Cookie Policy

What are cookies

A cookie is a file that is stored on your computer that allows our website to recognise that your computer has accessed our site previously. You can set your computer to refuse to accept cookies and to delete current cookies held on your computer but this will be likely to have a negative effect on your use of our website (for instance because the website will no longer recognise your computer). You can get more information about cookies from www.allaboutcookies.org .

Our cookies policy

We use cookies to collect and process anonymous information about your visit to our website such as, which pages you visited, how long you spent on those pages, how often you visit. We will use this information to improve the contents of our site or to collate statistics about it, or to otherwise improve and personalise our services to you.

Here's a list of the main cookies we use, and what we use them for. You'll find information about 3rd party cookies below.

WebTIS Cookies - 1st party

Cookie name, Purpose

• sess_track, A unique randomly generated id to track a user’s action within a session. Used for sticky load-balancer sessions (primary purpose), and analytics (secondary purpose).

• perm_track, A unique randomly generated id to track a user’s action across sessions. Used for fraud detection (primary purpose), and analytics (secondary purpose).

• ASP.NET_SessionId, Microsoft.net generated token, used to recognise a user and tie their session data to their interactions with the web server. Without this cookie the site does not function. Strictly Necessary

• WebTisLogin, this cookie only contains logged in flag and items in basket.

• SecureToken, SSL-only cookie, containing unique randomly generated ID. This is used for session validation in the secure areas of the website. Without the cookie, the site will not allow purchases to be made.

• WebTISToken, This contains a unique token used by remote partners (such as marketing pages) to obtain information for site personalisation that was previously contained in WebTisUser and WebTisLogin cookies. This is only present when user is logged in.

• WebTISPersonalisation, This contains a unique token used by remote partners (such as marketing pages) to obtain information for site personalisation that was previously contained in WebTisUser cookie. This is present when user has been logged in, and persists is user chooses “remember me” (If the user chooses “Remember me”, this cookie is issued to expire on 1st Jan 2100; if not, it is issued as a session cookie.)

• ExperienceCookie, session cookie, contains an indicator to set the version of the site displayed for the user.

• MobileCookie, session cookie, contains an indicator to set whether mobile or desktop view is in use.

Google Analytics Cookies (1st Party)

• _utma, find out more with Google http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html and http://support.google.com/analytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1008579&topic=1727146&ctx=topic

• _utmb GLOBAL* 30 minutes Performance

• _utmc GLOBAL* SESSION Performance

• _utmz GLOBAL* 6 months Performance

Third party cookies and internet tags

We may also use Internet tags in combination with cookies on this website, and may deploy these tags through a third-party advertising partner. We use this technology to help us analyse the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. The third-party partner may be able to collect anonymous aggregated data about visitors to other sites, because of these Internet tags and cookies.

When you visit redspottedhanky.com you may also notice some cookies that aren’t related to redspottedhanky.com. We don't control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Some of the business partners that may set cookies on redspottedhanky.com include:

Partner name, What their cookies are used for

• *.tripadvisor.com, displaying hotel customer reviews

• *.twitter.com, displaying twitter feed

• *.doubleclick.net, Advertising tracking

• *.adjug.com, Advertising exchange

• *.crwdcntrl.net, Advertising and tracking

• *.tribalfusion.com, Behavioural targeting

• *.invitemedia.com, Advertising exchange

• *.newsquestdigital.com, Advertising tracking

• *.rubiconproject.com, Premium content advertising

• *.admeld.com, Semantic targeting

• *.qsoft.com, Plugin tracking

• *.bidsystem.com, Advertising

• *.betrad.com, Advertising tracking

• *.fbcdn.net, Tracking for serve

• *.ads-creativesyndicator.com, Blog promotion

• *.adnxs.com, Advertising

• *.netmng.com, Remarketing

• *.scorecardresearch.com, Market research

• *.burstnet.com, Advertising

• *.facebook.com, Tracking for functionality

• *.yieldmanager.com, Advertising

• *.google.com, Statistics and performance

• *.googlesyndication.com, Statistics and performance

• *.ctasnet.com, Tracking

Managing Cookies

If cookies aren't enabled on your computer, it will mean that your shopping experience on our website will be limited to browsing and researching; you won't be able to add products to your basket and buy them.

To enable cookies

If you're not sure of the type and version of web browser you use to access the Internet:

• For PCs: click on 'Help' at the top of your browser window and select the 'About' option
• For Macs: with the browser window open, click on the Apple menu and select the 'About' option

How to check cookies are enabled for PCs

Google Chrome

• Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select Options
• Click the 'Under the Hood' tab, locate the 'Privacy' section, and select the 'Content settings' button
• Now select 'Allow local data to be set'

Microsoft Internet Explorer v11 and Edge

• Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options' , then click on the Privacy' tab
• Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser
• Settings above Medium will disable cookies

Mozilla Firefox

• Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select Options
• Then select the Privacy icon
• Click on Cookies, then select 'allow sites to set cookies'

How to check cookies are enabled for Macs

Safari on OSX

• Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option

• Click on 'Security' then 'Accept cookies'

• Select the 'Only from site you navigate to'

Mozilla and Netscape on OSX

• Click on 'Mozilla' or 'Netscape' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option

• Scroll down until you see cookies under 'Privacy & Security'

• Select 'Enable cookies for the originating web site only'

Opera

• Click on 'Menu' at the top of your browser window and select 'Settings'

• Then select 'Preferences', select the 'Advanced' tab

• Then select 'Accept cookies' option