Cookie Policy

WHAT IS THIS POLICY?

This policy explains how we use and manage cookies on our website www.brantstone.com. We use a minimal number of cookies on our website and review our cookie settings frequently to ensure all cookies are still relevant and necessary.

When you first landed on this website, a cookie notice appeared. This banner explains what cookies are on the website and allows you to choose to accept or reject cookies that require your consent. You can update your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie notice on our website.

Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about how we collect, store, manage and protect your personal data.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small text file that’s placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. We, and some of our affiliates and third-party service providers, may use a few different types of cookies. Some are persistent cookies (cookies that remain on your hard drive for an extended period of time) and some are session ID cookies (cookies that expire when you close your browser).

WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

They help us to operate our websites and services, enhance and customise your experience across our websites and services, perform analytics and deliver advertising and marketing that’s relevant to you. 

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE USED?

Cookies have different purposes. Some are technically necessary to enable a website to work. You cannot opt-out of these cookies because the website will not work without them. These are called Strictly Necessary cookies. Our Strictly Necessary cookies are:

NameServiceExpiryLocationDescription
CookieScriptConsent
Cookie Script1 monthEUThis cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.
exp_csrf_token
Cloudflare
2 hoursUSThis cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic.

This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic.

Cookies on this website are categorised as performance, targeting or unclassified cookies. On the www.brantstone.com website, you have the ability to accept or refuse the following cookies via the cookie banner: 

Performance: Performance cookies allow us to see how well our website is performing. The information that is collected is aggregated and anonymous and is only used to help understand how the website works. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them. Our performance cookies are:

NameServiceExpiryLocationDescription
_gaGoogle2 yearsUSThis 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.
_gidGoogle1 dayUSThis cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
_ga_6H153NHYSKGoogle1 year 1 monthUSThis cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_gat_UA-67769210-1Google1 minuteUSThis 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.
exp_last_visitExpression Engine1 yearEUThis cookie is associated with the website content management system Expression Engine. It sets the datetime that the user last visited the site.
exp_last_activityExpression Engine1 yearEUThis cookie is associated with the website content management system Expression Engine. Every time the state is updated (the page reloaded) the last activity is set to the current datetime.
exp_trackerExpression EngineSessionEUThis cookie is associated with the website content management system Expression Engine. It is a temporary cookie that stores last 5 visited pages for error reporting and debugging.

Targeting: Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them. Our targeting cookies are: 

NameServiceExpiryLocationDescription
PHPSESSIDBrantstoneSessionEUCookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables.

Functional: Functionality cookies are used to enhance the performance of a website. Without them, certain functions of the website may not be available. Our functionality cookies are:

NameServiceExpiryLocationDescription
exp_stashidExpression EngineSessionEUThis cookie is associated with the website content management system Expression Engine. It is used to successfully redirect users after form submissions.

HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?

You can update your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie notice on our website.

Most advertising networks also offer you the option to opt out of targeted advertising. For more info, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

You can also accept or reject cookies by amending your web browser controls. You can manage your cookie settings by following your browser's instructions. Here are some links that might be of assistance: