Information about our use of cookies
Our 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 site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around 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.
- Functionality cookies. These are used 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).
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie |
Name |
More information |
Analysing |
Google Analytics Lead Forensics |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies
You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
COOKIES POLICY
Version: June 2023
1. Introduction
1.1 In this Cookies Policy:
(A) “Vespa Capital”, “we”, “us” and “our” means Vespa Capital LLP, its affiliates and any investment funds advised or managed by Vespa Capital or one of its affiliates (collectively, “Vespa Capital Group”); and
(B) “Website” means www.vespacapital.com.
1.2 This Cookies Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies on our Website. Please review this Cookies Policy to learn more about the types of cookies we use and why we use them.
1.3 If we collect personal data via cookies or similar technologies, such personal data will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Notice.
2. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files, normally consisting of just letters and numbers, that are installed on your browser, computer or mobile device. They allow a Website to recognise your device. Cookies can serve several purposes: to ensure that the Website takes the user’s preferences into account by storing language preferences, to collect statistical data and adapt the content. Cookies can help provide you with a good experience when you browse Websites and also help improve Website functionality.
3. Which similar technologies do we use?
When you visit the Website, we use cookies to collect certain information automatically. We may also use other technologies such as browser analysis tools, server logs, web beacons, and other tracking technologies for similar purposes as described in this Cookies Policy and we may include them on our Website. The information provided below about cookies also applies to these technologies.
4. Information about our use of cookies
4.1 We use the following categories of cookies on our Website:
(A) Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
(B) Analytical/performance cookies
They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around 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.
(C) Functionality cookies
These are used 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).
(D) Targeting cookies
These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
4.2 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use on our Website and the purposes for which we use them in the table below. These are “first-party” cookies (i.e. they originate from our Website).
Cookie name
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Purpose
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Duration of cookie
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Strictly necessary cookies
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__hs_opt_out |
This cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. |
It expires in 6 months. |
__hs_do_not_track |
This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending any information to HubSpot. |
It expires in 6 months. |
__hs_initial_opt_in |
This cookie is used to prevent the banner from always displaying when visitors are browsing in strict mode. |
It expires in 7 days. |
__hs_cookie_cat_pref |
This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to. |
It expires in 6 months. |
__hs_gpc_banner_dismiss |
This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed. |
It expires in 180 days. |
hs_ab_test |
This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they’ve seen before. |
It expires at the end of the session. |
<id>_key |
When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again. It contains an encrypted version of the password so future visits to the page will not require the password again. |
It expires in 14 days. |
hs-messages-is-open |
This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. |
It expires in 30 minutes. |
hs-messages-hide-welcome-message |
This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. |
It expires in 1 day. |
__hsmem |
This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site. It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are currently logged in. |
It expires in 7 days. |
hs-membership-csrf |
This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged. It contains a random string of letters and numbers used to verify that a membership login is authentic. |
It expires at the end of the session. |
hs_langswitcher_choice |
This cookie is used to save a visitor’s selected language choice when viewing pages in multiple languages. It is set when a visitor selects a language from the language switcher and is used as a language preference to redirect them to sites in their chosen language in the future if they are available. |
It expires in 2 years. |
__cfruid |
This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. |
It expires at the end of the session. |
__cf_bm |
This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. |
It expires in 30 minutes |
Performance cookies
|
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__hstc |
The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). |
It expires in 6 months. |
hubspotutk |
This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor. |
It expires in 6 months. |
__hssc |
This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot 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. |
It expires in 30 minutes. |
__hssrc |
Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value "1" when present. |
It expires at the end of the session. |
Functional cookies
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messagesUtk |
This is the cookie used for the chatflows tool. If you're a visitor, this allows you to chat with a representative on the site. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current chat user. |
It expires after 6 months. |
5. Third party cookies
5.1 Third party cookies originate from a domain that is different to the Website. We do not control how third parties use their cookies, so we suggest you check their Website to see how they're using them or block the cookies.
5.2 Set out below is a list of the third party cookies we use on our Website.
Cookie name
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Purpose
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Duration of cookie
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Strictly necessary cookies
|
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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. |
It expires in 2 years. |
Functional cookies
|
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vuid |
Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. |
It expires in 2 years. |
hubspotutk |
This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor. |
It expires in 6 months. |
Targeting cookies
|
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__hmpl |
Collects information 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. |
It expires after 6 months. |
__ptq.gif |
Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
It expires after the session. |
LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
It expires after the session. |
remote_sid |
Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. |
It expires after the session. |
TESTCOOKIESENABLED |
Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
It expires after 1 day. |
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY |
Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
It expires after 6 months. |
YtIdbMeta#databases |
Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
It expires after 6 months. |
yt-remote-cast-available |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
yt-remote-cast-installed |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
yt-remote-connected-devices |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
yt-remote-device-id |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
yt-remote-fast-check-period |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
yt-remote-session-app |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
_lfuuid |
The _lfuuid cookie allows a website to track visitor behaviour on the sites on which the cookie is installed. Tracking is performed anonymously until a user identifies himself by submitting a form. |
It expires after 10 years. |
yt-remote-session-name |
Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
It expires after the session. |
6. Managing cookies
6.1 You can choose whether to switch on or off cookies or withdraw your consent to the use of cookies (except to strictly necessary cookies) at any time by selecting which cookie categories you wish to allow. You can do this by clicking on the “Cookie Settings” button in the below section of this Cookie Policy Page.
6.2 You can also control your cookies settings within your own browser to enable or disable them. Information on controlling and deleting cookies, including on a wide variety of browsers, is also available at allaboutcookies.org. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
7. Contacting Vespa Capital
If you would like further information on our use of cookies, please address questions and requests to Megan Lester at megan@vespacapital.com