Cookies are small data files saved to your computer (or any other device capable of browsing the internet) as part of your interactions with a website.
Cookies remain stored on your device until such a time that the cookie expires or is manually deleted. This allows for the information stored within the cookie to be sent back as part of any subsequent interactions you have with the issuing website. This exchange of information enables websites to remember basic information about you, such as whether you have visited the site before, whether you are “logged in” or to remember your recent searches.
When you visit our website, we will place a secure cookie in your browser history, which will allow us to record your interactions with our website and the device, browser and IP address that you are using.
If you do decide to make an enquiry, we will link the data information recorded from the website cookie to your personal information used in your enquiry. You can delete the cookie from your browser at any time.
We also use HTML web storage to store information locally, such as search results and development locations, to improve our website performance. This can also be deleted by you from your browser at any time.
HTML web storage provides two forms of storage:
Local Storage – stores data with no expiration date
Session Storage – stores data for a single session (data removed when the browser tab is closed)
If you do not want us to use cookies when you visit our website, you can adjust your internet browser settings not to accept cookies. Your web browser’s help function should tell you how to do this. Alternatively, you can find information about how to do this for all the commonly used internet browsers here: www.aboutcookies.org
This website will also explain how you can delete cookies that are already stored on your device.
Please be aware that if you set your computer to not accept cookies, there may be certain features/areas on our website that you may not be able to use.
To opt out of any marketing cookies or to change your preferences, please click on the cog at the bottom left of your screen.
Strictly Necessary cookies or Functional cookies are those that enable a website to function without them, it will either not work at all or will not work properly. These cookies include ones that enable users to log into secure areas of the website and use a shopping cart. These cookies do not track any personal data of visitors and can be dropped to the users’ browsers without consent, according to the GDPR directive.
Cookie Name | Description | Retention Period | Third Party |
---|---|---|---|
__cf_bm |
Cloudflare’s bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the __cf_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The __cf_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. |
30 minutes | No |
__cfduid |
The ‘__cfduid’ cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to any user id in the web application, nor does the cookie store any personally identifiable |
5 years | No |
__cflb |
When enabling session affinity with Cloudflare Load Balancer, Cloudflare sets a __cflb cookie with a unique value on the first response to the requesting client. Cloudflare routes future requests to the same origin, optimizing network resource usage. In the event of a failover, Cloudflare sets a new __cflb cookie to direct future requests to the failover pool. |
30 minutes | No |
__cfruid |
Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic. |
Session | No |
_cfuvid |
The _cfuvid cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. |
Session | No |
cf_chl_2 |
Used by Cloudflare for the execution of Javascript or Captcha challenges. These cookies are not used for tracking or beyond the scope of the challenge. |
session | No |
cf_clearance |
Whether a CAPTCHA or Javascript challenge has been solved. |
1 years | No |
Marketing and advertising cookies are cookies that are related to online advertising platforms. This is the category of cookies and third party scripts that touches the user’s privacy the most.
Cookie Name | Description | Retention Period | Third Party |
---|---|---|---|
APC |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
6 months | Yes |
DSID |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
60 minutes | Yes |
FLC |
This cookie is used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate that the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events. |
10 seconds | Yes |
GoogleAdServingTest |
Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. |
session | No |
ID |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
2 months | Yes |
IDE |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
1 years | No |
MONITOR_WEB_ID |
Used by the social networking service, TikTok, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
3 months | Yes |
RUL |
Used by DoubleClick to determine if the website ad was properly displayed. This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient. |
1 year | Yes |
__gads |
This cookie is used by Google for a variety of purposes (e.g., ensuring Frequency Caps work correctly). It includes AdSense if you have AdSense enabled. This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to monitor the showing of advertisements on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue. The main purpose of this cookie is targeting/advertising. |
1 years | No |
_fbc |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
2 years | Yes |
_fbp |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
3 months | No |
_tt_enable_cookie |
Tracking cookie used by TikTok to identify a visitor |
1 years | No |
_ttp |
Tracking cookie used by TikTok to identify a visitor |
1 years | No |
aks |
Determines the login state of a person visiting accountkit.com |
30 days | Yes |
aksb |
Authenticates logins using Account Kit |
30 minutes | Yes |
anj |
The anj cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with our partners. ID syncing enables our partners to use their data from outside the Platform on the Platform. |
3 months | Yes |
ar_debug |
Store and track conversions |
1 years | No |
c_user |
Used in conjunction with the xs cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. |
90 days | Yes |
campaign_click_url |
Records the Facebook URL that an individual landed on after clicking on an ad promoting Facebook |
30 days | Yes |
csm |
Insecure indicator |
90 days | Yes |
datr |
Used to prevent creation of fake / spammy accounts. Datr cookie is associated with a browser, not individual people. |
2 years | Yes |
dbln |
Used to enable device-based logins |
2 years | Yes |
ddid |
Used to open a specific location in an advertiser’s app upon installation |
28 days | Yes |
fr |
Contains a unique browser and user ID, used for targeted advertising. |
90 days | Yes |
ick |
Stores an encryption key used to encrypt cookies |
2 years | Yes |
js_ver |
Records the age of Facebook javascript files. |
7 days | Yes |
locale |
This cookie contains the display locale of the last logged in user on this browser. This cookie appears to only be set after the user logs out. |
7 days | Yes |
lu |
Used to record whether the person chose to remain logged in |
2 years | Yes |
m_user |
Used to authenticate your identity on Facebook’s mobile website. |
90 days | Yes |
msToken |
Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. |
9 days | Yes |
oo |
Ad optout cookie |
5 years | Yes |
pl |
Used to record that a device or browser logged in via Facebook platform. |
90 days | Yes |
presence |
The presence cookie is used to contain the user’s chat state. |
Session | Yes |
rc |
Used to optimize site performance for advertisers |
7 days | Yes |
s |
Facebook browser identification, authentication, marketing, and other Facebook-specific function cookies. |
90 days | Yes |
sb |
Facebook browser identification, authentication, marketing, and other Facebook-specific function cookies. |
2 years | Yes |
sfau |
Optimizes recovery flow after failed login attempts |
1 day | Yes |
test_cookie |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor’s browser supports cookies. |
15 minutes | No |
ttwid |
Used by the social networking service, TikTok, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
1 year | Yes |
usida |
Collects a combination of the user’s browser and unique identifier, used to tailor advertising to users. |
Session | Yes |
uuid2 |
This cookie contains a unique randomly-generated value that enables the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. |
3 months | No |
wd |
This cookie stores the browser window dimensions and is used by Facebook to optimise the rendering of the page. |
Session | Yes |
xs |
Used in conjunction with the c_user cookie to authenticate your identity to Facebook. |
90 days | Yes |