COOKIE POLICY

Last updated September 24, 2026



This Cookie Policy explains how SWARM Engineering, Inc. ("Company," "we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://swarm.engineering ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, SWARM Engineering, Inc.) are called "first-party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies." Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Preference Center. The Cookie Preference Center allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.

The Cookie Preference Center can be found in the notification banner and on our Website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):

Essential website cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hsadspixel.net
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:RecentRedirect
Purpose:Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:less than 1 minute

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hs-banner.com
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.linkedin.com
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
Purpose:Stores the user's localized cookie privacy and consent configuration choices for embedded YouTube video playback.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insightscategoryAll_json_expires
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:FormsWebSessionId
Purpose:Maintains the user's operational session state across an embedded Microsoft Form to ensure accurate response logging.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Microsoft Forms
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 days

Name:squarespace-announcement-bar
Purpose:Remembers whether a visitor has dismissed or interacted with the top-level announcement bar to prevent it from repeating.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_latest-insights_json
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:msal.cache.encryption
Purpose:Stores context needed to decrypt authentication tokens securely using Microsoft Authentication Library frameworks.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Microsoft Forms
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:Session

Name:csrf_token
Purpose:Protects against hacking and malicious actors.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Django View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:29 days

Name:swarm-engineering_json_insights_json
Purpose:Local state storage keys used by the Squarespace framework to temporarily cache page contexts, layout templates, and insight assets.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insights_json_expires
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hubspot.com
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insightscategoryArticle_json_expires
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insightscategoryAll_json
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insightscategoryPodcast_json_expires
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hubapi.com
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:TERMLY_API_CACHE
Purpose:Used to store visitor's consent result in order to improve performance of the consent banner.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Termly View Service Privacy Policy
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:1 year

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insightscategoryPodcast_json
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:FormsVersion/
Purpose:Tracks the active system version parameters of the embedded form interface to prevent code incompatibilities during display.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Microsoft Forms
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insightscategoryArticle_json
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN
Purpose:A security cookie utilized by YouTube (Google) during embedded video playback to protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and rollout secure system updates.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_insights_json
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hs-analytics.net
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:swarm-engineering_json_insights_json_expires
Purpose:Local state storage keys used by the Squarespace framework to temporarily cache page contexts, layout templates, and insight assets.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hs-scripts.com
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:yt-icons-last-purged
Purpose:Local storage key written by the embedded YouTube player that records when YouTube last purged its cached icon sprites. Player housekeeping, not a tracking identifier.
Provider:www.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__cf_bm
Purpose:Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider:.hscollectedforms.net
Service:CloudFlare View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes

Name:custom-filter-uid-0_insights_filter_options_latest-insights_json_expires
Purpose:First-party local storage used to save visitor filter options and content sorting choices on Insights/Blog directory pages.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:msal.version
Purpose:Tracks structural framework script version levels used by the underlying authentication layers.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Microsoft Forms
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Name:__RequestVerificationToken
Purpose:This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Microsoft Forms View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:Session

Name:wistia-*
Provider:Wistia
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:__________

Name:unifiedScriptVerified
Purpose:First-party local storage element used internally by the website platform to verify that necessary core JavaScript configurations have loaded successfully.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_session_storage
Expires in:Session

Performance and functionality cookies:

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.

Name:latest-insights-block-block-3b4f6bfaec09c3809b6d
Purpose:Caches local UI render blocks for blog and latest insights panels to improve overall page loading speeds.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Purpose:Local storage entry used by embedded YouTube videos to cache video playback results, preferences, and user interactions to optimize video performance.
Provider:www.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:latest-insights-block-block-yui-3-17-2-1-1698442277162-7881
Purpose:Caches local UI render blocks for blog and latest insights panels to improve overall page loading speeds.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:p.gif
Purpose:Tracking pixel used by Adobe Typekit to monitor website font usage and performance statistics for licensing compliance. It does not track users across websites.
Provider:p.typekit.net
Service:Adobe Typekit
Type:pixel_tracker
Expires in:Session
Name:latest-insights-block-block-f417cc7703d68266820d
Purpose:Caches local UI render blocks for blog and latest insights panels to improve overall page loading speeds.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:latest-insights-block-block-yui-3-17-2-1-1698442277162-17638
Purpose:Caches local UI render blocks for blog and latest insights panels to improve overall page loading speeds.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:block-block-9de6da49ae6e6e1c5825
Purpose:General UI block caching element utilized by the website builder framework to speed up component layout presentation.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:SWARM Engineering
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Analytics and customization cookies:

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.

