Cookie Policy

Cookies - Policy effective from 1 July 2020

GraniteShares may collect data about your computer, including, where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and other similar purposes. This is statistical data about users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual user of the website. This is achieved by the use of cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is put on your computer if you agree to accept it. By clicking 'I Agree' below and entering the website you are consenting to the use of cookies as described here. These cookies allow you to be distinguished from other users of the website, which helps GraniteShares provide you with a better experience when you browse the website and also allows the website to be improved from time to time. Please note that you can adjust your browser settings to delete or block cookies, but you may not be able to access parts of the website without them. For more information, please read the Cookie Policy. A link to the policy is also available at the bottom of each page on the website 

First party vs third party cookies 

Cookies may be set by the site you are visiting or by another site prior to or during your visit. These are known as first and third party cookies. 

First party cookies are set by GraniteShares and apply to the graniteshares.com website.   

Third-party cookies belong to website domains different from graniteshares.com.  Some web pages can feature content from third-party domains (such as banner ads).  Other sites may also set cookies on your device during a visit to our site. These sites will be an approved partner, such as Google Analytics. 

The cookies used by GraniteShares: 

  • Allow GraniteShares to provide you with access to the appropriate part of our website, for example by directing you to the right area depending on what country you have selected 
  • Allow GraniteShares to monitor your activities on our website and the pages you visit 
  • Allow GraniteShares to track how you arrive at our website and whether you have visited GraniteShares’ website from making a search, clicking on an advert or using a link in an email GraniteShares has sent 
  • Allow GraniteShares to obtain technical information about how you use our website, including the devices used and their geographical location 

Types of cookies used 

Session cookies are stored on your device only for the duration of your visit to our website or mobile app. As soon as you close your browser or turn off your device, session cookies are destroyed. 

Persistent cookies remain on your device until they reach their expiry date (if applicable) or until you delete them. Once the cookie has expired or been deleted, it will be removed from your device. While a persistent cookie is on your device, it will be accessed each time you visit our website. 

Cookie classification 

Strictly necessary cookies are necessary for you to use the website because they allow GraniteShares to maintain your session on the website after you have accessed the site.  GraniteShares is unable to provide our service without these cookies. 

Marketing cookies track how you arrived on the GraniteShares website – letting GraniteShares track visitor trends and the sites visited before arriving at our website. 

Performance cookies, including those provided by Google Analytics, track the number of visitors to our website, how long they spend on the website, the pages they visit and the journeys they take moving around our website. These cookies also track the performance of pages, website users’ interaction with these and the options on them and enable GraniteShares to test different design and content on our web pages. They also track the effectiveness of emails GraniteShares sends and how the website is used when a user has clicked through from an email campaign. 

Functional cookies are used to improve functionality of our website and create a more personal experience by temporarily storing any information which you may enter such as language preferences, and, in some cases, remember information about you when you visit our site. 

Website cookies 

Name 

Purpose 

First or Third Party 

Duration 

Classification 

_hstc 

Used to track visitors 

First party 

13 months 

 

hubspotutk 

Used to keep track of a visitor’s identity and provide personalised content. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. 

First party 

13 months 

 

__hssc 

Used to track sessions, determines 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. 

First party 

30 minutes 

 

__hssrc 

Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser.  If this cookie does not exist, it is considered a new session.  It contains the value "1" when present. 

First party 

Session 

?? 

 __ga 

Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics 

Third party 

24 months 

Performance/ analytics 

 

__gat 

Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id> 

Third party 

1 minute 

Performance/ analytics 

__utma 

Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics 

Third party 

2 years from set/update 

Performance/ analytics 

__utmt 

Used to throttle request rate. 

Third party 

10 minutes 

Performance/ analytics 

__utmb 

Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 

Third party 

30 minutes 

Performance/ analytics 

__utmc 

Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. 

Third party 

End of browser session 

Performance/ analytics 

__utmz 

Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 

Third party 

6 months from set/update 

Performance/ analytics 

__utmv 

Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. 

Third party 

2 years from set/update 

Performance/ analytics 

Other third-party cookies 

Our web pages may contain content from third party sites such as Anchor, BrightTALK, Vimeo, YouTube, which may set their own cookies. Also, if you share a link to a page on the website, the service you share it on may set a cookie on your browser.  GraniteShares has no control over third party cookies. 

Web beacons 

Some emails GraniteShares sends you, and some pages on GraniteShares’ website, may contain electronic images known as web beacons. These allow GraniteShares to track and assess the effectiveness of a particular campaign, and tell whether or not you’ve opened a particular email.  If you don’t want to receive web beacons, you’ll need to disable HTML images or refuse HTML (select Text only) emails via your email software. 

How you can manage cookies 

You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, so you can decide whether or not to accept it. You can find information about how to set your browser at the following websites:  

Microsoft Internet Explorer 

Mozilla Firefox 

Google Chrome 

Apple Safari 

iOS 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites Visit Google Opt Out Page. 

To find out about the cookie policy of social media platforms and how to manage them: 

Twitter cookies 

LinkedIn cookies 

Bing cookies 

Google Adwords cookies 

More information about cookies is available at All about cookies.  

To opt out of receiving targeted advertisements, visit Network advertising choices or the DAA opt-out page or the EDAA opt-out page. 

Please note that if you choose not to accept cookies from us, you may experience difficulties using the GraniteShares website. 

Updates to this cookie policy 

GraniteShares will update this policy from time to time. You should regularly return to this page so you can review any changes GraniteShares makes and see details of any new cookies GraniteShares added. The effective date of this cookie policy will always be shown at the top of the section. 

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