Cookie Policy
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails you open. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site.
How to control and delete cookies
We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit ico.org.uk which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of websites. We use a number of suppliers who also set cookies on our website on our behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing.
List of main cookies
Here is a list of some cookies that may be set by us while using our web site: _cookie_consent, _session and XSRF-TOKEN that allow us to recognise your requests from page to page. This allows us to remember your previous selections and choices, navigate back to previous pages etc. These cookies are removed when you close your browser.
AutoChat may be set if we use live chat on our web site. This is a web site analytic cookie.
Google Analytics provides website analytics and may set the following cookies: _ga, _gid, _ga_
Third‑Party Cookies
We use a number of suppliers who also set cookies on our website on its behalf in order to deliver the services that they are providing. We sometimes embed photos, video, social sharing icons and other content from external websites such as YouTube, Flickr and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from one of these sites you may be presented with cookies from their website. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these. Here is a list of some cookies that may be set by our third parties while using our web site:
- yahoo.com
- twitter.com
- api.twitter.com
- addthis.com
- youtube.com
Cookie Settings
Essential cookies Always Active
There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent.
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autoweb_sites_cookie_consent
Duration: 1 year 1 month 1 day
Used to store the user's cookie consent preferences.
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autoweb_sites_session
Duration: 2 days
Used to identify the user's browsing session.
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XSRF-TOKEN
Duration: 2 days
Used to secure both the user and our website against cross-site request forgery attacks.
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cookie-options
Duration: 1 year 1 month 1 day
Stores cookie preferences in JSON