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Our website at worldfirst.com, owned and maintained by WorldFirst (this “Website”) uses cookies and similar technologies (such as pixels, beacons and tags, together referred to as “cookies”) to distinguish you from other users of this Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse this Website and also allows us to improve our Website.
While WorldFirst tries to keep the information in this Cookies Policy up-to-date, please note that the information in the Cookies Policy represents a snapshot in time, last updated and accurate as at the date stated above. Due to the constant innovation of our Website, the non-static character of the Internet and the third parties involved in the use of cookies, it is possible that not all cookies and information are set out in this Cookies Policy.
To the extent that we collect personal data with the help of cookies, we will process it in accordance with our Website Privacy Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that a website automatically downloads to a user’s device when they visit a website. They are primarily used in helping the website recognise a user that has visited the website previously (such as remembering a user’s login, preferred language, font size and other display preferences). They can also store account and password information, so a user doesn’t have to keep re-entering the information when they revisit the website or browse from one page to another.
A cookie will contain the name of the internet location (the domain) from which the cookie has come and the lifetime of the cookie (a cookie will usually expire after a certain period of time). Cookies cannot be used to carry viruses or install malware on a user’s device.
Cookies used on this Website
- We use four categories of cookies on our Website:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of this Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors interact with this Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way this Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These cookies recognise your device when you return to this Website. They enable us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences for example greetings, choice of language, region and login details.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to this 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.
Depending on how long the cookies remain in your browser, they may also be divided into two different groups:
- Session cookies. These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave this Website.
- Persistent cookies. These remain in the cookie file of your browser even after you close the browser. They have expiration dates and can be used to store information that can be accessed across multiple browsing sessions.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookies | Domain | Purpose / Description | Duration | Type |
AWSALBTG | www.worldfirst.com | No description available. | 7 days | [WorldFirst to populate] |
AWSALBTGCORS | www.worldfirst.com | No description available. | 7 days | [WorldFirst to populate] |
__cf_bm | .worldfirst.com | Cloudflare set the cookie to support Cloudflare Bot Management. | 30 minutes | Functional |
acw_tc | www.worldfirst.com | No description available. | 30 minutes | [WorldFirst to populate] |
SERVERID | www.worldfirst.com | This cookie is set by Slideshare’s HAProxy load balancer to assign the visitor to a specific server. | Session | Performance |
SERVERCORSID | www.worldfirst.com | No description | Session | [WorldFirst to populate] |
AWSALBCORS | worldfirst.tfaforms.net | Amazon Web Services set this cookie for load balancing. | 7 days | Necessary |
ABTastySession | .worldfirst.com | ABTasty sets this cookie to identify a unique session. It allows us to determine that a new session has begun for a given user. | 30 minutes | Analytics |
ABTasty | .worldfirst.com | ABTasty sets this cookie to send all test data (visitor ID, test and variant IDs, timestamps). | 1 year 1 month | Analytics |
BrowserId_sec | .force.com | Sale Force sets this cookie to log browser sessions and visits for internal-only product analytics. | 1 year | Functional |
BrowserId | .force.com | Sale Force sets this cookie to log browser sessions and visits for internal-only product analytics. | 1 year | Functional |
X-Salesforce-CHAT | d.la1-c1-fra.salesforceliveagent.com | This cookie is set by LiveAgent to allow Live Chat assistance for existing customers. | Session | Functional |
AWSALB | worldfirst.tfaforms.net | AWSALB is an application load balancer cookie set by Amazon Web Services to map the session to the target. | 7 days | Performance |
spanner | icem.alipay.com | No description available. | Session | [WorldFirst to populate] |
CookieConsentPolicy | .force.com | No description | 1 year | [WorldFirst to populate] |
LSKey-c$CookieConsentPolicy | .force.com | No description | 1 year | [WorldFirst to populate] |
spanner | portal.worldfirst.com | No description available. | Session | [WorldFirst to populate] |
spanner | portal-api.worldfirst.com | No description available. | Session | [WorldFirst to populate] |
x-hng | portal.worldfirst.com | No description | 5 months 27 days | [WorldFirst to populate] |
