When you visit the Website, we generate one or more “cookies.”
If you do not agree to our use of cookies, you should set your browser settings accordingly or not use the Website. Please be aware that if you disable the cookies that we use, this may impact your user experience while using the Website.
The table below summarizes the different types of cookie we use on the Website, together with their respective purpose and duration (i.e. how long each cookie will remain on your device).
Two types of cookies may be used on the Website – “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you leave the Website. A persistent cookie remains on your device for much longer or until you manually delete it (how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie and your browser settings).
Purpose of Cookies used on the Website:
| Purpose of Cookie | What do they do? | Do these cookies collect my personal data / identify me? |
| Necessary | Cookies that are essential to making the Website work correctly. They enable visitors to move around our website and use our features. Examples include remembering previous actions (e.g. entered text) when navigating back to a page in the same session. | These cookies do not identify you as an individual.
If you do not accept these cookies, it may affect the performance of our website |
| Performance | Cookies that help us understand how visitors interact with our web properties by providing information about the areas visited, the time spent on the website and any issues encountered, such as error messages. They help us improve the performance of our websites, alert of any concerns and more. | These cookies don’t identify you as an individual. All data is collected and aggregated anonymously. |
| Functionality | Cookies that allow our web properties to remember the choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) to provide a more personalized online experience. | The information these cookies collect may include personally identifiable information that you have disclosed, such as a username, for example. We shall always be transparent with you about what information we collect, what we do with it and with whom we share it. |
We do not currently employ any targeting or advertising cookies on our Website.
Cookies are files or pieces of information that may be stored on your computer (or other internet-enabled devices, such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit the Website. A cookie will usually contain the name of the website from which the cookie has come from, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e. how long it will remain on your device) and a value, which is usually a randomly generated unique number.
We use cookies to make the Website easier to use and to better tailor our web presence and products to your interests and needs. Cookies may also be used to help speed up your future activities and experience on the Website. We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how people use our web properties and to help us improve web structure and content. We cannot identify you personally from this information.
Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. You can change the settings to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device. There are a number of ways to manage cookies. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings.
If you disable the cookies that we use, this may impact your experience while on the Website. For example, you may not be able to visit certain areas of the Website.
If you use different devices to view and access the Website (e.g. your computer, smartphone, tablet etc.), you will need to ensure that each browser on each device is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences
Specific cookies used on the Site including for Site Analytics and Performance
REPIC uses cookies, in some cases to provide essential parts of the website to you as well as to analyse the way in which you use this website with a view to improving the services we offer.
One of the cookies we use (PHPSESSID) is only set for a short period of time (it will expire after 30 days) and it is a functional cookie i.e. it is essential for parts of the site to operate and this is referred to in more detail in the table above. This cookie does not collect personal information about you (as described above). You may choose to delete or block this cookie (see above), but if you do some parts of our website may not work.
The only other cookies used by REPIC are Google Analytics cookies. They are persistent cookies i.e. they remain on your machine/device after a browser session is ended. With our permission a third party, i.e. Google, uses the information collected to compile reports and to help us to improve the website. These cookies collect information in an aggregated i.e. anonymous form (i.e. they do not collect personal information about you), including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. More information is provided on these below.
Google Analytics
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This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
(Full terms can be accessed here)
Blocking or Deleting Cookies
You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but parts of the site may then not work.
More information on cookies and what they are used for can be found here. Should you choose to delete and block all cookies from this site you can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking ‘help’ on your browser’s menu or by clicking here. However, many of our website features will not function if you disable cookies.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you will need to add the Google Analytics Opt out tool to your browser.
For more information on web-beacons, please click here.
Should you wish to discuss any aspect of the above notice with us, or discuss the personal information we hold on you as an individual, please contact us (using the subject reference ‘for the attention of the Data Protection Officer’) by writing, telephoning or emailing us at:
REPIC Limited, RESC Limited
REPIC House, Waterfold Business Park, Waterfold Bury, Greater Manchester BL9 7BR Tel: 0161 272 0001
gdpr@repic.co.uk
