Cookie Policy
1. Information about our use of cookies
1.1 http://www.carlfgroupco.co.uk (our site) is a site operated by Carl F Groupco Limited (we).
1.2 Our site 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. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
1.3 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.
1.4 We use cookies to improve our services for you through, for example:
1.4.1 enabling a service to recognise your device so you do not have to give the same information several times during one task.
1.4.2 measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.
1.4.3 analysing anonymised data to help us understand how people interact with government services so we can make them better.
1.5 We use the following cookies:
1.5.1 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.
1.5.2 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.
1.5.3 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).
1.5.4 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.
1.6 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
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Cookie
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Purpose
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Examples of purposes for which a cookie may be used:
This cookie enables us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
- Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site and to provide you with offers that are targeted at your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Allow you to use our site in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, for example, by allowing you to store items in an electronic shopping basket between visits. If you register with us or complete our online forms, we will use cookies to remember your details during your current visit, and any future visits provided the cookie was not deleted in the interim.
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Session Cookies
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To identify returning customers
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Ecommerce and quotation
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To assist with the ecommerce basket and quote basket functionality.
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1.7 You may 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 essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
1.8 Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after a maximum of a 2 year period.
2. Third party services
2.1 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.
2.2 Our site also includes embedded 'share' buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles through a number of popular social networks, for example, Facebook, Twitter or Google+. These websites may set a cookie if you click through. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
3. Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Carl F Groupco Limited of 130 Culley Court, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6WA or sales@carlfgroupco.co.uk