Flint Inc (flintk12.com)
Flint Cookie Policy
This policy covers the Flint website at flintk12.com, where anyone can read about Flint, book a demo and sign up. The Flint app at app.flintk12.com sets its own cookies. If you are in the UK, read our UK cookie policy instead.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small file that a website saves in your browser. The website reads the cookie on later visits, for example to keep you signed in. Some websites also save similar data in your browser's local storage. This policy uses "cookies" for both, and the tables below list both.
A cookie that Flint sets is a first-party cookie. A cookie that another company sets, such as Google or LinkedIn, is a third-party cookie. That company can read its cookie on other websites too.
Your choices
If you visit from the United States or anywhere outside the UK, the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, the website turns on every category of cookies below when you arrive. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, the website leaves marketing cookies off.
If you visit from the UK, the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, a banner asks which cookies you allow. Until you choose, the website only sets the strictly necessary cookies.
To change your choices, select Your privacy choices at the bottom of any page on flintk12.com. You can switch functional, analytics and marketing cookies on or off. When you switch a category off, the website reloads the page without those tools and deletes most of the cookies they saved on flintk12.com. Cookies set by other companies on their own domains, such as linkedin.com, stay until they expire or you clear them in your browser settings.
Our Ahrefs visitor counts use no cookies. Google's tag loads for every visitor. While analytics and marketing cookies are off, it sets no cookies and sends Google only basic visit signals without an ID for your browser.
Strictly necessary cookies
The website needs these cookies to work, so you cannot switch them off.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| flint_consent | Flint | Remembers the cookie choices you made. | 6 months |
| flint_region | Flint | Records whether the law where you are requires us to ask before setting cookies. | 1 day |
| flint_country | Flint | Records your country, worked out from your IP address, so the website shows the right wording for where you are. | 1 day |
| flint_region_override, flint_country_override | Flint | Used only when our team views the website as if from another country. | Until you close the browser |
| flint:scroll:*, flint:jump-to (session storage) | Flint | Return you to the same place on a page when you go back. | Until you close the tab |
Functional cookies
These cookies let you chat with our team from any page.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| intercom-id-*, intercom-device-id-* | Intercom | Give your browser a random ID so your chat with our team continues across visits. | 270 days |
| intercom-session-* | Intercom | Keeps your current chat open as you move between pages. | 7 days |
| intercom.intercom-state-* (local storage) | Intercom | Remembers whether the chat window is open. | Until you clear it |
Analytics cookies
These cookies show us which pages are useful and where people get stuck.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Gives your browser a random ID so Google Analytics can count visitors and visits. | 400 days |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics | Records the current visit for each Google Analytics property. | 400 days |
| ph_*_posthog (cookie, local storage and session storage) | PostHog | Counts visits and records which pages are viewed and which links are clicked. | 1 year |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Gives your browser a random ID so Clarity can link your visits. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Links the pages you view in one visit into a single recording of how you used the page. | 1 day |
| _cltk (session storage) | Microsoft Clarity | Does the same as _clsk for the current tab. | Until you close the tab |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity (clarity.ms) | Recognizes your browser across websites that use Clarity. | 1 year |
| MUID | Microsoft (clarity.ms, bing.com) | Recognizes your browser across Microsoft services. | 13 months |
| ANONCHK, SM, MR, SRM_B | Microsoft (clarity.ms, bing.com) | Check and pass on the MUID ID above. | From 10 minutes to 13 months |
Marketing and advertising cookies
The website uses advertising cookies. They measure whether our ads bring people to Flint, and show us which schools and companies visit. Google, LinkedIn, Meta and the identity companies that work with Knock2 can also use their cookies to recognize your browser on other websites.
