising Features by following the below steps:

  1. Visit the Allow & block ads tab.
  2. In the sidebar, make sure that “Content” is selected.
  3. In the horizontal bar across the top of the page, click the Ad serving tab.
  4. Use the controls on the page to block the ad formats that you don’t want to appear on your web pages

We use the following advertising cookies:

Cookie Name Purpose Controller Further Information (including duration of cookie)
__ptq.gif Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.  hubspot.com Pixel Session
_gcl_au Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. thisisalchemist.com 3 months
bcookie Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. linkedin.com 1 year
demdex Via a unique ID that is used for semantic content analysis, the user’s navigation on the website is registered and linked to offline data from surveys and similar registrations to display targeted ads. demdex.net 180 days
dpm : Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allow s third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. demdex.net 180 days
IDE Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. doubleclick.net 1 year
pagead/1p-conversion/# Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement- This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. google.com Session
pagead/viewthroughconversion/10936944840 Unclassified doubleclick.net Session
pixel.gif Collects in formation on user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content – This is used on CRM-campaign -platform used by website owners for promoting events or products. clickagy.com Session
ssi Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. sitescout.com 1 year
u Collects data on user visits to the website, such as what pages have been accessed. The registered data is used to categorise the user’s interest and demographic profiles in terms of resales for targeted marketing. agkn.com 1 year
UserMatchHistory Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. linkedin.com 29 days
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. youtube.com 179 days
YSC Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. youtube.com Session
yt.innertube::nextId Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. youtube-nocookie.com  Persistent
yt.innertube::requests Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. youtube-nocookie.com  Persistent
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube-nocookie.com  Persistent
yt-remote-cast-available Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com  Session
yt-remote-cast-installed Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com  Session
yt-remote-connected-devices Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com  Persistent
yt-remote-device-id Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com  Persistent
yt-remote-fast-check-period Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com Session
yt-remote-session-app Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com Session
yt-remote-session-name Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video youtube.com Session
speakeasy:uid Unclassified thisisalchemist.com Persistent

Social Media Cookies

We use social media cookies to allow you to share our website (or parts of it) on social media.

These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Please note that our social media partners may also use cookies over which we have no control and if you have consented to the use of those cookies elsewhere, as they are on your device without your consent, those cookies will be active. We cannot prevent this. To control the use of these cookies, you will need to contact the controller of that cookie.

We use the following social media platforms:

Cookie Name Purpose Controller Further Information (including duration of cookie)
10936944840/   Thisisalchemist.com Session based  
px/   Thisisalchemist.com Session based

Welcome to our new identity. We are now Alchemist.

Apex and Interact, our heritage brands have come together to create something new and exciting. 

Our new website is the perfect place to explore what we have to offer. 

Alchemist- one team, one culture, and one pool of associates, all with unlimited potential. 

Welcome to our new identity. We are now Alchemist.

Apex and Interact, our heritage brands have come together to create something new and exciting. 

Our new website is the perfect place to explore what we have to offer. 

Alchemist- one team, one culture, and one pool of associates, all with unlimited potential.