Cookies Policy
This website, https://decisiveagents.com (the “Website”), is operated by InstaDeep Ltd (alternately, “InstaDeep”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites that you visit. This policy also covers similar storage technologies used on our website, including Local Storage and Session Storage, which serve comparable purposes. These technologies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. At the bottom of this policy, we have included a table, setting out what cookies we use, and the purposes for which we use them.
Cookies might be used for the following purposes:
- To enable certain functions
- To provide analytics
- To store your preferences
- To enable ad delivery and behavioral advertising
What kind of cookies are used on the Website?
Our Website uses both session cookies, persistent cookies, and third-party cookies.
A session cookie is used to identify a particular visit to our Website. These cookies expire after a short time, or when you close your web browser after using our Website. We use these cookies to identify you during a single browsing session, such as when you log into our Website.
A persistent cookie will remain on your devices for a set period of time specified in the cookie. We use these cookies where we need to identify you over a longer period of time. For example, we would use a persistent cookie if you asked that we keep you signed in.
How do we categorise cookies and storage technologies?
We group cookies and storage technologies into the following consent categories:
- Essential: Required for the website to function. These do not require consent and cannot be disabled. Includes our consent management platform (Osano), multilanguage support, security features (Cloudflare, reCAPTCHA) and email verification status (da_email_verified).
- Analytics: Help us understand how visitors use our website. These require your consent via our cookie banner. Includes Google Analytic.
- Marketing: Used to track visitors and deliver relevant content or advertisements. These require your consent via our cookie banner. Includes YouTube.
How do third parties use cookies on the Decisive Agents Website?
The Website uses Third Party cookies and similar storage technologies from Google Analytics, YouTube, and Osano. If you click on a hyperlink from our website to any third-party websites, you may be sent cookies from these third-party websites.
As these are third party providers, we do not control the use of these cookies and cannot access them or the data they may contain. Note that cookies set on our own domain (decisiveagents.com) by third-party scripts, such as Google Analytics and Osano, are technically first-party cookies.
Third-party websites will have their own privacy and cookie policies. Please check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them. Disabling these cookies will likely break the functions offered by these third parties, such as Youtube Video Embeds.
Google Analytics 4
We use Google Analytics 4 to collect information about how visitors use our website and to compile reports on website activity. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For more information, see How Google uses cookies.
| Name | Type | Domain | Duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Cookie | .decisiveagents.com | 2 years | Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier |
| _ga_X3Q2TBWKBJ | Cookie | .decisiveagents.com | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics 4 to maintain session state |
Category: Analytics (requires consent)
OSANO
Osano is a cookie consent management tool that allows you to personalize your cookie preferences. It utilizes cookies and Local Storage to enable the utilization of the Consent Dialog and associated features. To learn more about Osano’s cookies, please visit their documentation here.
| Name | Type | Domain | Duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| osano_consentmanager | Cookie | .decisiveagents.com | 2 years | Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier |
| osano_consentmanager _uuid | Cookie | .decisiveagents.com | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics 4 to maintain session state |
| Osano_consentmanager | Local Storage | .decisiveagents.com | Persistent | Stores consent preferences locally |
| osano_ consentmanager_tattles | Local Storage | .decisiveagents.com | Persistent | Tracks consent-related events for the consent manager |
| osano_ consentmanager_uuid | Local Storage | .decisiveagents.com | Persistent | Stores the end-user’s unique ID locally |
Category: Essential (no consent required)
WPML (Multilingual Support)
WPML enables our website to serve content in multiple languages. It sets a single cookie to remember your language preference. Learn more about cookies stored by WPML.
| Name | Type | Domain | Duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wp-wpml_current _language | Cookie | .decisiveagents.com | Session | Stores the visitor’s selected language preference |
Category: Essential (no consent required)
YouTube (Embedded Videos)
We embed YouTube videos on our website using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). However, when the video player loads, YouTube may still set cookies and Local Storage items on your device. Some items may load when the player is displayed; additional items are loaded after you consent to Marketing cookies. For more information, see Google’s privacy policy and How Google uses cookies.
