What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file stored on your computer that helps to improve your experience on a particular website.
How do they work?
The first time you visit a site which uses cookies, a cookie is downloaded to your device. This can contain a variety of information to improve your visit on the site, such as language preferences, etc. The next time you go back to that website, your browser checks for a stored cookie and sends information back to the website if there is one stored. The website then tailors content appropriately (for example, display the UK version of the site).
Which cookies do we use?
We use a sessionid cookie to record an individual user’s preferences that the user has specified, so that each time the user returns their preferences remain. Where forms are used on the site, we hold the information in a session cookie so that we can improve the user experience on the site.
We use the Google Analytics cookie to collect information about how visitors use our site as well as Google Adwords.
We use the csrftoken cookie to avoid against Cross Site Request Forgery attacks. For more information see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery
These cookies are classed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as ‘minimally intrusive’. Below, we have specified the cookies used on our website, the type of information they contain, and how long they are stored on your computer for.
Remarketing
Welcome Support website uses Google AdWords remarketing to advertise on third party websites to previous visitors to the website. Targeted advertising could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page or another website in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Welcome Support website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s own privacy policies.
You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, or you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.
Who uses Welcome Support cookies?
At Welcome Support, we work with other companies that help us to obtain statistics of visitors, page views and other indicators of the activity of our site.
The following third parties are companies that make use of cookies:
– Google Analytics
– Google Adwords
Consent
By continuing to browse our website, you are consenting the use of the above mentioned cookies for the prescribed period and conditions contained in this Cookie Policy.