Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored; however, this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
- https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome)
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox)
- http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera)
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer)
- https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac (Safari)
- https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge)
The Cookies We Set
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Account related cookies
If you create an account with us, then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you logout; however, in some cases, they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
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Log-in related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
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Email newsletter related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
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Orders processing related cookies
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities, and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
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Surveys related cookies
From time to time, we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
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Forms related cookies
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
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Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be retrieved whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
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This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
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Third-party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
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From time to time, we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.
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As we sell products, it's important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
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The Google AdSense service we use to serve to advertise uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.
For more information on Google AdSense, see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
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We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including;
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Facebook
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Twitter
will set cookies through our site, which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
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Email: privacy@cmostores.com
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By visiting this link: www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk
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Phone: 01752692770
Cookies for: Statistics
Cookie | Organisation | Description | Type |
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_gid | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | This cookie is linked with Google Universal Analytics. It is a new cookie, appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited | HTTP Only |
_gat_UA-139836971-1 | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | Used to throttle request rate to Google Analytics | HTTP Only |
_ga | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | This cookie is related to Google Universal Analytics. It is a significant update to Google's commonly used analytics service. This cookie distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in every page request in a site and calculates visitors, session and campaign data for sites analytics reports. By default it expires within two years, and customisable by website owners | HTTP Only |
_dc_gtm_UA-139836971-1 | https://www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk/ | Used to store Google Analytics request statistics | HTTP Cookie |
OTZ | www.google.com | "OTZ" is a cookie used by Google Analytics that provides an aggregate analysis of website visitors | HTTP Cookie |
IDSYNC | analytics.yahoo.com | This cookie possesses information about how an end-user uses the website and also about the advertising that an end-user can see before visiting the said website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjid | https://www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk/ | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjFirstSeen | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjTLDTest | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjIncludedInSessionSample | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjSession_1500294 | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
_hjSessionUser_1500294 | Hotjar | This cookie is used to track statistics about the usage of our website | HTTP Cookie |
t_gid | Taboola | Assigns a unique user ID that we use for attribution and reporting purposes, and to tailor recommendations to this specific user | HTTP Cookie |
bounce | https://ib.adnxs.com/bounce?%2Fsetuid%3Fentity%3D315%26code%3Djm03AFt4DoHkmQANuxBt | Determines if a user leaves the website straight away. This information is used for internal statistics and analytics by the website operator | HTTP Cookie |
collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels | HTTP Cookie |
Cookies for: Marketing
Cookie | Organisation | Description | Type |
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_gcl_au | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | HTTP Only |
test_cookie | doubleckick.net | DoubleClick sets this cookie (owned by Google). It determines if the website visitor's browser supports cookies | HTTP Only |
__kla_id | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | Tracks when someone clicks through a Klaviyo email to our website | HTTP Only |
KL_FORMS_MODAL | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | Tracks when someone subscribes (opts in) to a form | HTTP Only |
IDE | doubleclick.net | This cookie 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 | HTTP Only |
udmts | udmserve.net | Underdog Media's Publisher monetization products place digital advertising from their Marketing partners on their Publishers' websites via ad placements | HTTP Cookie |
dt | udmserve.net | Underdog Media's Publisher monetization products place digital advertising from their Marketing partners on their Publishers' websites via ad placements | HTTP Cookie |
rtbh | udmserve.net | Underdog Media's Publisher monetization products place digital advertising from their Marketing partners on their Publishers' websites via ad placements | HTTP Cookie |
APID | udmserve.net | This cookie possesses information about how an end-user uses the website and also about the advertising that an end-user can see before visiting the said website | HTTP Cookie |
B | yahoo.com | Yahoo conversion tracking | HTTP Cookie |
APIDTS | yahoo.com | This is a Yahoo! Cookie used in the targeting of relevant adverts and content on the Yahoo! platform | HTTP Cookie |
A3 | yahoo.com | Used by Yahoo for targeted advertising | HTTP Cookie |
CMRUM3 | casalemedia.com | Tracks anonymous data related to the website visits to display relevant advertisements | HTTP Cookie |
CMID | casalemedia.com | Tracks anonymous data related to the website visits to display relevant advertisements | HTTP Cookie |
uuid | https://www.cmotrade.co.uk/ | This cookie is utilised for optimisation ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites, normally a third-party data-centre or ad-exchange provides this exchange of visitor data | HTTP Cookie |
ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites | Pixel Tracker | |
adx/cm | cm.creativecdn.com | Collects information about user preferences and/or interaction with web-campaign content. This is used on a CRM-campaign-platform used by website owners for promoting events or products | HTTP Cookie |
anj | adnxs.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads | HTTP Cookie |
uuid2 | adnxs.com | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads | HTTP Cookie |
_uetsid | Bing | Bing use this cookie to store and track visits across websites | HTTP Cookie |
_uetvid | Bing | Bing use this cookie to store and track visits across websites | HTTP Cookie |
RUL | doubleclick.net | Google ads | HTTP Cookie |
Cookies for: Necessary
Cookie | Organisation | Description | Type |
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TraSid | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | We use this cookie to hold information about your current session, such as the account you are logged into, and your basket contents | HTTP Only |
Cmotrade_bigvisitor | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | This cookie is used when you arrive at our website via one of our marketing campaign emails. It allows us to track the effectiveness of the campaign. | HTTP Only |
cookiesession1 | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | This cookie is used to count the number of specific visitors on the website | HTTP Only |
PersistCookie | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | We use this cookie to persist your session across multiple devices | HTTP Only |
IR_gbd | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | Impact Radius - required for customers to claim cashback | HTTP Only |
AWSALB | widget-mediator.zopim.com | Cookie for live chat functionality (remembering load balancing session) | HTTP Only |
AWSALBCORS | widget-mediator.zopim.com | Cookie for live chat functionality (remembering load balancing session) | HTTP Only |
__zlcmid | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | Cookie for live chat functionality | HTTP Only |
helpful_user | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | We use this cookie to provide the 'helpfulness' feature to our Help & Advice articles | HTTP Only |
optimiseEx | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | We use this cookie to test new features of our website on small groups of users at a time | HTTP Cookie |
optimiseId | buildingsuperstore.co.uk | We use this cookie to test new features of our website on small groups of users at a time | HTTP Cookie |
ts | creativecdn.com | This cookie by PayPal supports payment services in the website | HTTP Cookie |
u | creativecdn.com | This cookie by PayPal supports payment services in the website | HTTP Cookie |
cookie-xray | https://seersco.com/ | This cookie tells us which cookies you have opted in to store | HTTP Cookie |
CONSENT | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website | HTTP Cookie | |
incVAT | https://www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk/ | Used to record whether you want to view products with inc-VAT or ex-VAT prices | HTTP Cookie |
awc/source | https://www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk/ | We use this cookie to hold information based on affiliate marketing and link tracking. No user data is stored. | HTTP Cookie |
Cookies for: Preferences
Cookie | Organisation | Description | Type |
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supplyUpdates | www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk | We use this cookie to track whether you want to see a banner prompting you to read the latest news on product and supply or not | HTTP Cookie |
_gaexp | https://www.buildingsuperstore.co.uk/ | Stores identifiers of experiments for Google A/B testing | HTTP Cookie |
NID | google.com | DoubleClick set this cookie (owned by Google) to help to build your interest profile and also to show you related ads on different sites | HTTP Cookie |
1P_JAR | This cookie possesses information about how an end-user uses the website and also about the advertising that an end-user can see before visiting the said website | HTTP Cookie |