Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use across all our websites and why.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.
The rules on cookies are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). PECR also covers the use of similar technologies for storing or accessing information, such as ‘Flash cookies’ and device fingerprinting.
Lincolnshire Co-op’s use of cookies
The table below explains what cookies we use and why we use them.
|
Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
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_ga _gat _gid |
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. This cookie does not store any user information; it's just used to limit the number of requests that have to be made to doubleclick.net. _ga and _gid are used to distinguish users but have different expirations. |
2 years (_ga) 24 hours (_gid) |
|
ss_cookieAllowed |
Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies |
30 days |
|
Test |
Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors. |
Session |
|
ss_cid |
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site |
2 years |
|
ss_cpvisit |
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site |
2 years |
|
ss_cvisit |
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site |
30 minutes |
|
ss_cvr |
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site |
2 years |
|
ss_cvt |
Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site |
30 minutes |
How do I change my cookie settings?
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 and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.