Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
By visiting this website with your browser settings adjusted to allow cookies, you are consenting to Permagard Products Limited and its trusted third parties using cookies for the purposes outlined below in order to provide you with a fully functional shopping experience.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded on to a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies are then sent back to originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
Your browser accesses the cookie file only when you visit the website that generated it. This helps to ease your navigation by automatically logging you in and remembering things like your preferences and what’s in your shopping basket. Cookies allow sites like ours to deliver you a personalised shopping experience.
The information stored within any given cookie can only be accessed by the website that created it and cookies are limited to communicating only the information that you have disclosed to the site.
We use the following types of cookie:
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Session cookies – allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes such as remembering what a user has put in their shopping basket as they browse around a site. These session cookies expire after a browser session so would not be stored longer term.
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Persistent cookies – are stored on a users’ device in between browser sessions which allows the preferences or actions of the user across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes including remembering users’ preferences and choices when using a site or to target advertising.
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First and third party cookies – Whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the website or domain placing the cookie. First party cookies in basic terms are cookies set by a website visited by the user - the website displayed in the URL window. Third party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than the one being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and a separate company sets a cookie through that website this would be a third party cookie.
The list below details the cookies used on Permagard.co.uk. We have outlined who sets these cookies and their purpose. If the party reads something other than 'permagard.co.uk', these are our trusted third party business partners who help us to enhance your browsing experience.
| Category | Party | Purpose |
| Session cookies | Permagard.co.uk |
Permagard uses cookies to enable some of the basic functionality that is required for you to browse and shop on our website, such as remembering which products you have added to your basket. The information collected through these cookies is only used for this purpose and is never shared or sold on to third parties. |
| Performance | Google Adwords; MSN/Bing; Meta (formerly known as Facebook) |
Google Adwords, MSN/Bing, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) and Linkedin use cookies (or, if applicable, anonymous identifiers) to track our own paid advertising activity. We use the information collected by these cookies to help us determine where our ads will be most effective online. Each individual advertiser uses its own tracking cookies and the data taken is not confidential data or interchangeable. |
| Performance | Google Analytics (including Universal Analytics and Google Analytics for Display Advertisers) | Google Analytics use cookies (or, if applicable, anonymous identifiers) to collect data that helps us understand how people are using the site. We use this information to identify how and where we can improve the customer experience, and to help us determine where our ads will be most effective online. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, does not collect specific customer data and is never shared with other third parties, other than Double Click Campaign Manager, which is a fully owned Google product. |
| Performance | Google Ads | One of the main Third Party advertising cookies Google uses on our site is named ‘IDE‘ and is stored in browsers under the domain doubleclick.net |
| Performance | Social Media plugins | Sites such as Facebook and Pinterest, serve cookies in order to be able to share and discuss Permagards’ products on social networks. |
| Performance | Meta (formerly known as Facebook) Pixel | Meta (formerly known as Facebook) cookies understands how a user interacts with this website and uses that information for the purpose of providing targeted ads which are relevant to you. We can also use the cookie to understand if you have visited the website as a result of seeing a facebook ad. Visit the Facebook Data policy for more information. |
Sharing with social networks
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks like Twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
http://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy/
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 or buy them. To enable and manage cookies, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone's handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Last amended 31/01/2022