Cookies Policy
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy elucidates the use of cookies and similar technologies on our website [https://www.blueroadstouring.com] (the "Website"). Your use of the Website implies your agreement with the cookie usage described in this policy. Users have the flexibility to change their cookie preferences at any time to align with their preferences.
2. What are cookies?
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, computer, smartphone, or other devices mostly in the form of cookies, which are small text files. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to.
The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies using the cookie banner. Using the cookie banner interface, you can click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
3. Our use of cookies
Below is a list of cookies used on our website, along with their descriptions, default expiration times and the host website:
Cookie category: Strictly necessary
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie name | Description | Expiry | Type of cookie | Host website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsentPolicy | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. | 1 year | Third party | service.force.com |
| LSKey-c$CookieConsentPolicy | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. | 1 year | Third party | service.force.com |
Cookie category: Performance
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie name | Description | Expiry | Type of cookie | Host website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _hjFirstSeen | Identifies a new user's first session on a website, indicating whether or not Hotjar's seeing this user for the first time. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | This cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _gclxxxx | Google conversion tracking cookie | 2 months | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _hjSession_xxxxxx | A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensures that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _hjSessionUser_xxxxxx | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 1 year | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _hjTLDTest | When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _uetvid | This is a cookie utilised by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website. | 1 year | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _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 site’s analytics reports. By default, it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | 1 year | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample_xxx | Needed to Hotjar Tracking Code functions correctly. Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling defined by site’s daily session limit | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics cookie - used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's report. | 1 year | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _clsk | Used by Microsoft Clarity to connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _clck | This is a Microsoft Clarity cookie. Used to store unique user ID. | 1 year | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| BrowserId | A salesforce cookie, used for security protections. | 1 years | Third party | force.com |
| BrowserId_sec | A salesforce cookie, used for security protections. | 1 years | Third party | force.com |
| SM | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. | 0 days | Third party | c.clarity.ms |
Cookie category: Functional
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie name | Description | Expiry | Type of cookie | Host website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| newsletterSeen | WebSphere Commerce Suite cookie. Used to determine if a newsletter popup on a website has already been shown to the visitor. used to enable the functionality of the newsletter information overlay and hide it when it has been displayed once. | 2 days | First party | www.blueroadstouring.com |
| X-Salesforce-CHAT | Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function. | 0 days | Third party | d.la2-c1-fra.salesforceliveagent.com |
| X-Salesforce-CHAT | Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function. | 0 days | Third party | d.la2-c1-cdg.salesforceliveagent.com |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie, necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management | 0 days | Third party | vimeo.com |
| __cf_bm | This is a CloudFoundry cookie, necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management | 0 days | Third party | myfonts.net |
Cookie category: Targeting
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| Cookie name | Description | Expiry | Type of cookie | Host website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gat_UA-XXXXXX-X | Google Analytics Cookies | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 2 months | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| _uetsid | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site. | 0 days | First party | blueroadstouring.com |
| IDE | This domain is owned by DoubleClick (Google). The main business activity is: DoubleClick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | 1 year | Third party | doubleclick.net |
| test_cookie | This domain is owned by DoubleClick (Google). The main business activity is: DoubleClick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | 0 days | Third party | doubleclick.net |
| CONSENT | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 2 months | Third party | youtube.com |
| MUID | This domain is owned by Microsoft - it is the site for the search engine Bing. | 1 years | Third party | bing.com |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 1 year | Third party | youtube.com |
| YSC | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | 1 year | Third party | youtube.com |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos | 1 year | Third party | youtube.com |
| SRM_B | This cookie identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | 1 year | Third party | c.bing.com |
| MUID | This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking. | 1 year | Third party | clarity.ms |
| CLID | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity and stores information about how visitors use the website. The cookie contributes to the creation of an analysis report. The data collection includes numbers of visitors, where they visit the website from and pages visited on the website. | 1 year | Third party | www.clarity.ms |
| MR | This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking. | 6 days | Third party | c.bing.com |
| ANONCHK | This cookie is used by Microsoft for storing the session ID for a user. This cookie ensures that clicks from advertisement on the Bing search engine are verified and it is used for reporting purposes and for personalisation | 0 days | Third party | c.clarity.ms |
| This domain is owned by Facebook, which is the world's largest social networking service. As a third party host provider, it mostly collects data on the interests of users via widgets such as the 'Like' button found on many websites. This is used to serve targeted advertising to its users when logged into its services. In 2014 it also started serving up behaviourally targeted advertising on other websites, similar to most dedicated online marketing companies. | Session | Third party | www.facebook.com | |
| MR | This cookie is used by Microsoft as a unique identifier. The cookie is set by embedded Microsoft scripts. The purpose of this cookie is to synchronise the ID across many different Microsoft domains to enable user tracking. | 6 days | Third party | c.clarity.ms |
4. Managing cookies
You can control and manage cookies using the cookie banner options or using your browsers settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.
5. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies.
6. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected]
Last updated: 29th November 2023