Cookies policy

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They enable functionality such as basket, log in, network management and security. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work correctly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _GRECAPTCHA 1st Google reCAPTCHA is a cookie that tracks behaviour to identify human and bot traffic, protecting websites from spam and abuse.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _gac_UA-5349849-1 Google Analytics tracking cookie to measure visiter interaction from campaign sources
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _vwo_sn 1st Strictly Necessary Cookies. This cookie stores session-level information.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _vis_opt_test_cookie 1st to read if cookies can be placed.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk Cookie_notice_accepted 1st Cookie Notice for GDPR
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk ken_gclid 1st Tracking for Facebook advertising
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _vwo_uuid 1st This cookie is created for each cross-domain campaign. It generates a unique id for every visitor
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk SEARCH_SAMESITE 1st The cookie denotes an active session and isn’t used for tracking.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk wp-settings-time-8 1st These cookies are required by WordPress.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _gat_UA-5349849-1 1st Google Analytics tracking cookie used to throttle the request rate to improve network efficiency
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _vwo_d 1st This cookie stores persistent user-level data for VWO Insights.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _hjid 1st Hotjar cookie that is set when the customer 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.
www.google,com __Secure-1PSIDCC 3rd Cookie required to use website options and services
www.google,com __Secure-1PAPISID 3rd cookie required to use website options and services

Analytics Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They enable functionality such as basket, log in, network management and security. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work correctly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _gac_UA-5349849-1 1st 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.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _gid 1st This cookie is installed by Google 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.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _gcl_aw 1st “_gcl_aw” is used by the conversion linker for click information
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk nmstat 1st This cookie is used to help record the visitor’s use of the website. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk OTZ 1st  a cookie used by Google Analytics that provides an aggregate analysis of Website visitors.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _fbp 1st used to distinguish and keep track of your unique users
www.google.com OTZ 3rd cookie used by Google Analytics that provides an aggregate analysis of Website visitors

Improving your experience

These cookies enable us to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation such as testing new ways on improving the site and showing you relevant products. 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 these services may not function properly.

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk AWSELBCORS 1st used for load balancing
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk _hjIncludedInPageviewSample 1st This cookie is set by Hotjar to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website and helping us to identify bugs.
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress 1st Hotjar -This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. 30 Minutes.
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk 1P_JAR 1st , Set by Google. This group sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk _gcl_au 1st created by google tag manager which is a first party cookie for conversion linker functionality.
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk _vwo_sn 1st Internal cookies used for website functionality
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk cookie_notice_accepted 1st to read if cookies can be placed.
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk wp-settings-8 cookie 1st is used to customize the view of your admin interface and the front-end of the website
www.google.com SEARCH_SAMESITE 3rd This cookie is used to prevent the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests.15
www.google.com NID 3rd contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language
www.google.com 1P_JAR 3rd Set by Google. This group sets a unique ID to remember your preferences and other information such as website statistics and track conversion rates.
www.google.com DV 3rd This cookie is used to save the user’s preferences and other information.

Advertising Cookies

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 elsewhere.

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk __Secure-1PSID 1st This is a targeting cookie used for advertising purposes
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk __Secure-3PAPISID 1st Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk __Secure-3PSID 1st Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk _gcl_au 1st Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across web sites using their services.
www.harveywatersofteners.co.uk _fbc 1st when a user clicks an ad and lands on the target website (with fbclid query param in the url), if the website has a Facebook pixel that uses first-party cookies, the pixel automatically saves the fbclid query parameter to an _fbc cookie for that website domain.
www.google.com __Secure-3PSID 3rd Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.
www.google.com __Secure-1PSID 3rd They are used in maintaining the session state of the logged in user. These cookies are used by Google to display personalized advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions.
www.google.com APISID 3rd 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.

Targeting Cookies

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk __Secure-3PSIDCC 1st Targeting – Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.
www.google.com __Secure-3PSIDCC 3rd Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising.
www.google.com __Secure-3PAPISID 3rd For targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor’s interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising

Security Cookies

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk __Secure-1PSIDCC 1st Security cookies: store encrypted information to avoid the stored data in them being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk SID 1st Cookies used for security authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk wpe-auth 1st Strictly Necessary cookies – To authenticate logins, as part of our security features.
www.google.com SID 3rd used for security authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service
www.google.com SIDCC 3rd a security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorized access
www.google.com HSID 3rd Cookies used for security authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service
www.google.com _GRECAPTCHA 3rd This cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA, which protects our site against spam enquiries on contact forms.

Storage Cookies

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk SAPISID 1st used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google hosted content
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk HSID 1st used for security authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk APISID 1st The APISID cookie is used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google hosted content, such as YouTube or Google Maps.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _ga 1st is used to identify unique users and expires after two years.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _gid 1st This cookie is installed by Google 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.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk wordpress_test_cookie 1st WordPress sets a test cookie (wordpress_test_cookie) for every visitor to check if the browser accepts cookies. More cookies are only set if the user logs in or if a plugin or theme is used that set cookies for any other purposes.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _vis_opt_s 1st to store unique visits.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk _ga 1st which is used to identify unique users and expires after two years.
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk NID 1st  contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language
ww.google.com SAPISID 3rd  enable Google to collect user information for videos hosted by YouTube.

Service Cookies

Cookie Domain Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Purpose
www.harveywatersoftener.co.uk SSID 1st Service Set Identifier. This is the unique name that identifies a wireless network.