This Cookie Law is amended privacy legislation that requires websites to obtain informed consent from visitors before they can store or retrieve any information on a computer or any other web connected device.
It has been designed to protect online privacy, by making consumers aware of how information about them is collected by websites, and enable them to choose whether or not they want to allow it to take place.
Cookies are used by almost all websites, for a variety of purposes :
Analysis of visitor behaviour (known as 'analytics')
To personalise pages and remember visitor preferences.
To manage shopping carts in online stores.
To track people across websites and deliver targeted advertising.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| www.ebeedirect.co.uk |
PHPSESSID
|
This cookie is used to hold the unique session ID which is generated every time our site is visited. This cookie is deleted when you close the browser. |
| Google |
__utma |
stores each user's amount of visits, and the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit (presumably partly for double checking of this information). |
__utmb
__utmc
|
are used to check approximately how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts, and approximately ends (c expires quickly). If you look at cookie state changes (e.g. using firecookie), you will see these change regularly. |
| __utmz |
stores where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link) |
| Google Map |
PREF
NID
PREF
HSID
APISID
NID
SID
SNID |
used for Google maps |
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.allaboutcookies.org.
