Cookie Policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier, that is sent to your computer or mobile phone browser from a website’s computer and is stored on your device’s hard drive.
In the ToolsInsuranceOnline website, cookies allow us to identify your visit and to collect information about how you have used our site.
ToolsInsuranceOnline will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block cookies which are set by the ToolsInsuranceOnline website, you can do this through your browser settings. The help function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the ToolsInsuranceOnline website. Visiting our website with your browser settings adjusted to accept cookies tells us that you want to use ToolsInsuranceOnline products and services and that you consent to our use of cookies.
The ToolsInsuranceOnline website does not use any third party cookies other than the analytical cookies noted below.
List of the ToolsInsuranceOnline cookies
This is a list of the cookies set by the Tools Insurance Online website, and what each is used for:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| NAME |
DETAILS |
LIFESPAN |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
1 year |
| OptanonConsent |
This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
1 year |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. |
Session |
Performance Cookies
| NAME |
DETAILS |
LIFESPAN |
| _gid |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
A few seconds |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx |
Google. |
1 year |
| _gclxxxx |
Google conversion tracking cookie |
2 months |
| _ga |
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. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. |
1 year |
| _uetvid |
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. |
1 year |
Targeting Cookies
| NAME |
DETAILS |
LIFESPAN |
| _uetsid |
This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. |
A few seconds |
| _gat_UA_nnnnnnnn_n |
Google Analytics |
A few seconds |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos |
5 months |
| MSPTC |
This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. |
1 year |
| MUID |
This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. |
1 year |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
5 months |
| YSC |
YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
Session |