Cookie Policy
Last updated: 25 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how FRISS | fraud, risk & compliance (“FRISS,” “we,” “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on www.friss.com, and the choices available to you. It should be read together with our Privacy Notice, which explains more generally how we process personal data.
1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, work more efficiently, and to provide information to the website owner. Similar technologies (such as pixels, tags, and local storage) are covered by this policy alongside cookies.
2. Categories of cookies we use
| Category | Purpose | Example providers | Typical duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Required for the website to function, such as remembering your language preference and maintaining your session. These cannot be switched off. | FRISS (first-party), Cloudflare, CookieYes | Session to 1 year |
| Functional | Remember choices you make (such as language or region) to provide a more personalized experience. | LinkedIn, Spotify | Up to 1 year |
| Analytics / performance | Help us understand how visitors use our website, so we can measure and improve its performance. | Google Analytics, HubSpot, Vimeo | Up to 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| Marketing | Used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant content, and to measure the effectiveness of our marketing, including on third-party platforms. | LinkedIn, Google Ads | Up to 1 year |
Functional, analytics and marketing cookies are only placed with your consent. Strictly necessary cookies do not need consent, because the website cannot work without them.
The tables below list the individual cookies placed through our website, grouped by category.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for you to browse and use the features of our website. For example, this could include allowing you as a user to navigate back and forth between pages without losing previous actions, keeping you logged in, or keeping items in a cart.
| Cookie name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| cookieyes-* | CookieYes | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie for consent solution management. |
| cookietest | friss.com | Session | The cookietest cookie is typically used to determine whether the user's browser accepts cookies, essential for website functionality and user experience. |
Functional cookies
Functionality cookies allow websites to remember the user’s website preferences and choices they make on the website including login details, geo-location, language, and enhanced content. This allows the website to provide personalized features for website users.
| Cookie name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| li_gc | 6 months | Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. | |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. | |
| sp_t | Spotify | 1 year | The sp_t cookie is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content. |
| sp_landing | Spotify | 1 day | The sp_landing is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content. |
Analytics / performance cookies
These cookies collect data about the actions visitors take on our website, which helps us analyse its performance. This includes counting page visits, time spent on our website, and loading speeds. The data is linked to pseudonymous identifiers, such as the IDs stored in _ga and __hstc, not to your name. If you submit a form on our website, HubSpot uses the hubspotutk cookie to link your earlier visits to the contact details you provide. This is personal data, so these cookies are only placed with your consent.
| Cookie name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| __hstc | HubSpot | 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). |
| hubspotutk | HubSpot | 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. |
| __hssrc | HubSpot | Session | HubSpot cookie sets this cookie 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 | HubSpot | 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. |
| _ga | Google Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. It assigns a randomly generated, pseudonymous ID to recognise unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| vuid | Vimeo | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
Marketing cookies
Targeting cookies are small, encrypted files that track users’ actions and are used to identify users between different websites. Targeting cookies collect user information and use it to build a profile of users’ interests and then show personalized ads for that specific user.
| Cookie name | Provider | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcookie | 1 year | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. | |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | 3 months | Set by Google's conversion linker, which is part of the Google tag we load through Google Tag Manager. It measures how well our Google Ads lead to visits and conversions on our website. |
3. Managing your cookie preferences
When you first visit our website, you can choose which categories of non-essential cookies to accept through our cookie consent banner. You can change your preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings tool on our website. You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings; note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect the website’s functionality.
4. California residents, “Do Not Track” (DNT) and Global Privacy Control (GPC)
This section is applicable to FRISS Website users residing in the state of California and is in accordance with the CalOPPA act of January 2014. DNT is a regulatory mechanism from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that aims to increase internet user’s control with regards to the tracking of their online activities across websites. A DNT signal is preference that users can communicate websites via a change to their browser setting preferences, and which can be used to opt out of behavioral tracking carried out by certain companies through the use of cookies. To adjust these settings in your browser, please see the following:
FRISS does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals as there is currently no agreed standard regarding how to respond to a DNT header received. Third parties to FRISS that have content embedded in our website may set cookies on a user’s browser to obtain information about a browser visiting the FRISS website.
Global Privacy Control (GPC): our cookie banner keeps functional, analytics and marketing cookies switched off until you accept them, wherever you are. Until you do, we do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not your browser sends a GPC signal. You can withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings on our website.
5. Third-party cookies
Some cookies are placed by third parties whose services appear on our pages (for example, analytics or social media providers). These third parties are responsible for the cookies they place and the data they collect; we encourage you to review their own cookie and privacy policies for further information.
6. Contact us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at privacy@friss.com or FRISS | fraud, risk & compliance, Attn. Data Protection Officer, Orteliuslaan 15, 3528 BA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated version on this page with a revised “last updated” date.