Last updated: July 12, 2024

Cookie Policy for The Other Box

Please read this Cookie Policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use, and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.


Please note: This Cookie Policy applies to both https://otherbox.co and https://jobs.otherbox.co. By using either site, you agree to the Terms of this Policy.

Who we are

This website is operated by The Other Box Limited, trading as Other Box. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 11379688 and our registered office address is Beacon House Ibstone Road, Stokenchurch High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 3FE.

We are an award-winning social impact company that delivers education, talks, creative work via our studio and jobs board. For more information, see our About page.

Our website

This Cookie Policy relates to your use of our website, www.otherbox.co. Throughout our website, we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to make additional products and services available to you. These third-party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their policies.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is placed onto your device (for example, your computer, smartphone, or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies to recognise you and your device, store information about your preferences or past actions, and improve your experience on our website.

Types of Cookies We Use

We may use the following types of cookies:

  1. Necessary / Essential Cookies

    • Type: Session Cookies

    • Administered by: Us

    • Purpose: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided.

  2. Analytical / Performance Cookies

    • Type: Persistent Cookies

    • Administered by: Us and Third Parties

    • Purpose: These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around the website. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that visitors are finding what they are looking for easily.

  3. Functionality Cookies

    • Type: Persistent Cookies

    • Administered by: Us

    • Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.

  4. Targeting Cookies

    • Type: Persistent Cookies

    • Administered by: Us and Third Parties

    • Purpose - 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.

Specific Cookies We Use

Here is a list of specific cookies we use and why:

  • Strictly necessary cookies:
    SAMESITE, SEARCH_SAMESITE (protection against CSRF attacks, expires 6 months)

  • Analytical / Performance cookies:
    Google: (_gid, _ga; expires 1 day to 2 years)

    Segment: (ajs_anonymous_id; expires 1 year)

    HubSpot: (__hstc, hubspotutk, __hssc, __hssrc, __cf_bm; expires 30 minutes to 2 years)

  • Functionality cookies:
    HubSpot: (messagesUtk; expires 13 months)

  • Targeting cookies:
    Google Ads: (_gcl_au, 1P_JAR; expires 1 week to 1 month)

    Google: (ANID, NID, __Secure-3PAPISID, __Secure-3PSID, __Secure-3PSIDCC, SAPISID, APISID, SID, HSID, SSID, SIDCC; expires 6 months to 2 years)

    Pinterest: (_pin_unauth; expires 11 months)

Consent to Use Cookies

We use a cookie consent banner to obtain your explicit consent to place non-essential cookies on your device. When you first visit our website, you will see a banner that provides options to accept, reject, or customise cookie settings. By continuing to use the website without changing your settings, you consent to our use of necessary cookies. Explicit consent is required for all other types of cookies.

Granular Consent Options

Our cookie consent banner allows you to choose which categories of cookies you consent to. You can accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or customise your preferences by selecting which types of cookies (e.g., analytical, functionality, targeting) you wish to allow.

Record Keeping of Consent

We record and store your consent choices to ensure compliance with GDPR requirements. This record helps us demonstrate that you have consented to the use of cookies as required.

Withdrawal of Consent

You can withdraw your consent to the use of cookies at any time through our website. To do this, access the cookie settings link available in the footer of our website, where you can change your preferences or withdraw consent altogether.

Third-Party Cookies

We use third-party cookies that are also compliant with GDPR. We regularly audit these third parties to ensure their practices align with our compliance standards. These third parties include Google, Hubspot, Squarespace, and Pinterest. For further privacy information, please consult their respective policies.

How to Turn Off All Cookies

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including essential cookies) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.

Your Choices Regarding Cookies

If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies on the website, first you must disable the use of cookies in your browser and then delete the cookies saved in your browser associated with this website. You may use this option to prevent the use of cookies at any time. If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of the website and some features may not function properly.

If you'd like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

More Information about Cookies

You can learn more about cookies at: [Cookies: What Do They Do?]

Changes to this Policy

This Policy was published in December 2020 and last updated in July 2024. We review our cookie policy regularly and update it as needed to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Significant changes will be communicated via our website, and we will request renewed consent if required.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us: