Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy sets out how we, Audience Store, use cookies and similar technologies on our website, www.audiencestore.co.uk (our website).
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to keep you fully informed about our latest practices involving cookies and similar technologies on our website. You should check this Cookies Policy each time you visit our website in order to find out whether our use of cookies and similar technologies has changed. The effective date of this Cookies Policy is 12th February 2018.
About Cookies
Cookies are data files that are sent between web servers and web browsers, processor memory or hard drives (clients) to recognise a particular user’s device when the user accesses a website. They are used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.
Cookies can be classified as either ‘session’ or ‘persistent’ cookies. Session cookies are placed on your browser when you access a website and last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies are placed on your computer when you access a website and expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.
Cookies will be set either by our website domain or by third party domains on our behalf. Cookies set by us on our website domain are referred to as ‘first party’ cookies. Cookies set by third party domains, or set on or via our domain on behalf of third parties, are referred to as ‘third party’ cookies.
Cookies do not usually contain personal information. Cookies may, however, be used in combination with other information to identify you.
We use first party and third party cookies on our website, and both session and persistent cookies.
If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
First and Third Party Cookies
Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.
First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.
Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third-party website domains.
Essential Cookies
These are cookies which are necessary in order for us to run our website and its essential functions and cannot be switched off in our systems. We use essential cookies for the following purposes on our website:
- To administer our website.
- To ensure our website functions properly when you interact with it.
- for remembering information you have inserted in a form on our website.
You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Functional Cookies
These are cookies that store information about your preferences and recognise you whenever you return to a website, in order to improve your website experience and personalise it for you. We use functional cookies for the following purposes on our website:
- To recognise you when you return to our website.
- To improve your experience of our website.
- To recognise whether you have accepted the use of cookies on our website.
- To recognise the type of browsing device you are using, including your browser and browser settings, for the purpose of displaying our website to you in an appropriate format.
- To remember the language in which to display our website to you.
Types of Cookies Used
| Cookie ID | First or Third Party | Purpose of Cookies | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | First | Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | Essential |
| _ga | First | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users on a website to generate statistical information about their use of the website | Functional |
| _gid | First | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users on a website to generate statistical information about their use of the website | Functional |
| F24_autoID | First | This is a temporary identifier on a local machine or phone browser that helps us track anonymous information to be later married up with f24_personid. If this is left anonymous it will be deleted after 6 months. Non-essential, first party, 10 years, persistent | Functional |
| F24_personID | First | This is an ID generated per individual contact in the Force24 system to be able to track behaviour and form submissions into the Force24 system from outside sources per user. This is used for personalisation and ability to segment decisions for further communications. Non-essential, first party, 10 years, persistent | Functional |
| adiLP | Third | ResponseTap cookie provides website owners with the ability to link website visitor behaviour to telephone calls made to the company as the result of a visit, in order to understand the effectiveness of the website in encouraging calls from customers. The cookie is used to help track visitors who have multiple tabs open in the same browser to prevent errors in tracking. | Functional |
| adiS | Third | ResponseTap cookie provides website owners with the ability to link website visitor behaviour to telephone calls made to the company as the result of a visit, in order to understand the effectiveness of the website in encouraging calls from customers. | Functional |
| adiV | Third | ResponseTap cookie provides website owners with the ability to link website visitor behaviour to telephone calls made to the company as the result of a visit, in order to understand the effectiveness of the website in encouraging calls from customers. It cookie contains an identifier which is used to track a visitor over time. This allows the software to show multiple visits made by a customer over time from the same browser. This cookie is set to expire 1 year after the visitor leaves the website. | Functional |
| adiVi | First/Third | ResponseTap cookie provides website owners with the ability to link website visitor behaviour to telephone calls made to the company as the result of a visit, in order to understand the effectiveness of the website in encouraging calls from customers. It contains an identifier which is used to help track a visitor’s path while they are on the website. This cookie is set to expire 30 minutes after the visitor leaves the website. | Functional |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third | YouTube cookie used to measure your bandwidth when you watch a video to adjust video settings accordingly | Functional |
| PREF | Third | YouTube cookie used to track and gather information about when you watch YouTube videos on different websites | Functional |
| YSC | Third | YouTube cookie used to track and gather information about when you watch YouTube videos on different websites | Functional |
Disabling Cookies
If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can control this in your Internet browser. Links to advice on how to do this for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online or via the software help.
