Last updated: 22/05/2018
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience.
On this page:
Disabling Cookies
Most browsers will tell you:
- How to stop accepting cookies
- How you can disable them
- How you can be notified when you receive a new cookie
You can do these by selecting Tools or Internet Options in your browser, and then reviewing your privacy settings or selecting any delete cookies option.
Please note that if you choose to disable your cookies you may not be able to fully utilise all of the features on our site, including our customer self-serve portal.
When do we collect cookies
When you use our website. This includes situations where you directly provide us with information, for example when you apply online for one of our tariffs, fill in one of our website forms or create an account on our website. It also includes automated technologies or interactions, which we use to collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns.
How we use cookies
Our website, like many others, stores and retrieves information on your browser using cookies. This includes information about you, your preferences and your device, and is used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information is not usually directly identifiable to you, but it can be used to give you a more personalised web experience.
What cookies do we use
Necessary & Functionality Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookies used:
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| has_js | Used by the website to indicate whether or not the visitor's browser has JavaScript enabled. |
| cookie-agreed | Informs you about our cookie use and lets us know whether you've agreed to our use of cookies. |
| Drupal.toolbar.collapsed | Our website content management system stores these to store user interface preferences. |
| cfduid | This cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. For example, if the visitor is in a coffee shop where there are a bunch of infected machines, but the specific visitor's machine is trusted (e.g. because they've completed a challenge within your Challenge Passage period), the cookie allows us to identify that client and not challenge them again. It does not correspond to any user ID, and does not store any personally identifiable information. |
| _vwo_uuid | This cookie generates a unique ID for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO. It allows us to view data in a more refined manner. |
| _vwo_uuid_v2 | This cookie generates a unique ID for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO. It allows us to view data in a more refined manner. |
| PHP Session ID | These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser until you close the browser. They can enable certain site functionality and are also used by the server to store/remember information about user web page activities so user information can be stored throughout an online web process e.g. to allow information to be carried across pages of a website to avoid having to re-enter information. |
| Secure PHP Session ID | These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser until you close the browser. They can enable certain site functionality and are also used by the server to store/remember information about user web page activities so user information can be stored throughout an online web process e.g. to allow information to be carried across pages of a website to avoid having to re-enter information. |
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Cookies used:
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| _ga | This cookie is used to distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| _gid | This cookie is used to distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| _eventqueue | This cookie stores an array of mouse events that can't be guaranteed to be logged to our servers before the current page is unloaded. The purpose is to store these events in a queue so on the subsequent page view, these events can be processed and logged. This is a session cookie so it will expire when the visitor leaves our web site. |
| _first_pageview | This cookie is set on the first page view of a session. It is used to make our tracking code more efficient, so certain processes are only run on a visitor's initial page view. It expires after 10 minutes. |
| _jsuid | This is a random number that is generated by the Code the first time someone visits a web site with the Code installed. Its sole purpose is to better identify new and unique visitors to a web site. This cookie is sent to the Service for every event logged. The value of this cookie will also be set as a third party cookie with the name of "cluid", if such a cookie does not exist. The purpose of the third party cookie is for web sites with multiple domains and who want to track visitor sessions across multiple domains, which is not possible with first party cookies. These "uid" cookies are set to more or less never expire. |
| no_trackyy_100901914 | This cookie is set whenever data is sent in for a site that is disabled. It tells our tracking code to stop sending data to us. This cookie expires after 1 hour but will be set again upon future visits by the same visitor, until the Code is removed. |
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.
They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Cookies used:
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| __unam | The "__unam" cookie is set as part of the ShareThis service and monitors "click-stream" activity, e.g. web pages viewed and navigated, and time spent on pages. This service only personally identifies visitors if they have separately signed up with ShareThis for an account with them and given them their consent. |
| act | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| c_user | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| presence | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| sb | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| xs | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| datr | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| fr | These cookies are used when integrating Facebook and the sharing of content. |
| DSID | These are targeting cookies, used to improve advertising. They are normally used for gearing publicity towards the particular interests of a user, improving the campaign performance reports and preventing the same ad from being shown to users more than once. |
| IDE | These are targeting cookies, used to improve advertising. They are normally used for gearing publicity towards the particular interests of a user, improving the campaign performance reports and preventing the same ad from being shown to users more than once. |