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Cookie Policy


What is a cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit our website. Cookies are useful because they allow our website to recognise your device. 

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like improving navigation between pages, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your online experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. 

Cookies may be stored by the browser for a single session or for a longer period of time:

  • Session cookies are deleted every time the browser is closed down.
  • You can also manage cookies in your web browser, by changing the settings in the browser you use.

 

Cookie List


Functional Cookies


These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by our vetted third-party providers whose services have been integrated into our sites. These cookies improve the user experience and provide more personalised services. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.

Cookie Subgroup

Cookies

Description

Type of Service

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Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.

First Party

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This cookie name is used to maintain user's login status as they navigate across multiple pages on the website.

Third Party

 

Essential Cookies


Essential cookies are those that are strictly necessary for the operation of a website. They enable services such as logging in, shopping baskets, and e-billing. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly. These cookies do not require consent from the user. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie Subgroup

Cookies

Description

Type of Service

.emerald.com

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This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

First Party

 

Performance Cookies


Performance cookies collect information about how users interact with a website, such as which pages they visit, how long they stay, or if they encounter any errors. These cookies help us measure and improve the performance of our sites. These cookies do not collect any personal information that can identify the user. Allowing these cookies will allow for a better user experience.

Cookies

Description

Type of Service

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Used to track user behaviour onsite to develop an understanding of users’ interests and content preferences in order to deliver targeted, personalised messaging via a modal pop-up.

First Party

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Google Analytics cookies. These track number and duration of visits to the Emerald website as well as details and keywords of searches that led the user to the site. Google Analytics cookies do not identify individual users and every website using Google Analytics deploys a different set of cookies – visitors are not tracked across multiple sites.

First Party

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Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behaviour in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.

First Party