How we use Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer when you visit websites. We use cookies to help identify your computer so we can tailor your user experience and collect general information on how our website is used, which we use to help us improve it. There are two ‘flavours’ of Cookies – ‘Session’ cookies and ‘Persistent’ cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are deleted when you shut down your Web browser or turn off your computer. These are used to improve how you navigate through a website and, for example, to keep track of your shopping basket contents.‘Persistent’ cookies remain on your computer until manually deleted or when they reach an expiry date. They hold information that is useful if you revisit the website, such as login details and customizing your personal preferences. You can disable cookies already stored on your computer, but this may stop our website and others from functioning properly. It may also cause saved login details, for example, to be deleted, so ensure you have a note of them before deleting all cookies.
Non-essential Cookies
The following are not strictly necessary but are required to provide you with the best user experience and tell us, anonymously, which pages people find most interesting.
Functional Cookies. Typically used for Live Chat support (if available) and for tracking the pages you visit. Page tracking data is collated by Google on behalf of millions of website owners, providing anonymous data on which pages you visited, how you got there, the page you exited the website from and so on. It allows us to see which pages are more or less popular and helps us to make our website even better.
Targeting Cookies. These allow you, for example, to share pages with social networks such as Facebook (where applicable).
Identifying Cookies on your Computer
You can often identify the individual Cookies stored on your computer by visiting the Privacy Tools section of your Web browser – below are three examples of popular web browsers. You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites. Search on ‘Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on’ for the web browser plug-in. Where we have embedded a video clip delivered from our YouTube channel, a cookie is set but this does not store personally-identifiable information as the clips are embedded using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode restricts cookies set by YouTube. For more details search on ‘YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode’.
Examples of where to find details of stored Cookies on your computer
Microsoft Internet Explorer (versions 6 – 9):
Internet Explorer does not currently provide an easy way to view/disable individual cookies. However, to disable all cookies:
Go to Tools > Internet Options
Click on ‘Delete’ under ‘Browsing history’
More options can be set under Internet Options > Privacy and under Privacy > Sites
Mozilla Firefox (versions 3 – 12):
In the Web browser’s toolbar, go to Tools (or click the Firefox tab) > Options > Privacy
Click on ‘Show Cookies’ (earlier versions of Firefox) or ‘Remove Individual Cookies’
Scroll down until you find a folder with our website name
Click on the + sign and it will show the Cookies stored that are related to our website
Click on a named Cookie to read details about it, such as its expiry date
You can delete an individual Cookie whenever it is highlighted
Google Chrome (version 18.0):From the toolbar spanner icon go to Settings > Under the Bonnet
Under the ‘Privacy’ section click on ‘Content Settings’
Under the ‘Cookies’ section click on ‘All cookies and site data’
You will see a list of websites – click on one to show the names of stored cookies
Click on a named cookie to view its details
To remove an individual cookie, view its details and click ‘Remove’
Typically Found Cookies and Their Purpose
These are some of the Cookies you will typically (not always) find on your computer and what they are for:
Cookie Name Function Type / Time Limit
__utmz Google Analytics (web traffic statistics) Persistent. Expiry date shown
__utma Google Analytics (web traffic statistics) Persistent. Expiry date shown
__utmb Google Analytics (web traffic statistics) Persistent. Expiry date shown
__utmc Google Analytics (web traffic statistics) Session. Expires on shutdown
virtuemart Required for operation of shopping section Session. Expires on shutdown
xx_xxxxxxxx_tpl Name varies – stores page layout preference Persistent. Expiry date shown i.e. f7f2915758a4bcd
Session cookie, often related to the online shop Session. Expires on shutdown
_twitter_sess Twitter module. Holds no personal data Session. Expires on shutdown
Guest_id Twitter module. Holds no personal data Persistent. Expiry date shown
k Twitter module. Holds no personal data Persistent. Expiry date shown
orginal_referer Twitter module. Holds no personal data Session. Expires on shutdown
datr Facebook user cookie Persistent. Expiry date shown
a_user Facebook user cookie Persistent. Expiry date shown
a_xs Facebook user cookie Persistent. Expiry date shown
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information automatically when you visit our Site. Non-Personally Identifiable Information is information that is not used nor intended to be used to personally identify an individual and is not associated with nor linked to Personal Information. This Non-Personally Identifiable Information we collect via the Site includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, and the web page you have visited immediately prior to visiting the Site.
Key Insite Ltd will make no attempt to track or identify individual users, except where there is a reasonable suspicion that unauthorised access to systems is being attempted. In the case of all users, Key Insite Ltd reserves the right to attempt to identify and track any individual who is reasonably suspected of trying to gain unauthorised access to computer systems or resources operating as part of Key Insite Ltd’s web services.
As a condition of use of this site, all users must give permission for Key Insite Ltd to use its access logs to attempt to track users who are reasonably suspected of gaining, or attempting to gain, unauthorised access.
All log file information collected by Key Insite Ltd is kept secure and no access to raw log files is given to any third party.
