Cookies
Fing Cookies Policy
The information contained in this website is subject to change without notice.
1. General
This cookie policy applies to the website-domain “https://www.fing.com” (the “Website”). This Website is administered by Fing Limited, a limited liability company existing under the Laws of Ireland with its registered address at Trinity House, Charleston Road, Ranelagh Dublin 6 D06C8X4 Ireland, registered under number 613286 (“Fing”).
This cookie policy will provide information about the use of cookies on the Website.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are information placed on your browser when you visit a website or use a social network with your device. They are small text files that are stored on the hard disk of the computer and/or devices of the visitors of certain websites, to make a user’s experience more efficient. They contain certain information, such as for example the language chosen by the visitor, the name of the server from which it comes, a numeric identifier, etc. Other cookies collect statistics about the visitors or make sure that the graphical layout of the website is correctly represented and that the applications of the website operate correctly. When you visit the website later again, this cookie returns to the concerned website. In this way, the website recognizes your browser and can for example retain your choice of language.
We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners (as explained further in this policy) who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our Website.
3. What kind of cookies do we use?
“Fing” uses Cookiebot to keep track of the cookies on the Fing Website:
3.1. Technical cookies
These cookies are essential to make the Website operate and enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies, nor provide the service offered by us or requested by a user.
3.2. Preference cookies
Preference cookies enable our Website to remember information that changes the way the Website behaves or looks. By doing so we can personalize our services for every user like your preferred language or currency.
3.3. Analytical and statistic cookies
Analytical cookies store information about visitors behavior on our Website during a visit. They collect statistical, not personal information. It helps to improve the performance, user experience or speed of the page.
Statistic cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
We use the data collected by these cookies to offer users the best possible experience on our site. The cookies generated by navigation are used exclusively for statistical purposes and do not allow identification of particular individuals.
3.4. Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Via third-party cookies, we are able to improve the content and operation of our website and to track and optimize Fing advertising.
We use these statistics to continuously improve the Website and mailing and thus offer you relevant information as follows:
Tracking cookies on our Website:
The Website uses tracking cookies of Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Google DoubleClick, YouTube and Facebook to retain visitor statistics.
We use Google Analytics to gain insight in the flow of visitors, traffic sources and page visits on the Website. For more information please visit Google Privacy Page.
Information that is collected by Google Analytics is anonymized as much as possible. For example, we cannot see which individual visitors are behind which visits to our Website. Google shall never process your full IP address and will always mask the final octet (i.e. the last three figures) of your IP address.
If you don’t want to accept these cookies you can adapt your browser settings or your preference via Cookiebot accordingly so that it refuses these cookies.
4. For what, when and how your permission is asked?
With respect to the abovementioned cookies which are not strictly necessary or technical cookies, you will be expressly asked, when first visiting our Website whether you agree with the use thereof. To this effect at your first visit a message will appear explaining that our Website use cookies and asking your consent. If you do not wish to grant permission, you can deselect the cookies you wish to reject. You can also set your browser so that it will not accept any cookies. Please note that you consent to our cookies if you continue to use our Website without changing or explicitly giving your consent.
You can change your consent at any moment via our Cookie Declaration Page
5. For what reason and for how long are cookies retained?
Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse our Website but they do not collect any personal data from your computer.
Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
Fing shall use the information contained in these cookies only for the above purposes, after which the collected information will be retained on your computer/device for a period that will not exceed five years following your latest visit to this/these Website and will automatically be deleted afterwards.
6. How can you control/deactivate these cookies?
“Fing” uses Cookiebot to keep track of the cookies on the Fing Website. Therefor you can withdraw your consent at any time in the section below.
If you do not wish the Website to store cookies onto your computer/device, you can easily control or remove them by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. You can also set your browser in such a way that it will warn you whenever you receive a cookie, so that you can decide whether or not to accept it.
Below you will find a link to web pages with instructions on how to block cookies in the major browsers:
If you do not want Google Analytics to follow you on all websites, you can consult their opt-out page.
Please keep in mind that, when you deactivate certain cookies that we use, certain graphical elements may not be presented correctly all the time, or you may not be able to use certain features of the Website. This may affect your user experience.
If the cookies contain personal data, Fing will in this respect operate as the controller of these personal data. You can exercise your rights on the basis of the legislation regarding personal data in accordance with our privacy policy. Your rights contain, depending on the circumstances, the right of access, the right to ask for rectification or erasure of your personal data, as well as the right to restriction of processing of your personal data, the right to object the processing and the right to data portability.
