Cookie Policy

Our website uses a number of different cookies. Here we explain the different types of cookies we use and why.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files placed and stored on your computer, mobile or other device by websites you visit or sometimes by emails. They provide useful information to companies, which helps in all sorts of ways. For you, it means you can use our site more efficiently and save time by not having to re-enter your details upon each visit. Cookies also make sure you receive the most relevant information from us. For further information on the use of cookies you can visit www.aboutcookies.org

There are two main categories of cookies:

  1. Persistent cookies – These cookies stay on your computer until they are removed manually or automatically.
  2. Session cookies – These cookies remain on your computer until you close your browser when they are then automatically deleted.

Cookies we use and why we use them

Essential cookies

Performance cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website, and observe how visitors move around the site. This helps us to improve the way our website works by enabling us to tailor our site to the way visitors uses it. The information we collect from performance cookies is aggregated, meaning we cannot identify you while using them.

Your right to refuse cookies and what happens if you refuse them

You can disable cookies by activating the relevant settings on your browser. However, if you do so you may not be able to access all the information on our sites. If you continue using our sites, and do not change your browser settings, we will assume that you approve of us using cookies as described above.

Strictly necessary

Name
Provider / Domain
Expiration
Description
JSESSIONID
Oracle Corporation
quote.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
Session
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
EBROKERTIMEOUTURL
quote.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 day
BCD E Brooker Quoting Tool
_GRECAPTCHA
Google LLC
www.google.com
6 months
Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.

Performance

Name
Provider / Domain
Expiration
Description
_gid
Google LLC
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 day
This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_ce.irv
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
Session
Crazy Egg Analytics
_CEFT
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 year
Crazy Egg Analytics
cebsp_
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
Session
Crazy Egg Analytics
_ce.clock_event
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 day
Crazy Egg Analytics
_ga_JPM5S872C9
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 year 1 month
This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_ga
Google LLC
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 year 1 month
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gat_UA-55988221-6
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
51 seconds
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
cebs
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
Session
Crazy Egg Analytics
_ce.clock_data
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 day
Crazy Egg Analytics
_ce.s
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 year
Crazy Egg Analytics

Targeting

Name
Provider / Domain
Expiration
Description
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Google LLC
.youtube.com
6 months
This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.
_uetsid
Microsoft Corporation
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 day
This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.
_uetvid
Microsoft Corporation
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 year
This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.
MSPTC
Microsoft
.bing.com
1 year
Used to provide personalised ads.
MUID
1 year
This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.
_gcl_au
Google LLC
.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
3 months
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services
YSC
Google
www.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
Session
This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
gclid
Google
www.businesschoicedirect.co.uk
1 month
This cookie is used by Google to track and store a unique identifier for each user’s session, often related to clicks on ads or advertising campaigns related to the site. It helps in tracking the effectiveness of advertising campaigns provided by Google.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘Cookie’ icon.

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You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.