Categories of cookies in use
The categories of cookies in use are described as follows:
| Category | Description of Category |
| Advertisement | Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features. |
| Necessary | Necessary cookies are essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basis functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. |
| Analytics | Analytics cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provided information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source etc. |
Cookies in use
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Domain | Category | Description | Expiry |
| _fbp | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Advertisement | Facebook Pixel advertising first-party cookie. Used by Facebook to track visits across websites to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 Months |
| uid | .criteo.com | Analytics | This is a Google UserID cookie that tracks users across various website segments. | 1 Year 24 Days |
| cto_bundle | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Advertisement | Criterio sets this cookie to provide functions across pages. | 1 year 1 month |
| IDE | .doubleclick.net | Advertisement | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile. | 1 year 24 days |
| tuuid | .bidswitch.net | Advertisement | The tuuid cookie, set by BidSwitch, stores an unique ID to determine what adverts the users have seen if they have visited any of the advertiser’s websites. The information is used to decide when and how often users will see a certain banner. | 1 Year |
| tuuid_lu | .bidswitch.net | Advertisement | Contains a unique visitor ID, which allows Bidswitch.com to track the visitor across multiple websites. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times. | 3 Months |
| uuid2 | .adnxs.com | Advertisement | This cookie contains a unique randomly-generated value that enables the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices | 3 months |
| AWSALBCORS | match.sharethrough.com | Analytics | This cookie enables us to allocate server traffic to make the user experience as smooth as possible. A so-called load balancer is used to determine which server currently has the best availability. The information generated cannot identify you as an individual. | 7 Days |
| _scid | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Advertisement | Used to help identify a visitor. | 1 year 1 month |
| visitor-id | .media.net | Advertisement | This cookie is used to collect information on the visitor, which we then use for analytics purposes | 1 Year |
| sc_at | .snapchat.com | Advertisement | Used to identify a visitor across multiple domains. | 1 year |
| data-c-ts | .media.net | Advertisement | This cookie is used to collect information on the visitor, which we then use for analytics purposes | 1 Month |
| data-c | .media.net | Advertisement | This cookie is used to collect information on the visitor, which we then use for analytics purposes | 1 Month |
| anj | .adnxs.com | Advertisement | The anj cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with our partners. | 3 months |
| demdex | .demdex.net | Advertisement | Adobe Marketing Cloud and Adobe Audience Manger include analytics cookies to anonymously define new visitors, help analyze clickstream data, and track historical activity on the website, such as response to particular campaigns or the length of the sales cycle. | 6 months |
| tuuid | .bidswitch.net | Advertisement | This cookie is mainly set by bidswitch.net to make advertising messages more relevant to the website visitor. | 3 Months |
| tuuid_lu | .bidswitch.net | Advertisement | Contains a unique visitor ID, which allows Bidswitch.com to track the visitor across multiple websites. This allows Bidswitch to optimize advertisement relevance and ensure that the visitor does not see the same ads multiple times. | 3 Months |
| CMID | .casalemedia.com | Advertisement | Casale Media advertising cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products where users look. | 1 Year |
| CMPS | .casalemedia.com | Advertisement | Casale Media advertising cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products where users look. | 3 months |
| CMPRO | .casalemedia.com | Advertisement | Casale Media advertising cookies are linked to advertising and tracking the products where users look. | 3 months |
| cf | .id5-sync.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | 5 Minutes |
| cip | .id5-sync.com | Advertisement | Used to present the visitor with relevant content and advertisement – The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | 5 Minutes |
| cnac | .id5-sync.com | Advertisement | Used to present the visitor with relevant content and advertisement – The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | 5 Minutes |
| car | .id5-sync.com | Advertisement | Used to present the visitor with relevant content and advertisement – The service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | 5 Minutes |
| gdpr | .id5-sync.com | Necessary | Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box. This ensures that the cookie consent box will not be presented again upon re-entry. | 5 Minutes |
| callback | .id5-sync.com | Advertisement | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that the visitor is shown the same advertisement. | 5 Minutes |
| mv_tokens_eu-v1 | exchange.mediavine.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | 14 days |
| am_tokens | exchange.mediavine.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | 14 days |
| am_tokens_eu-v1 | exchange.mediavine.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | 14 days |
| mv_tokens | exchange.mediavine.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | 14 days |
| criteo | exchange.mediavine.com | Advertisement | Gathers data about user visits to the site, such as which pages have been loaded. The registered data will be used for targeted advertising. | 14 days |
| dpm | .dpm.demdex.net | Advertisement | Adobe Marketing Cloud and Adobe Audience Manger include analytics cookies to anonymously define new visitors, help analyze clickstream data, and track historical activity on the website, such as response to particular campaigns or the length of the sales cycle. | 6 months |
| KRTBCOOKIE_97 | .pubmatic.com | Advertisement | This cookie, set by PubMatic, is used to build a profile of user interests and to show relevant ads. | 1 Month |
| PugT | .pubmatic.com | Analytics | Used to determine the number of times the cookies have been updated in the visitor’s browser. Used to optimize the website’s server efficiency. | 1 Month |
| um | .360yield.com | Advertisement | To enable the bidding process. | 3 Months |
| umeh | .360yield.com | Advertisement | This cookie is used by 360 Yield to rediscover wlw users on other websites by means of retargeting and to adapt the display of ads accordingly. | 3 months |
| tvid | .tremorhub.com | Advertisement | Present relevant content and advertisements to the user: The service is provided by third-party advertising hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | 1 Year |
| tv_UICR | .tremorhub.com | Advertisement | Present relevant content and advertisements to the user: The service is provided by third-party advertising hubs, which facilitate real-time bidding for advertisers. | 1 Month |
| _kuid_ | .krxd.net | Advertisement | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months |
| ubpv | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytics | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors interact with our site and landing pages. We use the information to compile reports. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form. | 6 months 4 days |
| ubvs | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytics | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors interact with our site and landing pages. We use the information to compile reports. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form. | 6 months |
| ubvt | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytics | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors interact with our site and landing pages. We use the information to compile reports. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form. | 3 days |
| X-AB | sc-static.net | Necessary | This cookie is used by the website’s operator in context with multi-variate testing. This is a tool used to combine or change content on the website. This allows the website to find the best variation/edition of the site. | 1 day |
| _scid_r | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Advertisement | Used to build a profile of visitors interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying visitors’ browser and internet device. | 1 year 1 month |
| _sp_ses.1eef | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Analytics | This cookie is to store a unique session ID. Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Session |
| _sp_ses.1eef.expires | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Analytics | Session | |
| u_sclid | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Analytics | Session | |
| _sp_id.1eef.expires | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Analytics | Session | |
| snowplowOutQueue_ubSnowplow_sp-ub_get.expires | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Analytics | Contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name | Session |
| u_sclid_r | chefandbrewer.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Session |
| _sp_id.1eef | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Advertisement | This cookie is to store a unique session ID. | Session |
| snowplowOutQueue_ubSnowplow_sp-ub_get | snowplowanalytics.com/ | Analytics | Collects statistical data related to the user’s website visits, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded. The purpose is to segment the website’s users according to factors such as demographics and geographical location, in order to enable media and marketing agencies to structure and understand their target groups to enable customised online advertising. | Session |
| u_scsid_r | chefandbrewer.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Session |
| u_scsid | chefandbrewer.com | Advertisement | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Session |
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