spanner | imgs.worldfirst.com | No description available. | Session | [WorldFirst to populate] |
_bl_uid | portal.worldfirst.com | No description available. | 5 months 27 days | [WorldFirst to populate] |
ALIPAYWFSESSIONID | .worldfirst.com | No description | Session | [WorldFirst to populate] |
_gcl_au | .worldfirst.com | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | 3 months | Analytics |
test_cookie | .doubleclick.net | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes | Advertisement |
__utma | .portal.worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Performance |
__utmc | .portal.worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to enable interoperability with urchin.js, an older version of Google Analytics and is used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. It is deleted when the user closes the browser. | Session | Performance |
__utmz | .portal.worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store the traffic source or campaign by which the visitor reached the site. | 6 months | Performance |
__utmt_UA-* | .portal.worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to gather statistical information about user behaviour on the website. | 10 minutes | Analytics |
__utmt_UA-* | .portal.worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to gather statistical information about user behaviour on the website. | 10 minutes | Analytics |
__utmb | .portal.worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to determine new sessions/visits. __utmb cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. It is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 minutes | Performance |
sw | .worldfirst.com | No description available. | 1 year | [WorldFirst to populate] |
_ga | .worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
_gid | .worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | Analytics |
cbc | .alibaba.com | No description available. | 1 year | [WorldFirst to populate] |
_ga_* | .worldfirst.com | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
ABTastySession | .worldfirst.com | ABTasty sets this cookie to identify a unique session. It allows us to determine that a new session has begun for a given user. | 30 minutes | Analytics |
_gat | .worldfirst.com | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 minute | Performance |
_fbp | .worldfirst.com | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. | 3 months | Analytics |
ABTasty | .worldfirst.com | ABTasty sets this cookie to send all test data (visitor ID, test and variant IDs, timestamps). | 1 year 1 month | Analytics |
__ssid | .worldfirst.com | The domain of this cookie is owned by Veinteractive.com. This cookie contains a numerical identifier. It is used to identify and collect behavioural information about users of client sites. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytics |
_uab_collina | portal.worldfirst.com | No description available. | Never | [WorldFirst to populate] |
JSESSIONID | imdap-sea.alipay.com | New Relic uses this cookie to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. | Session | Necessary |
First and Third-party cookies
Whether a cookie is ‘first-party’ or ‘third-party’ refers to the network placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by us when you visit our Website whilst third-party cookies are set by approved partners.
Some of our performance and targeting cookies are managed by third parties. We carry out due diligence on these partners to ensure they have robust security systems and only permit them to use cookies for their intended purpose. Data collected from third-party cookies is stored by the third-party and not on our systems, although we are granted access.
From time to time, we may also embed external content from other third-party websites within our own Website and emails. This could include sites such as Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter) and YouTube. Their cookie usage polices are available on their own websites.
Please note the following third parties may deploy cookies on our Website:
- Cloudflare
- Slideshare
- Amazon Web Services
- AB Tasty
- LiveAgent
- DoubleClick
- Google Analytics
- Ve Interactive
- Sales Force
- New Relic
We may (in accordance with our Website Privacy Policy) share data within the WorldFirst Group of Companies (including companies within the Ant Group) that may identify you.
Managing Cookies
If you wish to disable the cookies used on this Website or manage your preferences for various types of cookies, you may change the settings on your browser. Through your browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that might possibly have saved the consent for the installation of cookies by this Website. It is important to note that by disabling all cookies, the functioning of this Website (and your use of this Website) may be compromised.
Please use the below links to find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To learn more about controlling cookies on the browser of your mobile device, please refer to your handset manual.
Changes to the Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time and you should review this policy periodically to stay informed. If you continue to use our services following any such update, you will be deemed to have read and agreed to the updated terms of this Cookies Policy.
