Cookie Policy

Definitions and Interpretation 

1.1    In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

“Cookie”

means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;

“Cookie Law”

means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and, where applicable, the UK GDPR;

“personal data”

means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the “Data Protection Legislation”); and

“Our”

means Goalhanger Podcasts Ltd a limited company registered in England under company number 13846551, whose registered and main trading address is 2.07 Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London. SW9 6DE.

Information About Us

  1. Our Site is owned and operated by Goalhanger Podcasts Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 13846551, whose registered and main trading address is 2.07 Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London. SW9 6DE. We are registered with the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO), number C1830743.
  2. Our Data Protection Officer is Privacy Helper, and can be contacted by email at hello@goalhanger.com, or by post at 2.07 Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London. SW9 6DE.

How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

  1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
    A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.
  2. Analytics Cookies
    It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.
  3. Functionality Cookies
    Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.
  4. Targeting Cookies
    It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. [Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.]
  5. Persistent Cookies
    Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.
  6. Session Cookies
    Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire as indicated in the table below.

For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy 
( https://www.goalhanger.com/privacy).

For more specific details of the Cookies that We use, please refer to the table below.

What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

When you visit theresitshistory.com, we and our service providers may set cookies and similar technologies. Some are strictly necessary for the site to work (e.g., security, consent preferences, checkout/payment). Others help us understand usage (analytics) and measure marketing effectiveness (advertising/targeting).

1) Strictly Necessary (security, consent, login, payments)

Cookie

Domain / Provider

Purpose

Duration

__cf_bm

.hubspot.com / .theresitshistory.com (Cloudflare)

Bot management and security protection for requests.

Short-lived (typically minutes)

_cfuvid

.hubspot.com / .hsforms.com / .theresitshistory.com (Cloudflare)

Helps Cloudflare apply rate limiting and security rules for visitors behind shared IPs.

Session / short-lived

__hs_cookie_cat_pref

.theresitshistory.com / .hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Stores your cookie consent choices (categories accepted/declined).

Persistent

__stripe_mid

.theresitshistory.com (Stripe)

Fraud prevention and secure payment processing.

Persistent

__stripe_sid

.theresitshistory.com (Stripe)

Fraud prevention and secure payment processing (session identifier).

Session / short-lived

hubspotapi-csrf

.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Security cookie used to protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF).

Session / short-lived

hubspotapi-prefs

.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Stores preferences for HubSpot-hosted experiences (where applicable).

Persistent

hubspotapi-strict

.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Security / strict-mode cookie for HubSpot-hosted experiences (where applicable).

Persistent

hs_login_email

.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Helps prefill/remember email for HubSpot login flows (where applicable).

Persistent

hs_login_metadata

.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Supports HubSpot login/session metadata (where applicable).

Persistent

2) Analytics (helps us understand site usage)

Cookie

Domain / Provider

Purpose

Duration

__hstc

.hubspot.com / .hsforms.com / .theresitshistory.com (HubSpot)

Main HubSpot tracking cookie for analytics (visitors, sessions, attribution).

Persistent

__hssc

.theresitshistory.com (HubSpot)

Tracks sessions to help understand how visitors interact with the site.

Short-lived

__hssrc

.hubspot.com / .theresitshistory.com (HubSpot)

Helps determine if the visitor has restarted their browser (session handling).

Session

hubspotutk

.hubspot.com / .hsforms.com / .theresitshistory.com (HubSpot)

Stores a visitor identifier to support analytics and form submissions.

Persistent

_ga

.hubspot.com (Google Analytics)

Distinguishes unique users for analytics reporting.

Persistent

_ga_LXTM6CQ0XK

.hubspot.com (Google Analytics)

Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

Persistent

_ga_X

.hubspot.com (Google Analytics)

Used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

Persistent

_hjSessionUser_204526

.hubspot.com (Hotjar)

Helps analyse user behaviour (e.g., usage patterns) to improve UX.

Persistent

laboratory-anonymous-id

.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Anonymous identifier used for experimentation/diagnostics (where enabled).

Session / short-lived

3) Marketing / Advertising (measures campaign performance and ad relevance)

Cookie

Domain / Provider

Purpose

Duration

_fbp

.theresitshistory.com / .hubspot.com (Meta)

Used by Meta to deliver/measure ads and build audiences.

Persistent

_fbc

.theresitshistory.com (Meta)

Stores click ID information to attribute conversions to Meta ads.

Persistent

datr

.facebook.com (Meta)

Helps identify browsers used by Meta for security and integrity.

Persistent

fr

.facebook.com (Meta)

Used by Meta for ad delivery/measurement.

Persistent

sb

.facebook.com (Meta)

Used by Meta for browser identification and ad measurement.

Persistent

ar_debug

.facebook.com (Meta)

Used by Meta for debugging/measurement in certain configurations.

Session / short-lived

_gcl_au

.theresitshistory.com / .hubspot.com (Google)

Used by Google Ads for conversion tracking and attribution.

Persistent

_rdt_uuid

.hubspot.com (Reddit)

Used by Reddit to measure ad performance and attribution.

Persistent

_rdt_em

.hubspot.com (Reddit)

Used by Reddit for attribution/measurement when enabled.

Persistent

_uetvid

.hubspot.com (Microsoft/Bing Ads)

Used by Microsoft Advertising for conversion tracking.

Persistent

4) Functional / Preference cookies (improves experience)

Cookie

Domain / Provider

Purpose

Duration

rc_checkout_email

.theresitshistory.com

Stores an email value used during checkout flows (to improve convenience).

Persistent

messagesUtk

.app-eu1.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Used to recognise visitors who interact with HubSpot messaging/chat (if enabled).

Persistent

NPS_61a7bd63_last_seen

.app-eu1.hubspot.com (HubSpot)

Helps manage the display of NPS/feedback prompts (if enabled).

Persistent

amp_6045bd

.theresitshistory.com

Used for analytics/experience measurement in certain configurations.

Persistent

Note: Some cookies shown above may be set on HubSpot-operated domains (e.g., .hubspot.com, .hsforms.com, .app-eu1.hubspot.com) where forms, analytics, or embedded services are provided. We only set non-essential cookies where you have consented (where required by applicable law).

Consent and Control

  1. Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop up banner requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies, unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow and/or deny different categories of Cookie that We use.
  2. In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
  3. The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:
    1. Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
    2. Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835
    3. Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/microsoft-edge (Please note that there are no specific instructions at this time, but Microsoft support will be able to assist)
    4. Safari (macOS): https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_GB&locale=en_GB
    5. Safari (iOS): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
    6. Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-Cookies-website-preferences
    7. Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en (Please refer to your device’s documentation for manufacturers’ own browsers)

Changes to this Cookie Policy

  1. We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. If We do so, details of the changes will be highlighted at the top of this page. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
  2. In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

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