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Like many other websites and apps, we use cookies and similar technologies to help us gather and store information about visitors to our website and app and certain third party websites with whom we have partnered. Cookies help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and use the app and also allows us to improve our website. This cookie policy provides information about how we use cookies and how you can control them
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 or performance cookies. These 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.
Cookie Name | Source Domain | Expire Type | Category | Purpose |
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rc::a | google.com | Persistent | Necessary | 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. |
rc::c | google.com | Session | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
_ga | instavolt.co.uk | 2 years | Statistics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
_gat | instavolt.co.uk | 1 day | Statistics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
_gid | instavolt.co.uk | 1 day | Statistics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
IDE | doubleclick.net | 1 year | Marketing | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
test_cookie | doubleclick.net | 1 day | Marketing | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | 179 days | Marketing | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
YSC | youtube.com | Session | Marketing | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
yt-remote-cast-installed | youtube.com | Session | Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
yt-remote-connected-devices | youtube.com | Persistent | Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
yt-remote-device-id | youtube.com | Persistent | Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
yt-remote-fast-check-period | youtube.com | Session | Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
yt-remote-session-app | youtube.com | Session | Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
yt-remote-session-name | youtube.com | Session | Marketing | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
Managing cookies
Website:
Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a Banner requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are Strictly Necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. Alternatively you can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to
refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about the functions which your browser provides to manage cookies. If you use different browsers and/or different devices you may need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. Please note you not be able to access or use all or parts of our website if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies)).
App:
If you are using a mobile app, the operating system of your mobile device provides privacy settings which let you manage how mobile apps use technologies similar to cookies to recognise your device and in certain cases makes interest-based advertising available within the mobile apps you use. Please refer to the instructions or help pages of your mobile operating system to learn more about the functions which it provides to manage these privacy settings.