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Cookie Policy

Effective date:  20/09/2022

This Cookie Policy describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be applied on the STRONGHOLD GLOBAL LIMITED website and associated subdomains.

Subdomains are as follows:

STRONGHOLD GLOBAL LIMITED  may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please take a look at the “Effective Date” legend at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised.  Any changes in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the Site.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a Site. Cookies are then sent back to the originating Site on each subsequent visit, or to another Site that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a Site to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at:

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently remembering your preferences, and generally improve your website experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

Most Sites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that Site to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).

Cookies may be set by the Site you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other Sites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).

Cookies used on this Site

STRONGHOLD GLOBAL LIMITED (“us”/”our”/”we”) uses first party and third party cookies. We use cookies in order to make this Site easier to use, to support the provision of information and functionality to you, as well as to provide us with information about how this Site is used so that we can make sure it is as up to date, relevant and error free as we can.

Further information about the types of cookies that are used on this Site is set out in STRONGHOLD GLOBAL LIMITED’s Data Privacy Statement. To the extent any Personal Information is collected through cookies, the Data Privacy Statement applies and compliments this Cookie Policy. 

By continuing to browse the Site you are agreeing to our use of cookies and the cookies notice at the top of your browser will disappear. If you block our use of cookies, you may be unable to access certain areas of our Site and certain functions and pages will not work in the usual way. Doing so may also affect our ability to update this Site to cater for user preferences and improve its performance.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Site and use its features and/or services. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the Site with certain services or features.

Cookie NameDescriptionExpiry Date1st party or 3rd party
  PHPSESSID  The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to store serialised state data. It is used to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. ( expires when you close your browser)When the browsing session ends  Third party – google  
  wp-settings-1  WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface1 yearFirst party  
   lang  Used to remember a user’s language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings.  1 year  Third party
  wp-settings-time-1WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface1 yearFirst party  
  XSRF-TOKENCross-site request forgery (also known as XSRF or CSRF) is an attack against web-hosted apps whereby a malicious web app can influence the interaction between a client browser and a web app that trusts that browser.2 hoursFirst party  
  laravel_sessionstores session data2 hoursFirst party  

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use a Site; for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect any information that identifies a visitor. The information that these cookies collect is aggregated and is therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a Site works.

Cookie NameDescriptionExpiry Date1st party or 3rd party
   _gcl_auto store and track conversions.persistent  Third party – google
   _guidUsed to identify a LinkedIn Member for advertising through Google ads90 days  Third party – linkedin.com
   _gidto store and count pageviews. 1 day  Third   party – google
   AnalyticsSyncHistoryUsed to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie30 days  Third party – linkedin.com  

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow this Site to remember choices you make (such as your user name and log in details) and any customisations you make to Site pages during your visit in order to provide enhanced, personalised features. For instance; these cookies can be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other elements of web pages that can be customised. They may also be used to provide services which you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other Sites.

Cookie NameDescriptionExpiry Date1st party or 3rd party
   lang  Used to remember a user’s language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings.  1 year  Third party
   1P_JAR   Set by Google. This group sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics and track conversion rates. Google’s policies can be viewed at https://policies.google.com/technologies/types 1 month   Third party  
   CONSENT  Set by Google. Cookie Consent for Google Analytics.1 year Third parthy
  NID  Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.6 months  Third party – google  
  __zlcmid  to store a unique user ID.1 year  First party
  wp-settings-1  WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface1 yearFirst party  
  wp-settings-time-1WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface1 yearFirst party  
  XSRF-TOKENCross-site request forgery (also known as XSRF or CSRF) is an attack against web-hosted apps whereby a malicious web app can influence the interaction between a client browser and a web app that trusts that browser.2 hoursFirst party  
  laravel_sessionstores session data2 hoursFirst party  

Targeting or Advertising Cookies

Targeting or Advertising cookies are linked to services provided by third parties. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our Site. These cookies collect information about your browsing habits on this Site in order to make advertising both on this Site and other Sites you subsequently visit relevant to you and your interests, to limit the number of times those adverts are served to you and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Cookie NameDescriptionExpiry Date1st party or 3rd party
  __Secure-3PAPISID Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.1 yearThird party.  
  __Secure-3PSIDBuilds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.2 years  [Insert here] [Insert links to advertising networks’ opt-out mechanism for 3rd party cookies here]  
  __Secure-3PSIDCCBuilds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.2 years  [Insert here] [Insert links to advertising networks’ opt-out mechanism for 3rd party cookies here]  
   AnalyticsSyncHistoryUsed to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie30 days  Third party – linkedin.com  
   UserMatchHistoryUsed for id sync process. It stores the last sync time to avoid repeating the syncing process in a frequent manner30 days   Third party – linkedin.com
   _guidUsed to identify a LinkedIn Member for advertising through Google ads90 days  Third party – linkedin.com
   bcookieBrowser Identifier cookie used for diagnostic purposes.1 year  Third party – linkedin.com
   li_gcUsed to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes6 months.  Third party – linkedin.com
   li_sugrUsed to make a probabilistic match of a user’s identity outside the Designated Countries6 months.  Third party – linkedin.com
   liapUsed by non-www.domains to denote the logged in status of a member1 year  Third party – linkedin.com  
   lidcTo facilitate data center selection1 year   Third party – linkedin.com
 lms_adsUsed to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for advertising30 days  Third party – linkedin.com
   lms_analyticsUsed to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for analytic30 days  Third party – linkedin.com  
   _gaThe _ga cookie is used to uniquely identify users, specifically with the third and fourth set of numbers explained above. Each action that you make on a website or app is called a Hit, and sends data along with your unique Client ID to Google Analytics.2 years  Third party – google  
   _gcl_auto store and track conversions.persistent  Third party – google
   _gcl_awto store and track conversions.persistent  Third  party – google
   _gidto store and count pageviews. 1 day  Third   party – google
   _GRECAPTCHAreCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis6 months  Third party – Google Recaptcha  
   __stripe_midto provide fraud prevention.1 year  Stripe  

Managing Cookies in your Browser

In addition to the options provided above, you may refuse or accept cookies from the Site at any time by activating settings on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s site via your help screen. We have also supplied links to several of the more popular browsers for procedures on how to view and disable cookies.

Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.

How to delete Cookies

For further information on how to delete cookies we recommend that you read the information provided at following link:

Further Information

You can find more information about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org to obtain detailed information on how to prevent cookies from being set on your particular browser.

For further information about Google Analytics please see:

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all Sites, visit:

If you would like further information about the cookies used in relation to YouTube videos, the YouTube privacy notice, including details about YouTube related cookies, is available at:

If you would like to find out more about advertising networks and affiliate programmes and how cookies are used for these purposes, please visit:

This is an information portal which is run by the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade association for digital advertising, and will provide you will all the information you need to know about online behavioural advertising and the choices available to you.