COOKIE POLICY

COOKIE POLICY


What's a cookie?


A "cookie" is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.


Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.


We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.


How do we use cookies?


We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services in response to what you might need or want.

  • Cookies are either:
  • Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or
  • Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics, Meta and our Affiliate program.
  • Cookies can also be categorised as follows:
  • Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and / or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
  • Performance cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
  • Functionality cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. For instance, we may be able to provide you with news or updates relevant to the services you use. They may also be used to provide services you have requested such as viewing a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised.
  • Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
  • First and third party cookies: First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by a website other than our wadverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use, including third party cookies, and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Key

Cookie Type

Expiration

Description

vs_uniques_template_metadata

First-party

6 months 4 days

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. 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.

_kjb_session

First-party

1 day

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. 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.

CookieScriptConsent

First-party

1 month

This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.

_GRECAPTCHA

Third-party
Google

6 months

Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.

vs_uniques_landing_page

First-party

6 months 4 days

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. 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.

_ga_E7J0780QFT

First-party

1 year 1 month

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

_ga

First-party

1 year 1 month

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish 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.

_fbp

First-party

3 months

Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers

CSRF-TOKEN

First-party

Session

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. 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.

kjba

First-party

30 days

These cookies are necessary for the website to ensure that our affiliates are paid correctly when share their links. They only track that you clicked on a share link and then, if you purchase, it allows us to give a commission to the affiliate. Affilaites do not know who clicked the link, only that it was clicked. They expire after 30 days

You can alter your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the Cookie Item displayed on each page and adjusting Rejecting the cookies. Please refresh your page to ensure that the new settings have taken effect.


You can also control your cookie settings through your web browser.


You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, by going to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.


Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire as detailed in table above.


If you have any questions about the cookies that we use, feel free to email us at kat@achnashie.co.uk

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