When you visit the Group-IB website (group-ib.com), we automatically collect certain data using cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies. This Cookie Policy details the tracking technologies we use and why we use them.

Cookies are small text files that assign a unique and temporary identifier to your device when you visit our website. Upon any following visits, your browser provides this identifier — your “cookies” — to our website.

We use cookies to store your preferences and settings, enable you to personalised content and ads, combat fraud, and analyze traffic, among other legitimate purposes. Accordingly, cookies help us improve user experience and understand how our website is being used. You can enable or disable optional cookies as desired.

• Strictly Necessary cookies
  These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
• Targeting Cookies
  These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
• Performance cookies
  These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
• Functional Cookies
  These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

How long does Group-IB keep my cookies?
The storage period may vary based on cookie-type and your cookie preferences.

Where can I find descriptions of each cookie we use?
The table below describes all the cookies we use. It includes the name and a description of the purpose of each cookie category.

• CloudFlare
  Expires on: 30 minutes
  Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
• Group-IB Fraud Protection
  Expires on: session
  Purpose: These cookies are used to distinguish between humans and bots and protect site from bot activities.
• OneTrust
  Expires on: persistent
  Purpose: These cookies are set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user.
• HubSpot
  Expires on: 5 months 27 days
  Purpose: These types of cookies keep track of a visitor’s identity, sessions and page view data.

• Google Analytics
  Expires on: 1 year 1 month 4 days
  Purpose: These cookies is stored by Google Analytics and is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps create analytics reports on website usage.
• Youtube
  Expires on: 179 days
  Purpose: These cookies help to track views of embedded videos.
• HubSpot
  Expires on: 179 days
  Purpose: These types of cookies are used for user authentication.
• Zoominfo
  Expires on: 11 months 30 days
  Purpose: These cookies are 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.

• VWO
  Expires on: 1 year
  Purpose: This cookie helps site owners measure the performance of different versions of web pages. This cookie ensures a visitor always sees the same version of a page and is used to track behaviour to measure the performance of different page versions.This cookie is created for each cross-domain campaign. It generates a unique ID for each visitor and is used for report segmentation in VWO (ICA’s optimization tool).

• Facebook
  Expires on: 2 months 29 days
  Purpose: These types of cookies are used for retargeting, so we can show you relevant ads based on your activity on our site after you leave it.
• LinkedIn
  Expires on: 11 months 30 days
  Purpose: These types of cookies are used for retargeting, so we can show you relevant ads based on your activity on our site after you leave it.
• DoubleClick
  Expires on: 1 year 11 months 29 days
  Purpose: These cookies are used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user.
• 6sense
  Expires on: 1 year 11 months 29 days
  Purpose: These cookies collects visitor data related to the user’s visit to the website, such as number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded, for the purpose of serving targeted advertisements.
• Reddit
  Expires on: 2 months 29 days
  Purpose: These cookies are used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.
• Microsoft
  Expires on: 389 days
  Purpose: These cookies are used to to engage with a user that has previously visited our site.

How do I change my cookie settings?

When you first visit our website, you will be notified about options for customizing cookie preferences. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘Manage Your Cookies’. Adjust the available sliders to ‘Enabled’ or ‘Disabled’ and then click ‘Browse with selected cookies’.

A variety of tools can be used to control the data collected by cookies. Most web browsers enable you to control cookies through the browser settings. Accordingly, you can limit how websites use cookies and withdraw consent by clearing or blocking cookies.
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us privacy@group-ib.com.

How do we make changes to our Cookie Policy?

Our Cookie Policy may change as our website continues to improve and expand. Additionally, our Cookie Policy may change if legal and business conditions impact personal data protection. Our Cookie Policy is available on our website, group-ib.com.



Group-IB reserves the right to make amendments to our Cookie Policy at any time and for any reason. Any amendments will be effective immediately upon us posting the updated Cookie Policy on our website. Users of our website waive the right to receive specific notice about such amendments.

You are invited to review this Cookie Policy at any time to stay informed about updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of and have accepted the amendments in any revised Cookie Policy as a result of your continued use of the site after the date of publication of such revised Cookie Policy.