Cookies are small text files that are sent by a website to a web browser and contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. This enables the website to identify and track the web browser. Cookies can, among other functions, enable a website to recognise a device each time it visits, remember user preferences and recommend content. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, but rather the computer used.
Different cookies do different things and some are essential to the operation of a website, whilst others are not. The different types of cookie are:
If you wish to decline all cookies, you can find out how to enable Do Not Track settings for your chosen browser at https://allaboutdnt.com.
To the extent that any personal information is collected through our use of cookies, our Privacy Policy will apply to our processing of that personal information.
You can find more information about the individual cookies placed by our website and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Strictly Necessary
wfwaf-authcookie – This cookie is set by the WordPress security plugin “Wordfence”. It is used to authenticate user’s login request. This cookie is persistent and expires in 1 day.
cookie_notice_accepted – Set by us when you accept the cookie notification banner.
Functionality
basketuid – set by allchecked.co.uk if you use the quick estimate price engine. Stores a basket id related to the items you put into your quote.
Performance
_gid, _gat, _ga – set by Google Analytics, these cookies monitor website performance and the usage of the site.
uvc, uid, ouid, mus, loc, __atuvc, __atuvs – set by the AddThis plugin which allows you to share content on our site with social networks.
Advertising
1P_JAR, CONSENT, DV, IDE, NID, ANID – These cookies are set by google.com, youtube.com and the google advertising network doubleclick.net. They exist to customise the advertising you see across their networks and with our advertising on those platforms. Find out more about those cookies here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/types
fr, xs, wd, sb, pl, dpr, datr, c_user – Set by facebook, these cookies relate to our advertising on the Facebook platform
personalization_id, twitter_sess – set by Twitter, this relates to our advertising on the Twitter platform
Depending on the browser you use, you can change your settings to allow or disable cookies and clear out those that already exist.
Please be aware that disabling cookies can restrict the functionality of a website. For example, without cookies, you could not use the Live Chat feature on our website.
The following sites explain how you can manage cookies for most popular browsers.
Do Not Track (DNT)
DNT is a web browser setting that requests that a web application disable its tracking of an individual user. When you choose to turn on the DNT setting in your browser, your browser sends a special signal to websites, analytics companies, ad networks, plug in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing to stop tracking your activity.
Find out more about how to enable DNT in your browser at https://allaboutdnt.com
Ad Options
You can find out how you can control the behavioural advertising that is served to you across the sites you visit here: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices
Find out how to opt out of Google ad personalisation here: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en-GB
Google Analytics
You can opt out of all Google Analytics tracking by installing the browser extension from Google. More information can be found here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
The following websites contain much more info on Cookies and their uses.
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
General privacy info can be found on the ICO website: http://www.ico.org.uk/
