COOKIES, PIXELS, AND OTHER WEB TOOLS
COOKIES.
We use cookies for system administration, to report aggregate information to our advertisers, and to ensure that you get the most out of our Site. A “cookie” is a small electronic file that collects information when someone visits a website. A cookie can identify the pages that are being viewed, and this can assist us to select the pages that the viewer sees. Some cookies only exist whilst viewers are online, but “persistent” cookies – which are not session-based – remain on the viewer’s computer, so that he or she can be recognised as a previous visitor when he or she next visits our Site. This allows us to collect information about a viewer’s browsing habits whilst on our Site, and this can be useful in assisting us to monitor and improve our services.
We do not store sensitive information such as account numbers or passwords in “persistent” cookies.
PIXELS AND OTHER WEB TOOLS.
In addition to using cookies, we might also use pixels and other web tools to collect information about your browsing activities whilst on our Site. In this respect the information that is provided is similar to the information supplied by cookies, and we use it for the same purposes.
The names of the cookies, pixels, and other web tools used on our Site and the purposes for which these are used are set out in the table below:
Name | Purpose | Duration |
atAccCookies | Cookie set by the UK cookie consent plugin to record that you accept the fact that the site uses cookies. | 30 days |
wordpress_[hash] | On login, wordpress uses the wordpress_[hash] cookie to store your authentication details. Its use is limited to the admin console area, /wp-admin/ | 30 days |
wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | After login, wordpress sets the wordpress_logged_in_[hash] cookie, which indicates when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. | 30 days |
catAccCookies | Cookie set by the UK cookie consent plugin to record that you accept the fact that the site uses cookies. | 30 days |
Wpe-auth | Used to determine whether the wp-engine webserver should deliver a new page build or the cached version. | 30 days |
Wordpress_test_cookie | Used on sites built with WordPress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled | 30 days |
Google Analytics: _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz, | Used to collect information about how visitors use our site by collecting information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | 30 days |
Third Party Ad Tracking
We often use tracking services to monitor the response from adverts we place on third-party websites. These services may use cookies and pixels to track visitors who have clicked through from these ads, data from which is used to assess the advert’s performance.
Pixels which are currently live on this website are:
Name | Purpose | Duration |
Crimtan | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Conversion tracking | N/A | |
Pageviews | N/A | |
Fifty Media | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Flashtalking | Pageviews | N/A |
Flashtalking | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Sizmek | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Google Ads | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Google Ads | Pageviews | N/A |
Google Ads | Remarketing | 60 days |
Radium 1 | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Spotlight | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Quantcast | Conversion tracking | N/A |
AffecTV | Pageviews | N/A |
AffecTV | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Iotec | Pageviews | N/A |
Iotec | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Ad You Like | Pageviews | N/A |
Ad You Like | Conversion tracking | N/A |
Any information that we acquire about you using cookies, pixels or other web tools is subject to the same restrictions and conditions as any other information we collect about you.
Some sites linked to our Site and/or some of our advertisers may also use cookies, pixels, or other web tools that are set by other people such as advertising agencies, or the businesses to which the sites and/or the advertisements in question relate. We do not have access to any information that might be collected in this way (unless you consent to such information being passed to us), and, if you are concerned, you should contact the third party site and/or advertiser for more information.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. For more information about how to reject cookies using your internet browser settings please consult the “Help” section of your internet browser (or alternatively visit http://www.aboutcookies.org). However, please note that if you set your internet browser to reject cookies you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Site.