Cookie policy

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.  We will ask you for your consent to our use of cookies when you first access our website, except for strictly necessary cookies, which do not require consent. If you do not consent then this will mean you are treated as though you have blocked the use of cookies (see below). You may withdraw your consent at any time by declining to accept the cookie policy when you visit our website.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

Which cookies do we use?

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. 
     

Cookie Type

Name

Duration

Purpose/Description

First Party

CFID

1 Day

Used to provide transaction support across multiple page requests commonly called a session

First Party

CFTOKEN

1 Day

Used to provide transaction support across multiple page requests commonly called a session

First Party

CookieStatus

10 Days

This cookie is used to save your acceptance of the use of cookies on our website. This is to prevent us from showing you the cookie message when you have already accepted it.

First Party

MobileFormat

End of Session

Used to determine whether or not to show the mobile format of the website.

First Party

OriginalURLToken

10950 Days (never)

Used to anonymously track sessions within the website.

First Party

Slatwall-NPSID

End of Session

Used to provide transaction support across multiple page requests commonly called a session.

First Party

Slatwall-PSID

10950 Days (never)

Used to provide transaction support across multiple visits outside of a normal session. If this is used to re-attach a non-empty cart, then all personal information including account, addresses and payments are removed from the cart leaving just the items.

 

  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. 
     

Cookie Type

Name

Duration

Description

Third Party

_ga

730 Days

This helps us count how many people visit www.changegroup.com

by tracking if you’ve visited before

Third Party

_gat

10 Minutes

Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made

 

  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
     

Cookie Type

Name

Duration

Description

First Party

End of Session

 

Used to determine whether or not to show the mobile format of the website

First Party

OriginalURLToken

10950 Days

(never)

Used to anonymously track sessions within the website.

 

Third parties

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. 

How can you control cookies?

You can also specifically block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site, our site may not function properly and can impact your experience in our website.

Except for strictly necessary cookies, all cookies will expire within their specified timeframe. Once expired, the browser will not send that particular cookie to the server with the page request, however this will also depend on the specific browser and the user’s personal settings. If you do not want our cookies to be stored on your computer, please clear the cookies in your browser for our website or adjust your browser settings so that the cookies are generally not stored on your computer or actively deleted.

 

Privacy

To the extent that information we collect through the use of cookies is personal information, our information handling practices set out in our Privacy Policy apply.