What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file which is placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit many websites.
Most cookies are created to enable features on the website to work properly or to provide the site owner of the website with anonymous information about how the site is used so that they can make improvements to the user experience. Cookies such as this are known as 1st party cookies.
Cookies that relate to advertising are known as 3rd party cookies. Typically used by advertisers, this type of cookie sees which websites you have visited and then displays targeted adverts that are more relevant to you.
How we use cookies
Our website uses a 1st party cookie to find out how people are using our website and to make some features of the website work for you. This information is anonymous and cannot be linked to one individual. We use this information to enable us to continually make improvements to our website to make the user experience better.
We use the following types of cookies:
Below are details of the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them.
Domain | Name | Description |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | wpcc | This cookie is set once a visitor has dismissed the Cookie notice to stop it from being displayed further. |
www.chatra.io | chatra.* | This cookie is used by Chatra who provide our live chat system. Ensures the functionality of our chat software. |
www.chatra.io | galaxy-sticky | This cookie is used by Chatra who provide our live chat system. Load balancer cookie that connects you to a correct chatra server. |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | Google Analytics | Collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
www.google.com | Google+ | Features for sharing via Google+. Does not set a cookie by itself, but if one is present it will read it. |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | PHPSESSID | This cookie is used for managing user sessions on the website |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | _gat_gtag_UA_244626_11 | This cookie is used by Google Analytics |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | _ga | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | _gid | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to distinguish users |
www.leadmetrics.co.uk | trackcmp.net | This cookie is used by ActiveCampaign |
We do not use any other type of cookie.
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.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can 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 website.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
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