What Are Cookies

A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer/mobile device by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. When you visit a site that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer/mobile device so that the next time you visit that site, your device will remember useful information such as items added in the shopping cart, visited pages or logging in options.

This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the site’s functionality.

For more general information on cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org

How do I change my cookie settings?

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How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, is most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case, they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

To provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third-Party Cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

As we sell products it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Google+, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

More Information

Hopefully, that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you are not sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However, if you are still looking for more information about cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Details of the cookies we use

To help you understand cookies and the reasons for them, we've provided a description of each cookie we use:

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the running of our website. The table below details the essential cookies that we use.

Cookie Name

Usage

Expires

apex4_production

Used by our web provider to manage site state

2 hours from being set

ce-cookie

Used to show cookie consent and remember your choices about cookies on this website. Where you’ve previously indicated a preference, it will be stored in these cookies so the site remembers it when you come back.

1 year from being set

laravel_session

Used to hold information about your session.

Session duration

_cf_bm

This is provided by Zendesk.com. This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.

1 day

_cfruid

This is provided by Zendesk.com. This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare, including a load-balancing, deliverance or website content and serving DNS connection for website operators.

Session

AWSALB

Provided by assets.nexuspointapex.co.uk registers which server- cluster is servicing the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize experience.

7 days

AWSALB

Provided by carsupermarket.com which server- cluster is servicing the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize experience.

7 days

AWSALBCORS

Provided by assets.nexuspointapex.co.uk registers which server- cluster is servicing the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize experience.

7 days

AWSALBCORS

Provided by carsupermarket.com registers which server- cluster is servicing the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize experience.

7 days

CONSENT

Provided by youtube.com. This cookie is used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR- compliance of the website.

7 days

XSRF-TOKEN

Provided by carsupermarket.com. This cookie ensures visitor browsing- security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.

7 days

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us to make sure you have the best possible experience on our website:

  • they help us to make the website easier to use and help you find what you need more easily;
  • they help us to test and improve the content you see; and
  • we can understand if you found out about our products and services through a price comparison website.

The table below details the experience and insight cookies that we use.

Cookie Name

Usage

Expires

_ACCookie

Used for third party AutoConvert - to pass through the enquiry source when completing the "Can I Get Credit" form

2 days from being set

_fbp

Facebook cookie to store and track visits across websites

3 months from being set

_ga

Google analytics cookie - Used to distinguish users

2 years from been set

_gat

Google analytics cookie - Used to distinguish users

2 years from being set

_gat_UA-112462797-1

Google tag manager cookie

1 minute from being set

_gcl_au

Google tag manager cookie to store and track conversions

1 day from being set

_gid

Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users.

For length of user session

_uetsid

Google tag manager cookie to store and track visits across sites

1 day from being set

_uetvid

Google tag manager cookie to store and track visits across sites

16 days from being set

CAOCID

Used for our live chat service - ContactAtOnce

1 year from being set

caoPopInMode

Used by our live chat service - ContactAtOnce - to save pop in preferences

For length of user session

IDE

Linking of anonymous data collected in Google Analytics with data collected via the anonymous Google Doubleclick cookie, utilising a feature called 'advertising features'. Collects the value of the Doubleclick advertising cookie (if one exists) inside Google Analytics. This allows us to link information collected in Google Analytics with google's display network.

1 year from being set

LPCKEY-p-*

Used for our live chat service - ContactAtOnce

For length of the user session

mhVisitorId

Used for our call tracking service - Mediahawk

1 year from being set

MUID

Used for Microsoft advertising

1 year from being set

NID

Google analytics cookie - Used to distinguish users

2 years from being set

_hjIncludedInPageviewSample

Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.

30 minutes

_hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id}

Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.

30 minutes

_ce.s

Track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time

1 year

_clck

Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID

1 year

_clsk

Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording.

1 day

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

Used to detect the first pageview session of a user.

30 minutes

_hjFirstSeen

Identifies a new user’s first session.

Session duration

_hjSessionUser_{site_id}

Set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the user ID which is unique to that site. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID.

365 days

_hjSession_{site_id}

Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session

30 minutes

Marketing Cookies

The following 15 marketing cookies have been identified as being present on the webpage(s)

Cookie Name

Usage

Expires

LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY

This is provided by YouTube and is used to track user’s interactions with embedded content

Session

LogsDatabaseV2:V#IILogsRequestsStore

This is provided by YouTube.

Persistent

remote_sid

This is provided by YouTube. It is necessary for the implementation and functionality with YouTube video – content on the website.

Session

TESTCOOKIESENABLED

This is provided by YouTube and is used to track user’s interaction with embedded content

1 day

VISITOR_INFO1_lIVE

This is provided by YouTube and tries to estimate the users’s bandwith on pages with integrated YouTube versions.

180 days

YSC

This is provided by YouTube and registers a unique ID to keep statistics on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Session

Ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY

This is provided by YouTube and is used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.

Persistent

YtIdbMeta#databases

This is provided by YouTube.

Persistent

yt-remote-cast-available

This is provided by YouTube.

Session

yt-remote-cast-installed

This is provided by YouTube.

Session

yt-remote-connected-devices

This is provided by YouTube.

Persistent

yt-remote-device-id

This is provided by YouTube.

Persistent

yt-remote-fast-check-period

This is provided by YouTube.

Session

yt-remote-session-app

This is provided by YouTube.

Session

yt-remote-session-name

This is provided by YouTube.

Session

Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

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