Cookie Policy

Last updated 23 November 2023

Finova’s website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that can be placed on your device, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive, tablet or mobile device. When you visit our sites or use our apps it can allow us to recognize and remember you.

Types of cookies

  • Session cookies: these cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, i.e. until you leave the website.
  • Persistent cookies: these cookies remain in your browser for a set period of time after the browser session (unless deleted by you).
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What type of cookies do we use and how are they used?

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website, enabling core functionality such as security, network management and accessibility. These cookies cannot be switched off, but you may set your browser to block these cookies, which may hinder your experience as parts of our website may not work.

Advertising/targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our sites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and any advertisement displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Performance cookies. These cookies are used to understand how you interact with our website. This enables us to better understand certain metrics of our website (for example, number of visitors, bounce rate and traffic source) to improve the performance of our site.

Cookie list

Strictly necessary cookies

Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_hjFirstSeen .finova.tech First-party 30 minutes The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress .finova.tech First-party 30 minutes The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the user's journey for a total session count. It does not contain any identifiable information.

Performance cookies

Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_gid .finova.tech First-party 1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track page views.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_gat_UA-208854246-1 .finova.tech First-party 1 minute This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_ga_1K5F5MN81L .finova.tech First-party 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_ga .finova.tech First-party 1 year 1 month This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_clck .finova.tech 1 year This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
_clsk .finova.tech 1 day This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
CLID .finova.tech 1 year This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity and stores information about how visitors use the website. The cookie contributes to the creation of an analysis report. The data collection includes numbers of visitors, where they visit the website from and pages visited on the website.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
ANONCHK .finova.tech 10 days This cookie is used by Microsoft for storing the session ID for a user. This cookie ensures that clicks from advertisement on the Bing search engine are verified and it is used for reporting purposes and for personalisation.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
MR .finova.tech 7 days This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
MUID .finova.tech 1 year 24 days This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking.
Cookie key Domain Cookie type Lifespan Description
SM .finova.tech End of session This cookie is used by Microsoft's Clarity analytics service to synchronise the MUID across Microsoft domains.

How can you control cookies?

You may see a “Cookie Banner” on our websites (usually located in the bottom left corner of your screen), which is provided in order for us to obtain consent to the use of cookies. If you consent to the use of cookies by clicking “Accept Cookies” the first-party non-essential cookies detailed in this policy will be enabled. You can update and review your settings at any time by clicking on the Cookie Banner.

Useful links

If you would like to find out more about privacy, cookies and their use on the internet, you may find the following links useful:

If you would like to contact us about our cookie policy, please email legal@finova.tech.

Changes to our cookie policy

Finova reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than posting the amended Cookie Policy here.

Please check our website to see the current Cookie Policy that is in effect and any changes that may have been made to it.