| Name | Type | Domain | Duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yt-player-bandwidth | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Stores the user’s estimated bandwidth for video quality selection |
| yt-player-user-settings | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences (e.g., volume, quality) |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Stores a list of connected remote playback devices |
| yt-remote-device-id | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Stores a unique device ID for YouTube remote playback features |
| yt.innertube::nextId | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Internal YouTube Innertube API request counter |
| yt.innertube::requests | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Internal YouTube Innertube API request tracking |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT _ENTRY_KEY | Local Storage | www.youtube-nocookie.com | Persistent | Used internally by YouTube’s IndexedDB storage layer |
Category: Marketing (requires consent)
Cloudflare & Google reCAPTCHA (via HubSpot Forms)
Our website uses an embedded HubSpot forms which includes Google reCAPTCHA technology to prevent spam and automated submissions. Cloudflare provides the underlying security infrastructure for HubSpot services. For more information, see Cloudflare’s cookie documentation, Google reCAPTCHA terms, and HubSpot’s cookie documentation.
| Name | Type | Domain | Duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | Cookie | .hsforms.com .hubspot.com | 30 minutes | Supports Cloudflare Bot Management to detect and mitigate automated traffic |
| _cfuvid | Cookie | .hsforms.com .hubspot.com | Session | Used by Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Cookie | www.google.com | 6 months | Used by Google reCAPTCHA to provide spam and abuse protection |
| rc::a | Local Storage | www.google.com | Persistent | Used by Google reCAPTCHA to distinguish between humans and bots |
| rc::f | Local Storage | www.google.com | Persistent | Used by Google reCAPTCHA to distinguish between humans and bots |
Category: Essential (no consent required)
First-Party Storage Technologies
Certain article categories on the Website require email verification before the full content is accessible. When you verify your email through our subscription form, a cookie is set to remember your verification status so you don’t need to verify again on future visits. No raw email addresses are stored in this cookie, only a secure, hashed token.
| Name | Type | Domain | Duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| da_email_verified | Cookie | .decisiveagents.com | 1 year | Stores a hashed token confirming the visitor has verified their email to access gated content |
Category: Essential (no consent required)
What are your cookies options?
In order to provide you with the best Decisive Agents service, you can accept all non-essential cookies. If you don’t like the idea of cookies or certain types of cookies, you can change your browser’s settings to delete cookies that have already been set and to not accept new cookies. To learn more about how to do this, visit the help pages of your browser. The following are links to manage cookies on popular browsers:
If you want to change the cookie preferences you have already set up when you first visited the Website, you can update your consent at any time. On the Website, click the cookie icon in the bottom-left corner of the page to reopen the consent dialog.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies and similar storage technologies or do not accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to ensure that it is accurate and up to date, and to reflect any changes in the law. This policy was last updated on 4 June 2026.
Contacting us and making a complaint
If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or if you are seeking to exercise any of your statutory rights, please contact us in the first instance by email at privacy@instadeep.com with as much detail as possible about the nature of your concern, including dates, individuals involved, and any relevant documents or evidence. We will endeavour to respond to your initial complaint within a reasonable timeframe.
If you remain unsatisfied with the resolution of your privacy complaint or our response in relation to your exercising of your statutory rights, you may send your complaint in writing to either legal@instadeep.com or our registered address at:
FAO Head of Legal
InstaDeep Ltd
1 Triton Square
London, NW1 3BF
United Kingdom
Upon receipt of the same, we will investigate your complaint and respond to you within a reasonable time frame.
If you are still not satisfied with our response you may make a complaint to the supervisory authority responsible for the territory in which your Controller operates. In the UK, that is the Information Commissioner – see www.ico.org.uk for more information.