Google Ads
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Links a visit to an earlier click on a Flint ad. | 90 days | |
| _gcl_aw | Stores the ID of the Flint ad you clicked to reach the website. | 90 days | |
| _gcl_ls (local storage) | Stores the same ad-click information as _gcl_au. | Until you clear it | |
| GCL_AW_P | Google (google.com, googleadservices.com, doubleclick.net) | Links an ad click to a later sign-up. | 90 days |
| IDE | Google (doubleclick.net) | Recognizes your browser across websites that use Google's advertising services. | 13 months |
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| li_fat_id | Stores the ID of the LinkedIn ad you clicked to reach the website. | 30 days | |
| li_adsId (local storage) | Gives your browser a random ID for LinkedIn ad measurement. | Until you clear it | |
| bcookie, bscookie | LinkedIn (linkedin.com) | Recognize your browser on LinkedIn. | 1 year |
| li_sugr | LinkedIn (linkedin.com) | Matches your browser to a LinkedIn member when you are not signed in to LinkedIn. | 90 days |
| UserMatchHistory, AnalyticsSyncHistory | LinkedIn (linkedin.com) | Record when LinkedIn last matched your browser for ad measurement. | 30 days |
| lidc | LinkedIn (linkedin.com) | Chooses which LinkedIn data center handles the request. | 1 day |
| __cf_bm | LinkedIn (linkedin.com, through Cloudflare) | Tells people apart from automated traffic. | 30 minutes |
Meta (Facebook and Instagram)
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Meta | Gives your browser a random ID so Meta can measure visits from its ads. | 90 days |
| _fbc | Meta | Stores the ID of the Facebook or Instagram ad you clicked to reach the website. | 90 days |
| multiFbc, lastExternalReferrer, lastExternalReferrerTime (local storage) | Meta | Store the same ad-click information, and which website sent you to us. | Until you clear them |
| fr | Meta (facebook.com) | Recognizes your browser so Meta can measure and show ads. | 90 days |
OpenAI (ChatGPT ads)
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| __obref | OpenAI | Links a visit to an earlier click on a Flint ad in ChatGPT. | 1 year |
| oaiq_cs:* (session storage) | OpenAI | Links the pages you view in one visit for ad measurement. | Until you close the tab |
| __cf_bm, _cfuvid | OpenAI (openai.com, through Cloudflare) | Tell people apart from automated traffic. | 30 minutes, or until you close the browser |
Knock2 (which schools and companies visit)
Knock2 uses your IP address and browser to work out which school or company you are visiting from. To do this, Knock2 works with the identity companies listed here, and they set their own cookies.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| vv_visitor_id | Knock2 | Gives your browser a random ID so Knock2 can link your visits. | 400 days |
| vv_session_id | Knock2 | Links the pages you view in one visit. | 30 minutes |
| flintk12_com_* (local storage) | Knock2 | Record the pages you view in a visit and the website that sent you. | Until you clear them |
| _lc2_fpi, _lc2_fpi_js, _li_dcdm_c, _li_duid, _li_ss (cookies and local storage) | LiveIntent, through Knock2 | Give your browser an ID that LiveIntent can match to its records. | Up to 400 days |
| lidid, _li_ss | LiveIntent (liadm.com) | Recognize your browser across websites that use LiveIntent. | From 30 to 400 days |
| bito, bitoIsSecure | Beeswax (bidr.io), through Knock2 | Recognize your browser across websites that use Beeswax advertising. | 13 months |
| tuid | usbrowserspeed.com, through Knock2 | Recognizes your browser across websites so visitors can be identified. | 1 year |
Flint
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| flint-utm-params (local storage) | Flint | Remembers the campaign link or ad you clicked to reach the website, and passes it on when you sign up, so we can tell which campaigns lead to sign-ups. | 7 days |
Cookies from embedded videos
Some pages, including the home page, show videos hosted by Vimeo. The Vimeo player loads with the page and can set the cookies below. Other pages, such as What's New, include videos hosted by YouTube or Loom. Those players load only when you press play.
| Cookie | Set by | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| cf_clearance, __cf_bm, __cf_ob | Vimeo (vimeo.com, through Cloudflare) | Tell people apart from automated traffic. | From 30 minutes to 1 year |
| YSC | YouTube (Google) | Counts views of embedded videos. | Until you close the browser |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube (Google) | Estimates your connection speed to choose the video player. | 6 months |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube (Google) | Stores your cookie choices for YouTube. | 6 months |
| __Secure-YNID, __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | YouTube (Google) | Recognize your browser and keep the video player working. | 6 months |
| loom_anon_comment | Loom | Lets you comment on a video without a Loom account. | 1 year |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Loom | Gives your browser a random ID so Loom can count video views. | 1 year |
Companies that receive cookie data
Each company name links to its privacy policy.
| Company | What for |
|---|---|
| Intercom | Chat with our team |
| Analytics, ad measurement and YouTube videos | |
| PostHog | Product analytics, and our record of your cookie choices |
| Microsoft | Clarity analytics |
| Ad measurement | |
| Meta | Ad measurement |
| OpenAI | Ad measurement |
| Knock2 | Identifying which schools and companies visit |
| LiveIntent | Identity matching for Knock2 |
| Beeswax | Identity matching for Knock2 |
| Ahrefs | Visitor counts without cookies |
| Vimeo | Embedded videos |
| Loom | Embedded videos |
Other ways to turn off cookies and ads
Your privacy choices at the bottom of every page turns off the website's marketing cookies. You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings:
These industry groups let you opt out of interest-based ads from the advertising companies that belong to them:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
Changes to this policy
We update this policy when the website starts or stops using a cookie. The date at the top shows the last update.
Contact us
Email support@flintk12.com with any question about cookies on the Flint website, or write to us at:
Flint Inc
421 8th Ave
#9237
New York, NY 10116
United States
Our privacy policy explains how we handle personal data.
