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What cookies are
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function correctly, remember your preferences, and provide analytical data to site owners.
How we use them
We use three kinds of cookie:
- Strictly necessary: this website needs them to work, for example to remember your cookie choice and to submit the quote form. They don't need your permission.
- Analytics: they count visits and show how pages are used, including recordings of how people move, click and scroll on a page, with anything typed into a form hidden, so we can improve the website. We use them only with your permission.
- Marketing: they remember which link, advert or partner sent you, and the first request you start, and they tell Google and Meta when a request is made, so that we can see which of their adverts lead to requests. They also let Google and Meta show our adverts to people who have visited this website. Ours last up to 30 days; the list below gives each cookie's lifetime. We use them only with your permission.
The cookies we use
These are all the cookies this website uses.
- wbo_consent, set by this website: remembers your cookie choice (whether you allow analytics and marketing cookies), the version of this policy you chose under, and the date. Strictly necessary. It lasts 6 months, and is set when you make your choice.
- PHPSESSID, set by this website: keeps the quote form working while you submit it and, if you allow marketing cookies, holds the details of the link or advert that brought you here, the click reference an advert adds to its link, and the pages you view before you start a request (20 at most). Strictly necessary. It's deleted when you close your browser. It's set when you submit a step of the form, or on any page once you allow marketing cookies, and never when you only look at pages without that permission.
- wbo_cgid, set by this website: remembers the campaign of the link or advert that brought you here. Marketing. It lasts 30 days from your visit through that link, isn't extended, and is deleted when you complete a request. It's set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- wbo_aqid, set by this website: remembers the record made when you followed that link, so that your request can be joined to it. Marketing. It lasts and is deleted like wbo_cgid, and is set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- wbo_fsid, set by this website: remembers the form the link you followed was for. Marketing. It lasts and is deleted like wbo_cgid, and is set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- wbo_master, set by this website: if no link or advert brought you here, remembers the first request you start, so that a later request, or a link or advert you follow later, can be joined to it. Marketing. It lasts 30 days from when it's set and isn't extended. It's kept after you complete a request, and replaced if a link or advert brings you here after that. It's set when you send the first step of that request, and only if you allow marketing cookies.
- _ga, set by Google Analytics: tells one visitor from another, so that we can count visits and see how pages are used. Analytics. It lasts 2 years, though some browsers keep it for less, and is set on the first page you view after you allow analytics cookies.
- _ga_MHB8FFXCEQ, set by Google Analytics: keeps track of your current visit. Analytics. It lasts 2 years, though some browsers keep it for less, and is set on the first page you view after you allow analytics cookies.
- _gcl_au, set by Google Ads: lets Google Ads tell whether a visit from one of our adverts led to a request. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set on the first page you view after you allow marketing cookies.
- _gcl_aw, set by Google Ads: remembers the click reference of the Google advert that brought you here. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set only if you came from a Google advert and allow marketing cookies.
- _gcl_gb, set by Google Ads: remembers a second kind of click reference that Google adds to some of its adverts. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set only if you came from one of those adverts and allow marketing cookies.
- _fbp, set by the Meta pixel: identifies your browser, so that Meta can provide its advertising and measure how this website is used. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set on the first page you view after you allow marketing cookies.
- _fbc, set by the Meta pixel: remembers the click reference of the Meta advert that brought you here. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set only if you came from a Meta advert and allow marketing cookies.
- _clck, set by Microsoft Clarity: holds the Clarity identifier that joins your visits to this website together. Analytics. It lasts 1 year, and is set on the first page you view after you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
- _clsk, set by Microsoft Clarity: joins the pages you view into one recording of your visit. Analytics. It lasts 1 day, and is set on the first page you view after you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
- IDE, set by Google on doubleclick.net: used by Google for advertising and security. Marketing. It lasts 13 months, and is set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- test_cookie, set by Google on doubleclick.net: used by Google to make its advertising work. Marketing. It lasts 15 minutes, and is set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- ar_debug, set by Google on googleadservices.com, google-analytics.com and doubleclick.net: used by Google for analytics and advertising. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- NID, set by Google on google.com and its local versions, such as google.co.uk: used by Google for security, analytics and advertising, and to make its services work. Marketing. It lasts 6 months, and is set only if you allow marketing cookies.
- fr, set by Meta on its own website, not this one: used by Meta to show adverts, measure them and make them more relevant. Marketing. It lasts 90 days, and is set or read only if you allow marketing cookies.
- CLID, set by Microsoft on its own website, not this one: records when Clarity first saw your browser on any website that uses Clarity. Analytics. Microsoft's page on Clarity's cookies doesn't give its lifetime. It's set only if you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
- MUID, set by Microsoft on its own website: tells one browser from another across Microsoft's websites, which Microsoft uses for advertising, site analytics and running its services. Analytics. Like CLID, its lifetime isn't given, and it's set only if you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
- ANONCHK, set by Microsoft on its own website: records whether MUID is passed to a Microsoft advertising cookie. Clarity doesn't pass it, so the value is always 0. Analytics. Like CLID, its lifetime isn't given, and it's set only if you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
- MR, set by Microsoft on its own website: tells Microsoft whether to renew MUID. Analytics. Like CLID, its lifetime isn't given, and it's set only if you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
- SM, set by Microsoft on its own website: keeps MUID the same across Microsoft's websites. Analytics. Like CLID, its lifetime isn't given, and it's set only if you allow analytics and marketing cookies.
The cookies from Google, Meta and Microsoft send details of your visit to those companies. Our privacy policy says what each receives and how it may use them.
This website's fonts come from Adobe. Adobe doesn't set cookies or store anything on your device, but it receives your IP address when the fonts load, as our privacy policy explains.
Your choice
When you first visit, a box asks whether you allow analytics and marketing cookies, and the page waits until you choose. You can choose "Accept all", "Reject all", or "Choose" to decide for each kind. Rejecting is as easy as accepting. Until you choose, we use only strictly necessary cookies.
We keep your choice in a cookie for 6 months. If we change the cookies we use, we'll ask you again.
Changing your choice
You can change your choice at any time with the "Cookie settings" link at the foot of every page.
Cookies in your browser
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. The following links may be helpful:
More information
To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website.
For questions about our use of cookies, email dataprotection@webosaurus.co.uk. Our privacy policy explains how we use personal data.
Changes to this policy
We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page.