Cookie Policy
Use of cookies by The Glass and Glazing Federation
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 | Name | Purpose |
| .consensu.org | euconsent | Privacy Notice Cookie Consent. Collects information on whether user has accepted Cookie Consent Notice |
| Bing Advertising | MUID | This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded Microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking. |
| Bing Advertising | MUIDB | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| Facebook Advertising | _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| Facebook Advertising | fr | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| Google Advertising | 1P_JAR | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| Google Advertising | ANID | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| Google Advertising | APISID | This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. |
| Google Advertising | HSID | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. |
| Google Advertising | NID | This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. |
| Google Advertising | SAPISID | This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners, and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. |
| Google Advertising | SID | This is a very common cookie name but where it is found as a session cookie it is likely to be used as for session state management. |
| Google Advertising | SIDCC | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| Google Advertising | SSID | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| HotJar User Interface Performance | _hjIncludedInSample | This cookie is associated with web analytics functionality and services from Hot Jar. It uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample. |
| Linked In Advertising | BizoID | This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| Linked In Advertising | UserMatchHistory | This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| Linked In Advertising | bcookie | This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| Linked In Advertising | lang | Used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language. |
| Linked In Advertising | lidc | This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor’s preferences. |
| Social Media Plugin | __stid | Website Feature Visitor Id WordPress Plugin collects session information |
| Twitter Advertising | personalization_id | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
| Universal Google Analytics | _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. |
| Universal Google Analytics | _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
| Universal Google Analytics | _gat_UA-19981592-2 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. A variation of the _gat cookie used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
| Usersnap Help Tool | us_lang | Usersnap website help and customer feedback tool. Collects Language Information |
| Website Session Management | PHPSESSID | Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. |
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