7. Modifications
This cookie policy is subject to modifications. When you use our Website again after this modification, you will be notified thereof and your consent will again be asked, if applicable.
8. Contact us
If you have any questions concerning our Cookie Declaration, you can contact us by sending an email to administration@lansweeper.com. We will be pleased to help you.
Fing Cookie Policy. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.
Your consent applies to the following domains: app.fing.com, community.fing.com, help.fing.com, fing.com
Your consent ID: 2y2GwggeEItcIxqZLsIuWdLFTL6FCYVsZHl36pFyGxeiuFy28UuT0A==Consent date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 09:42:08 AM GMT+1
Cookie declaration last updated on 09/01/24 by Cookiebot:
Necessary (23)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Hubspot | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| __cfruid [x2] | Zendesk help.fing.com |
This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _cfuvid | Hubspot | This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie | |
| _zendesk_authenticated | help.fing.com | Registers whether the user is logged in. This allows the website owner to make parts of the website inaccessible, based on the user’s log-in status. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| _zendesk_session | help.fing.com | Preserves users states across page requests. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| 1.gif | Cookiebot | Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| CONSENT [x2] | YouTube | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie |
| CookieConsent [x5] | Cookiebot | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| exp_csrf_token | www.fing.com | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| pc | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie | |
| PHPSESSID | www.fing.com | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| rc::a | www.recaptcha.net | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| rc::b | Hubspot | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| rc::c | www.recaptcha.net | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| SESS# | Preserves users states across page requests. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie | |
| test_cookie | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
Preferences (1)
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsentBulkSetting-# | Cookiebot | Enables cookie consent across multiple websites | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
Statistics (14)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __hssc | Hubspot | Identifies if the cookie data needs to be updated in the visitor’s browser. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| __hssrc | Hubspot | Used to recognise the visitor’s browser upon reentry on the website. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| __hstc | Hubspot | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | HTTP Cookie | |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie | |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| exp_last_activity | www.fing.com | Contains information on what date the user last visited the website. Used to generate statistical data. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| exp_last_visit | www.fing.com | Contains information on what date the user last visited the website. Used to generate statistical data. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| exp_tracker | www.fing.com | Contains information on what date the user last visited the website. Used to generate statistical data. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| hc:#:recently_visited_articles | Zendesk | Registers which articles the user has visited in a Zendesk knowledge base. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| hubspotutk | Hubspot | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| td | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
Marketing (57)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __ptq.gif | Hubspot | Sends data to the marketing platform Hubspot about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| _fbp | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months | HTTP Cookie |
| _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months | HTTP Cookie | |
| _uetsid | Microsoft | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| _uetsid | Microsoft | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _uetsid_exp | Microsoft | Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| _uetvid | Microsoft | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| _uetvid | Microsoft | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _uetvid_exp | Microsoft | Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| breadcrumbs | Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
| csv | Necessary for the implementation of the Reddit.com’s share-button function. | 400 days | HTTP Cookie | |
| edgebucket | Enables the visitor to share content from the website onto social media platforms or websites. | 400 days | HTTP Cookie | |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie | |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY [x2] | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| lastExternalReferrer | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| lastExternalReferrerTime | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore | YouTube | Pending | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| loid | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | 400 days | HTTP Cookie | |
| MSPTC | Microsoft | Pending | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| MUID | Microsoft | Used widely by Microsoft as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronising the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| nextId [x2] | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| p | ScorecardResearch | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| p2 | ScorecardResearch | Registers user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user’s movement on websites that use the same ad network. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| pagead/landing | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| rc::f | Hubspot | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| remote_sid | YouTube | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| requests [x2] | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog | YouTube | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| UID | ScorecardResearch | Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer’s preferences. | 400 days | HTTP Cookie |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| YSC | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| yt.innertube::nextId | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY [x2] | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| YtIdbMeta#databases [x2] | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| yt-remote-cast-available [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-cast-installed [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-connected-devices [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-device-id [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-app [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-name [x2] | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
Unclassified (14)
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __synced_session_storage_keys__ | Pending | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
| data | Pending | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
| DZ | Zendesk | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| fp | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| fp_timestamp | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| initialData | Pending | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
| local_persisted_experiments_store | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| plugin.RES.state | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| posts-consumed-weekly | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| recent_subreddits.recent_subreddits | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| reddit_local_storage_feature_test | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| survey-config | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| time-before-unfocus | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| ui.shown.welcome | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |