Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy (the "Cookie Policy") is incorporated into our Privacy Policy and describes the different types of cookies and other tracking technologies that are used to collect personal information on our Website. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall take have the meaning set forth in our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

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.

It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies are also used for analytics and marketing purposes, such as, for example, generating analytics or retargeting visitors (such as displaying advertisements for such website on other websites).

To learn more about cookies, please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/.

What types of cookies do we use and how do we use them?

We use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. 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. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.
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.
Functional 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).

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie Name	Purpose
exp_tracker	Tracks the last 5 pages viewed by the user, and is used primarily for redirection after logging in etc. Affects guests and logged in users.
exp_last_visit	Sets the datetime that the user last visited the site, and is set for both guests and logged in users. If not set, is automatically set to 10 years ago. Affects guests and logged in users.
exp_last_activity	Every time the state is updated (the page reloaded) the last activity is set to the current datetime. Used to determine expiry. This is essential for logged in users, but not for guests - it is set for both.
exp_sessionid	A uniquely generated ID that corresponds to the session_id column in the exp_session table. Used when cookie and session are set as the session type. Used only for logged in members.
exp_uniqueid	Matches the unique_id field in the exp_members table. Randomly generated by the FNS class at registration. Used only for logged in members.
exp_userhash	The encrypted password of the currently logged in user. Set if you choose the cookies and session ID method for sessions (cs in your config.) Used only for logged in members.
exp_anon	A flag set by the user to determine if they are listed in the online users.
exp_expiration	Determines the length of the session for a logged in user. There are two options for this cookie: if the user has selected remember me then it is set to 1 year, and if not then it's set to the datetime that the user logged in. Used only for logged in members.
language_set	Set when a language is initially selected remembers which language was selected to display the correct one on revisit - expires in 1 month

Third Party Cookies

As noted above, in addition to our own cookies, we may also use various thirty party cookies and similar technologies to report usage analytics on and through the Website.

Third Party Analytics Providers. We may use one or more third-party analytics providers to evaluate your use of our Website by collecting information and compiling reports on activity (based on collection of IP addresses, Internet service provider, browser type, operating system and language, referring and exit pages and URLs and other similar usage data) and analyzing performance metrics. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help collect, analyze, and provide us reports or other data. If you opt out of any third party analytics service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Website.

How to manage cookies?

You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent additional cookies from being placed. Please consult your browser’s documentation for information on how to do this. If you do prevent cookies from being placed and delete persistent cookies, however, you may have to adjust some preferences every time you visit our Website, and the Website may not operate properly or as intended.

For more information about targeting and advertising cookies, and how you can opt out, you can visit http://optout.aboutads.info and www.networkadvertising.org/consumer/opt_out.asp. Please note that opting out of third party targeting or advertising cookies does not necessarily mean that you will not see our advertising on third party websites, only that this advertising will not be targeted to you through the use of third party cookies.

You will need to apply these opt-out settings on each device from which you wish to opt-out. We cannot offer any assurances as to whether the companies we work with participate in the opt-out programs described above.

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please send us an email to hello@grangers.co.uk.