Cookies Policy
Cookie Statement: February 2026
The GrayOS website (hosted at www.gray-os.com) uses cookies and other web-based tools to improve browsing experience and enhance our services. This document sets out the cookies and tools the website uses, and why. Depending on your location the website may not use all of the cookies listed in this document.
For further details about how we process your personal information (whether collected on our website or through the provision of our services) please see our Privacy Policy.
Our website contains social sharing buttons and links to and from other websites we do not own or control (such as LinkedIn. These websites have their own privacy policies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to provide information to the owners of the site.
Necessary Cookies
Gray.com uses some cookies to ensure the website operates correctly:
To consult the cookies policy, please open the gray-os website on desktop.
Name
Information collected
Purpose
Expiry
_cfuvid
IP address
Set as part of Gray’s use of Cloudflare Rate Limiting products to limit traffic to our website
End of session
_cf_bm
Bot protection
30 minutes
CookieControl
Manages your cookie preferences
30 minutes
li_gc
Cookie consent preference
Stores your cookie consent preference for LinkedIn
6 months
Analytics
Analytics cookies are used to track your website experience and collect anonymous statistical information, such as what pages you have visited or how long you have been on the website.
Name
Information collected
Purpose
Expiry
Universal Analytics (Google)
Anonymous information relating to your visits to our website including the IP address from which you accessed the website, information about your device type, operating system type and browser type, URLs you access on our website and timestamps
Create anonymous statistics about the use our website using:
_ga (unique visitor counts);
Full details of the Google Analytics security and privacy principles can be found here.
_ga: 400 days
_hstc
Domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
Tracks visitors to our website
6 months
hubspotutk
Opaque GUID to represent a unique visitor
Keeps track of a visitor’s identity
6 months
_hssrc
Whether a user has restarted their browser
Detects whether a visitor has restarted their browser to manage session
End of session
_hssc
Domain, viewCount (increments each pageview in a session), and session start timestamp
Tracks sessions to determine whether HubSpot (our CRM) should increment the session number and timestamps in the _hstc cookie (see above)
30 minutes
Advertising and tracking
Advertising and tracking cookies are used to track your activity across the internet and target you with advertising.
Name
Information collected
Purpose
Expiry
bcookie
Browser details and device data
As further described in LinkedIn’s Cookie Policy, data collected (e.g., device IDs) is used to recognise users and their device(s) on, off and across different services and devices where they have engaged with its services.
365 days
lidc
Domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).
Support data centre location for LinkedIn Services
24 hours
Managing cookie settings
Analytics and advertising cookies are only used if you have consented to their use by accepting them or turning them on when you first visit our site. You may also access the configuration of your browser to modify and/or block the installation of our website’s cookies, without this preventing access to our content. However, if you disable the cookies some of the functions of the website may not operate correctly.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit:
www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit: