Cookies Policy
Cookies Policy
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1. Definition
The term cookies should be understood in the broad sense. It covers all tracers implemented and/or read when a website is viewed, regardless of the type of device (e.g. a computer or smartphone) that is used.
Cookies improve the user experience by:
- Saving your preferences so you don’t have to re-enter them every time you change pages,
- Measuring how you use the site in order to improve it and respond to your expectations more effectively.
Our cookies are designed to make the site work better for you. You can manage and/or delete these files as you wish. Blocking all cookies may therefore prevent you from benefiting fully from the features offered by our site.
Cookies will not be used to collect personal data from your hard drive, read your email address or obtain personal information.
2. Cookie settings
You can configure your browser to block cookies.
How you manage your cookie settings varies from browser to browser. You can find more information about how to change your cookie settings from your browser's help menu.
- For Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- For Safari™: https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- For Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
- For Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- For Opera™: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
How we use cookies
This website uses cookies in several places. We’ve listed each of them below, with more details about why we use them and how long they last. “End of session” means the cookie is temporary and will be removed each time you close your browser. Some of the cookies we use are removed at the end of the browser session, i.e. when you close your browser (these are called “session cookies”). Other cookies remain on your device and allow us to recognise your browser during your next visit (“persistent cookies”).
Compulsory cookies for the website
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| ASLBSA | Azure Front Door load balancer / session affinity. | End of session. |
| ASLBSACORS | Azure Front Door load balancer / session affinity. | End of session. |
Remembering if you’ve seen our cookie policy message
On your first visit to the website, you may be greeted by a pop-up banner message that provides information about cookie use. We’ll store a cookie when you click the accept button so that your computer knows you’ve seen it and will stop showing it.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| mazars-accepted | Saves a cookie to let us know that you have seen and accepted our message on cookies. | 12 months |
| mazars-analytics, mazars-marketing | Saves a cookie to record your choice how to handle analytics or marketing cookies. | 12 months |
Analytical cookies - Measuring website usage
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site and gain a better understanding of their expectations. This allows us to constantly improve the site.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here, etc. We do not receive or record any personal information such as your name or address, so this cookie cannot be used to identify you. We do not allow Google to use or share data about browsing on our website with a third party.
You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies by visiting this page on Google.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics: distinguishes users and stores session state. | 13 months |
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 base cookie to distinguish users across sessions. | 13 months |
| _gid | Short‑lived GA cookie for user grouping. | 24 hours |
| _gat_* | Google Analytics UA throttle cookie. Limits the number of analytics hits to prevent overload. | 1 minute |
Other third-party cookies - Marketing cookies, etc.
Forvis Mazars is not responsible for the placing of third-party cookies on your device by any social media you belong to. Social media may place a cookie on your device that enables you to be identified, particularly when the features for posting comments on content or publications are used.
Our website includes applications called social plugins linked to various social media (LinkedIn, X, YouTube) which allow us to offer you content recommendations. When you load a page from our site containing one of these plugins, your browser connects directly to the servers of the social media site concerned. The social media site then transmits the content of the plugin directly to your browser, so that it is incorporated into the webpage.
To see the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of the data by the social media you belong to, as well as your rights and options to change your privacy settings, please consult the General Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy of the social media in question.
| Name | Purpose | Expires |
| _fbp | Meta (Facebook) first-party identifier used for advertising and retargeting. | 3 months |
| bcookie | LinkedIn Browser ID cookie for tracking device consistency and fraud prevention. | 12 months |
| li_gc / li_mc | LinkedIn cookie storing consent state (“guest consent”). | 6-12 months |
| liap | LinkedIn authentication persistence. | 12 months |
| lang | Stores the user’s LinkedIn language preference when loading LinkedIn components (share/follow buttons, social plugins). | End of session. |
| __cf_bm | Bot‑management / anti‑abuse token used by LinkedIn’s properties (Cloudflare). | 30 minutes |
| lidc | Load balancing and data‑center routing for LinkedIn. | 24 hours |
| IDE | Google DoubleClick ads personalisation, frequency capping and ad targeting. | 13 months |
| datr | facebook.com Fraud prevention, account protection. | 2 years |
| sb | facebook.com Browser ID for login & security. | 2 years |
| __Secure‑1* | Used by Google to authenticate requests, maintain account security and protect against abuse or fraudulent activity. | 12-24 months |
| __Secure‑3* | Used by Google and YouTube to create advertising profiles based on user interactions with embedded videos and Google services. | 12-24 months |
__Secure‑* Variants may include: __Secure-YEC, __Secure-YNID, __Secure-BUCKET, etc. The exact set may vary depending on user login state and Google services loaded. | Google platform and account cookies used for security, fraud prevention, session integrity and personalisation. | 12-24 months Some variants may expire earlier depending on Google account status, device, and browser security settings. |
YSC VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA LOGIN_INFO | Used to deliver embedded videos, detect bandwidth, store playback settings and ensure privacy mode is respected. |
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| visitor_id182332 | Pardot marketing automation visitor identifier (lead capture / journey mapping). | 12 months |
| visitor_id182332-hash | Integrity hash for the Pardot visitor ID. | 12 months |
| PREF | YouTube preferences (e.g., locale/time zone) for embeds. | 13 months |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads conversion linker. Stores ad‑click information so conversions can be attributed when visitors land on the site. | 3 months |
Date of last update: 26.01.2026