Cookie Notice – ISF Live
About us
This website is operated by the Information Security Forum Limited (the ‘ISF’), a UK registered company (04822538). Our registered address is Information Security Forum Limited, Elder House St Georges Business Park, 207 Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom, KT13 0TS.
The purpose of this document
This document is intended to help website users understand which cookies we use, explain what a cookie is, why we use cookies and who to contact if wishing to discuss the use of cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which we place on your computer to aid accessibility when browsing our website and using website features. They also allow us to maintain website connections and provide other information relating to your use of our website.
Why use cookies?
Cookies help to deliver a tailored webpage, they also help us understand which webpages, features and content are most popular. They aid accessibility and help manage your connection by storing previously entered information such as your name, contact details and logon credentials.
Cookies we use
The ISF may place the following cookies onto your computer:
| Provider | Name | Purpose | Cookie Type | Expiry |
| CrazyEgg | _ceir | This cookie is used to confirm previous visits. | Functional | 5 years |
| _ga | This cookie is used to distinguish users. | Functional | 23 months | |
| _gid | This cookie is used to distinguish users. | Functional | 24 hours | |
| _gat | This cookie is used to throttle requests. | Functional | 10 minutes | |
| Salesforce | autocomplete | Used to determine whether the browser remembers a user’s login ID. | Functional | 2 months |
| Salesforce | clientSrc | Used to authenticate users. | Required | Session |
| Salesforce | inst | Used to direct Salesforce users to the correct server. | Functional | Session |
| Salesforce | login-remember | Allows caching of user credentials | Functional | 11 months |
| Salesforce | oid | Used to direct users to the correct Salesforce org and assist users during the next login. | Functional | 2 years |
| Salesforce | oinfo | Used to track the state of the customer’s org. | Functional | 2 months |
| Salesforce | QCQQ | Used for ad placing. | Advertising | Session |
| Salesforce | renderCTX | Used to track Salesforce community context. | Required | Session |
| Salesforce | sfdc-stream | Used to redirect server requests. | Functional | 2 hours |
| Salesforce | sid | Used to authentic users. | Required | Session |
| Salesforce | sid_Client | Used to authentic users. | Required | Session |
We do not use so-called tracking cookies that monitor your use of other websites, nor do we us cookies that gather data on your browsing activities for marketing purposes.
Personal data we collect via cookies
Cookies capture your computer’s unique online electronic identifier; this is known as an IP address. Your IP address is considered to form personal data under data privacy laws, other personal data may be data relating to your name and contact details.
You can prevent one provider, Google, from capturing any data relating to your use of our website by visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You can also block cookies by activating the appropriate setting within your browser. However, doing so may impact your use of this website.
Please see our privacy policy for further information on how we collect, use and protect your personal data, including your IP address.
Further information
Please contact our Data Protection Officer if you have any questions regarding the use of cookies by writing to:
The Data Protection Officer
Information Security Forum
10 Eastcheap
London
EC3M 1AJ
You can also contact us via email at info@securityforum.org or by calling +44 (0)203 875 6868.
Changes to this Notice
We may change the content within this Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example to:
- reflect changes to relevant laws;
- changes to how we process personal data; and
- changes to cookie functionality.
Any changes will be published via www.isflive.org