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COOKIES POLICY
Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.[PD1]
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
· Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
· Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
· Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
· 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. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
· You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
Provider |
Type |
Expiry |
Necessary |
LPSessionID |
Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. |
Va.v.liveperson.net |
HTTP |
Session |
Preferences |
lpTestCookie# |
Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Preferences |
lpTestCookie# |
Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
lpcdn.lpsnmedia.net |
HTTP |
Session |
Statistics |
@@History/@@scroll|# |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTML |
Session |
|
Statistics |
_utm.gif |
Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor's browser and computer. |
doubleclick.net |
Pixel |
Session |
Statistics |
_utma |
Co llects d ata o n th e n u mb er o f times a u ser h as visited th e w eb site as w ell as d ates for th e first an d mo st recen t visit. Used b y G o o g le Analytics. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
2 years |
Statistics |
_utmb |
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the web site. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration o f a web site visit |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Statistics |
_utmc |
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the w eb site. Used b y G o o g le An alytics to calculate the d u ratio n o f a web site visit. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Statistics |
_utmt |
Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Statistics |
_utmz |
Collects data o n w h ere the user came from, w h at search eng in e was u sed, w h at link was clicked an d w h at search term was used. Used by Goog le Analytics. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
6 months |
Statistics |
_ga |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the web site. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
2 years |
Statistics |
_gat |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Statistics |
_gid |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data o n h o w the visitor uses the web site. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Statistics |
lpLastVisit-# |
U sed b y LivePerso n real time messag in g p latfo rm to store the timestamp o f th e u ser's last visit. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Persistent |
Statistics |
LPVID |
Used by LivePerson real time messaging platform to recognise the visitor on returning visits. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
2 years |
Statistics |
LPVisitorID |
Used by LivePerson real time messaging platform to recognise the visitor on returning visits. . |
Va.v.liveperson.net |
HTTP |
1 year |
Statistics |
p.gif |
Unclassified |
typekit.net |
Pixel |
Session |
Marketing |
_hjIncludedInSample |
Determines if the user's navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Marketing |
_omappvp |
Used by the lead g eneration p latform Op tin Monster to determine if the visitor is return in g an d h as visited the website before. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
11 years |
Marketing |
_omappvs |
Used b y th e lead g eneration p latform O p tin Monster to determin e if the visitor is visiting the website for t h e first time. |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Marketing |
ads/ga-audiences |
Used b y G o o g le Ad W o rd s to re-en g ag e visito rs th at are lik ely to co n vert to cu sto mers b ased o n th e visito r's o n line b ehavio ur across web sites. |
google.com |
Pixel |
Session |
Marketing |
ads/user-lists/# |
Unclassified |
google.com |
Pixel |
Session |
Marketing |
C |
Unclassified |
rubiconproject.com |
Session |
|
Marketing |
collect |
Used to send data to G o o g le Analytics ab o u t the visitor's device an d behaviour. Track s the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
google-analytics.com |
Pixel |
Session |
Marketing |
fr |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
facebook.com |
HTTP |
3 months |
Marketing |
IDE |
Used b y G o o g le Do u b le Click to register and report the web site user's actions after viewing or click in gone of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy o f an ad and to prese t targeted ad s to the user. |
doubleclick.net |
HTTP |
2 years |
Marketing |
Khaos |
Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user as clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
rubiconproject.com |
HTTP |
1 year |
Marketing |
put_# |
Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
rubiconproject.com |
HTTP |
29 days |
Marketing |
rpb |
Registers anonymised user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited websites, and what ads the user has clicked, with the purpose of optimising ad display based on the user's movement on websites that use the same ad network. |
rubiconproject.com |
HTTP |
29 days |
Marketing |
rpx |
Unclassified |
rubiconproject.com |
HTTP |
29 days |
Marketing |
test_cookie |
Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies |
doubleclick.net |
Session |
|
Marketing |
tr |
Unclassified |
facebook.com |
Pixel |
Session |
Unclassified |
ctmid |
Unclassified |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Unclassified |
_barriersdirect_session |
Unclassified |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Unclassified |
ctmi |
Unclassified |
52633.tctm.co |
HTTP |
Session |
Unclassified |
LPSID-78758050 |
Unclassified |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Unclassified |
oribi_cookie_test |
Unclassified |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Unclassified |
oribi_session |
Unclassified |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
Session |
Unclassified |
oribi_user_guid |
Unclassified |
barriersdirect.co.uk |
HTTP |
1 year |
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You block cookies 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 all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.You can find a useful guide of how to do this here.
We are currently operating an 'implied consent' policy (in line with guidelines from the ICO) which means that we assume you are happy with this usage, but if you are not then please disable and delete cookies from your browser settings. We may amend this policy in line with future changes in legislation or best practice.