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Our Use Of Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The cookies that we create are in place to enhance your experience of this website as well as providing core functionality for our visitors and customers.
The only cookie that is used to collect data is the Google Analytics cookie. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit Google Analytics.
Consent
According to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) consent to store cookies is not required "for cookies that are essential to provide an online service at someone's request" (e.g. to remember what's in your online basket, or to ensure security).
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/
All of our cookies fall under this exception. Therefore we are not required to gain consent before the use of the cookies on this site.
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Cookie Details
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The following is a list of functional cookies that are strictly necessary for our site to function.
Cookie Purpose basket
This cookie is stored when you add an item to your basket or quotation and it enables the site to remember your basket.
It stores an overview of the items that are added to your basket as well as the unique identification code that is attributed to your basket.
token
This cookie is stored only when a user is registered and logged into the site.
It enables the site to identify the customer who has logged-in.
_vbm_region
This cookie is stored upon your first visit to the site.
It enables the site to identify what server region you are closest to so that we can serve you quicker.
_vbm_session
This cookie is stored upon your first visit to the site. It enables the site to identify individual sessions.
This is used for site security such as our Web Application Firewall (WAF).
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These cookies are used to 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.