Name:crumb
Purpose:The crumb cookie is used in order to recognise a computer when a user visits our website. It also prevents cross-site request forgery.
Provider:www.swarm.engineering
Service:Showtime Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:Session
Name:mp_#_perfalytics
Purpose:First-party Mixpanel analytics storage holding the distinct ID and super properties. The perfalytics persistence suffix is Freshpaint's configured instance name (Perfalytics Inc. is Freshpaint's legal entity), so this appears on Freshpaint-driven Mixpanel setups.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Mixpanel View Service Privacy Policy
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:ss_cvr
Purpose:Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor's sessions on a site.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Squarespace View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 1 month 4 days
Name:ziPendingTelemetry
Purpose:ZoomInfo cookie to identify website visitors and analyze company-level engagement.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:ZoomInfo
Type:html_session_storage
Expires in:Session
Name:_zitok
Purpose:First-party cookie set by ZoomInfo to identify unique visitors.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:ZoomInfo
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:11 months 30 days
Name:_ga
Purpose:Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 1 month 4 days
Name:ss_cvt
Purpose:Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor's sessions on a site.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Squarespace View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:29 minutes
Name:__ptq.gif
Purpose:Records anonymous page view data
Provider:track.hubspot.com
Service:HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy
Type:pixel_tracker
Expires in:Session
Name:hubspotutk
Purpose:This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days
Name:__hssc
Purpose:This cookie keeps track of sessions.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:30 minutes
Name:AnalyticsSyncHistory
Purpose:Synchronizes structural user data history with LinkedIn analytics frameworks to observe network visitor metrics.
Provider:.linkedin.com
Service:LinkedIn
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 days
Name:crumb
Purpose:The crumb cookie is used in order to recognise a computer when a user visits our website. It also prevents cross-site request forgery.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Showtime Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:Session
Name:SS_IS_FIRST_SESSION
Purpose:Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor's sessions on a site.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Squarespace
Type:html_session_storage
Expires in:Session
Name:SS_HAS_LANDED
Purpose:Functional cookie used by the Squarespace to collect data on user visits to the website, generally to detect if a user has visited before or to track the initial landing page.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:Squarespace
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:__hssrc
Purpose:Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:Session
Name:__hstc
Purpose:The main cookie for tracking visitors.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days
Name:_ga_#
Purpose:Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions.
Provider:.swarm.engineering
Service:Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:1 year 1 month 4 days
Name:mats-telemetry-profile-id
Purpose:A pseudonymous profile identifier used by Microsoft's backend telemetry to map form/survey health and quality data.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Microsoft Forms
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:MUID
Purpose:Sets a unique user id for tracking how the user uses the site. Persistent cookie that is saved for 3 years.
Provider:forms.cloud.microsoft
Service:Bing Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:1 year 24 days

Advertising cookies:

These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

Name:bcookie
Purpose:Used to optimize the range of advertising on Linkedin.
Provider:.linkedin.com
Service:LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:11 months 30 days
Name:lidc
Purpose:These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider:.linkedin.com
Service:LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:1 day
Name:li_sugr
Purpose:Makes structural probabilistic matches of a user's browser details outside designated regions to inform targeted ad delivery framework setups.
Provider:.linkedin.com
Service:LinkedIn
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:2 months 29 days
Name:ziwsSession
Purpose:Tracks active operational sessions for web traffic mapping and matching backend firmographic telemetry data.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:ZoomInfo
Type:html_session_storage
Expires in:Session
Name:ziScriptSession
Purpose:Manages the execution state of ZoomInfo's data-gathering scripts while a user traverses the site.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:ZoomInfo
Type:html_session_storage
Expires in:Session
Name:YSC
Purpose:YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:Session
Name:UserMatchHistory
Purpose:These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider:.linkedin.com
Service:LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:30 days
Name:VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Purpose:YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:YouTube View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days
Name:__Secure-YNID
Purpose:Used to detect and resolve problems with the service. These cookies last for 6 months and for 13 months, respectively.
Provider:.youtube.com
Service:Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy
Type:http_cookie
Expires in:5 months 27 days
Name:ziwsSessionId
Purpose:Tracks active operational sessions for web traffic mapping and matching backend firmographic telemetry data.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:ZoomInfo
Type:html_session_storage
Expires in:Session
Name:visitorId
Purpose:visitorId is a cookie that stores a non-identifiable, random hash identifying the user's session. This has ensures that as forms are filled out, we're not creating duplicate data entries for the same person across multiple forms.
Provider:.ws.zoominfo.com
Service:ZoomInfo View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:11 months 30 days
Name:test
Purpose:A standard LinkedIn tracking cookie used to evaluate the status of an active user session or test browser cookie compatibility for tracking purposes.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:LinkedIn
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent
Name:li_adsId
Purpose:First-party fallback cookie used by the LinkedIn tracking tag to target and measure ad attribution effectively.
Provider:swarm.engineering
Service:LinkedIn
Type:html_local_storage
Expires in:Persistent

Social networking cookies:

These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.

Name:bscookie
Purpose:Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites
Provider:.www.linkedin.com
Service:LinkedIn View Service Privacy Policy
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:11 months 30 days
Name:sp_t
Purpose:Utilized by embedded audio or podcast players to map player actions back to an existing Spotify connection or profile.
Provider:.spotify.com
Service:Spotify
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:11 months 30 days
Name:sp_landing
Purpose:Used to manage user routing behavior and preferences when interacting with embedded music tracks or audio elements.
Provider:.spotify.com
Service:Spotify
Type:server_cookie
Expires in:1 day

How can I control cookies on my browser?

As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:

What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at legal@swarm.engineering or by post to:

SWARM Engineering, Inc.
5319 University Drive PMB 7214
Irvine, CA 92612
United States