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. |
| Functional | 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 |
| 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 |
| _fbp | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Advertisement | Facebook Pixel advertising first-party cookie. Used by Facebook to track website visits to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers. | 3 Months |
| vx_user | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Functional | Public user ID cookies set by the plugin CRM Perks which is an optimised Contact Forms Builder. | 9 Months 26 days |
| vx_page | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Functional | Public user ID cookies set by the plugin CRM Perks which is an optimised Contact Forms Builder. | 9 Months 26 days |
| pbid | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Functional | Unknown | 5 Months 27 days |
| _gcl_au | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment with the advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | 3 Months |
| test_cookie | .the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Advertisement | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 15 Minutes |
| pys_session_limit | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| pys_start_session | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| pys_first_visit | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| pysTrafficSource | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| pys_landing_page | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| last_pysTrafficSource | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| last_pys_landing_page | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage the analytical services. | 7 Days |
| _okdetect | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | This cookie is set by Olark live chat software. The cookie is used for detecting when storage contexts have changed due to things like SSL or host transitions. | Session |
| hblid | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | Cookie set by Olark Live Chat software, which provides functionality for websites to engage in instant messaging communication with visitors. Contains software state information. | 1 Year 1 Month |
| _okbk | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Analytical | Cookie set by Olark Live Chat software. Identifies a unique visitor between visits | Session |
| olfsk | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Necessary | Cookie set by Olark Live Chat software. Maintains message history across pages | 1 Year 1 Month |
| _oklv | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Necessary | Cookie set by Olark Live Chat software, which provides functionality for websites to engage in instant messaging communication with visitors. Used to improve caching of software. | Session |
| wcsid | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Necessary | Cookie set by Olark Live Chat software. A session identifier used to keep track of a single chat session | Session |
| _ok | the-compensation-experts.co.uk | Necessary | Cookie set by Olark Live Chat software, which provides functionality for websites to engage in instant messaging communication with visitors. Contains a site identifier, used for security purposes. | Session |
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