Cookies Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to the website of Blackdot Solutions Ltd (“Blackdot”, ”us”, ”we” or “our”). This website is operated by Blackdot and has been created to provide information about our company. This cookies policy (“Cookies Policy”) sets forth Blackdot’s policy with respect to how it uses cookies and other similar technologies on its website. Please read this Cookies Policy to understand how this website uses cookies.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. For further information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www. allaboutcookies.org This website uses two types of cookies: session and persistent cookies. Session cookies are stored temporarily on your computer or other device while you browse this website and are deleted from your computer or other device when you finish browsing. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or other device after you have finished browsing the website so that we can remember your preferences when you visit the website in the future.

3. Cookies we use

The website uses different types of cookies as set out below:

Necessary Cookies: ensure that the website runs smoothly and is usable.
Performance/Analytics cookies: used to compile aggregated statistics about use of the website (such as number of page views or visitors and time spent on each page). This helps us improve the way the website works. Analytics cookies are set where consent has been provided via our cookie banner or preference settings.
Functionality cookies: used to provide certain functionalities, such as to embed content on the website as well as other functionalities.
Advertising cookies: used to show website users the most relevant possible advertising.

The following cookies are set (See pages 2-10):

Necessary

Cookie	Duration	Details
_Cfduld	Session	Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services
__hssrc	Session	The cookie is set by Hubspot. This cookie is 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.
__hssc	1 hour	HubSpot sets this cookie to keep 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 (which increments with each pageview in a session), and session start timestamp.
li_gc	6 months	LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data centre selection.
__cf_bm	1 hour	This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
_cfuvid	Session	Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services
cookietest	Session	The cookietest cookie is typically used to determine whether the user's browser accepts cookies, essential for website functionality and user experience.

Performance/Analytics

Cookie	Duration	Details
_ ga	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google. Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for sites analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors
_gld	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form
_hstc	6 months	Hubspot set this main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
hubspotuk	6 months	HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
_gac_UA51401671-1	1 year	Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and your Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt out.
_gcl_au	1 year	This cookie is installed by Google, and the main purpose is to help advertisers determine how many times people who click on their ads end up taking up an action on their site, like making a purchase.
_gl_aw	1 year	This cookie is installed by Google, and the main purpose is to help advertisers determine how many times people who click on their ads end up taking up an action on their site, like making a purchase.
ajs_ anonymous_ld	Session	This cookie is generally used for analytics and help count how many people visit a certain site by tracking if you have visited before.
ajs_user_ld	1 year	This cookie helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability
utm_pa	1 year	This cookie is used to collect Google Analytics data.

Functionality

Cookie	Duration	Details
__hssc	30 minutes	This cookie is set by HubSpot. The purpose is to keep 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.
_gat_gtag_UA_305686 52_1UA_30568652_1 UA_30568652_1	1 minute	Used to throttle request rate.
_hjfirstseen	Session	This is set to identify a new users first session. It sells a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by recording filters to identify new user sessions.
hjincludedinpageviewsample	30 minutes	This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined in your sites page view limit.
_hjabsolutesessioninprogress	30 minutes	This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a true/false flag set by the cookie
_hjincludedinsessionsample	30 minutes	This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your sites daily session limit.
cf_use_ob	1 minute	This is a cookie set by CloudFlare. CloudFlare is a web service used for caching & CDN and DNS, DDoS protection and security. The cookie informs CloudFlare to fetch the requested resource from the Always Online cache on the designated port.
abck	12 months	Abck Is a library that makes generating akamal cookies easier
_mcld	1 day	These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Mailchimp sites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
cookie_notice_ accepted	1 month	To check if cookies can be placed.
_BEAMER_FIRST_VISIT_	3000 days	Stores the date of this users first visit to the site.
_BEAMER_USER_ID	300 days	Stores and internal ID for this user.
_fbp	3 months	When the Facebook pixel is installed on a website, and the pixel uses the firstparty cookies, the pixel automatically saves a unique identifier to an_fbp cookie for the website domain if one does not already exist.
_hjTLDtest	Session	When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we tried to store the cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.
_hjptld	Session	This cookie is set for logged users of Hotjar who have admin team member permissions. It is used during pricing experiments to show the admin consistent pricing across the site.
lidc	1 day	LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection.

Cookie	Duration	Details
bcookie	1 year	LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognise browser IDs.

4. Opting out of cookies

When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie banner that allows you to manage your cookie preferences. You may choose to accept or reject non-essential cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings or revisiting the cookie preference controls on our website.

You can withdraw your consent at any time, for example by deleting the cookies or by opting out via our opt-out mechanism. If you do not accept all cookies or withdraw your consent, you may still browse the website; however, in this case you may not be able to use the full functionalities of the website.

You may also configure the settings of your browser to activate, disable or delete cookies. Detailed instructions are provided by your browser. If you disable or delete cookies, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit the website and some functionalities may not work.

For more information on cookies and how they can be managed and deleted please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

Some cookies may be set by third-party services that appear on our pages (for example, analytics or marketing tools). These third parties are responsible for their own cookies and privacy practices.

In order to opt out of third party cookies you can find further details in each of the following links:

5. Changes to our Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, technology, or legal requirements. This Cookies Policy was last updated on 16^th January 2026.