Cookies and Privacy
Cookies are small files containing text that may be stored on the device (such as mobile phone or computer) you use when you access a website. Our website uses them to keep track of your browsing session for a number of reasons including
- Recording that you have signed on to your account
- Recording what items are in your shopping basket
- Checkout processing
- Tracking how our website is used so we can make it best suit what users require. This includes making sure we have the capacity to cope with demand.
Most internet browsers allow you to stop websites from storing cookies. If you do much of our site will not function and you may receive error messages.
There is a lot of information about cookies on the internet. You might find these sites useful:-
- All About Cookies
- What Are Cookies? This is a BBC Article.
Cookies Used By This Website
Google Analytics Cookies
Google analytics allows us to measure how the site is used so we can improve the service. These cookies contain data used by the Google software to provide us with this analysis. None of this data includes your identity or personal information.
Please consult the Google Privacy Overview.
To stop Google using cookies and collecting this information you can opt out at Google Analytics opt out.
The table below shows the Google Cookies we use and a brief explanation. You can see Google's more complete explanation at Cookies & Google Analytics.
| Name | Purpose | Sample content | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _utma | Used to determine unique visitors to our site. Has information about pages viewed on our site. | 171542386.1558814552. 1314189768.1314192792. 1314194725.3 | 2 years |
| _utmb | Used to establish and continue a user session with our site. | 171542386.1.10.1314195279 | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | Used to establish and continue a user session with our site. | 171542386 | End of session |
| _utmz | Information about how you reached our site and your viewing of pages on it. | 171542386.1314196260.3.3. utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)| utmcmd=organic| utmctr=created%20gift%20shop%20tearcraft | 6 months |
Other Cookies
| Name | Purpose | Sample content | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | No personal information is stored in this cookie. We store things like your login status, shopping cart contents, preferences and favourites on our server. This is the key we will use to fetch them the next time you interact with our server (eg. when you add something to you basket or go to the checkout). It is a randomly generated ID followed by a dot and the name of the server that processed your last request. | EDF6F9A908BBDFD8 B3A832DF9DB53326. plukweb4 | End of session |
| X-Mapping-kcepobcd | No personal information is stored in this cookie. It is created and used by Zeus Traffic Manager so we can offer faster responses and higher availability of our website by using a load balanced clustered system. It contains the minimum amount of information required to support the Zeus software. Full details are in this statement on the Zeus website. | 5EE9C55619D276EC65 37D075800F496B | End of session |
| com.prolog.ecom. web.security. SecureSessionToken | No personal information is stored in this cookie. It is used for security protection (to prevent cross site request forgery). It is a randomly generated ID. | zr2hBLRJUShW27xRAYK6 o5GNJSN831NF9Mg IoDLMReeC6keTcRqc2zoNiLWYH OOnhUj7zknnkxjxMQEbHpmbUJDjHLCU2 QwjvZ_FQQQFAdcZx_w- XXtmMgnhdgAtvo_cI-wkoOXSl7 sO4ffM7kgp4fb RSOSTt9Z5cYqPubfHGc* | End of session |