Cookie Policy
General information on Cookies
The majority of websites you visit will use some form of cookies in order to track you and improve your user experience. This might be for the duration of your visit (by using what’s called a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (by using a ‘persistent cookie’). Cookies are little bits of code that are placed on your computer. If you want to know more about cookies, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
What Cookies does this site use?
The information below describes the cookies we use on the Lords Builders Merchants website and what we use them for. Currently, we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If that is not the case, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete our cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, "Private Browsing" in Firefox and Safari etc.)
Session Cookies
We use session cookies to remember you as you navigate around our website. These we deem strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then the website may not function correctly. An example of one of our session cookie names is CMSSESSID5de35546.
For more information on session cookies and what they are used for, please click here.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is being used (eg. What pages visitors go to most often) in order to improve the user experience. User data is aggregated and completely anonymous. An example of this cookie name are __utma, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz
To read Google’s position on privacy with regards its Google Analytics service. please click here.
List of Cookies we collect
The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.
Cookie name | Cookie Description | Requirement |
---|---|---|
mage-cache -sessid | The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application local storage is cleaned up | Required |
mage-cache -storage | Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions | Required |
mage-cache -storage-section -invalidation | Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated | Required |
mage-messages | Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper | Required |
form_key | A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Required |
offvat | This is required by the page layout to choose if either displaying prices with or without VAT included | Required |
product_data _storage | Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products | Required |
recently_compared _product | Stores product IDs of recently compared products for faster browsing | Required |
recently_compared _product_previous | Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation | Required |
recently_viewed _product | Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation | Required |
recently_viewed _product_previous | Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation | Required |
X-Magento-Vary | Used by server performance boosting technologies | Required |
PHPSESSID | Used to link cookies generated in a session | Required |
_GRECAPTCHA | Spam protection for blocking automated bots | Required |
__stripe_sid | Fraud protection | Required |
__stripe_mid | Fraud protection | Required |
__zlcmid | Support chat functionality | Required |
_ALGOLIA | Search functionality | Required |
topvat | VAT display settings | Required |
_hjFirstSeen | Stores first page visit | Optional |
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_* | Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling | Optional |
_hjsessionuser_* | Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID | Optional |
_hjsession_* | Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session | Optional |
AEC | Spam, fraud, and abuse prevention | Optional |
CLID | Identifies first time Clarity users | Optional |
_clck | Identifies unique Clarity users | Optional |
_clsk | Stores pageviews | Optional |
MUID | These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. | Optional |
__atuvc | Used by AddThis sharing widget to allow visitors to share content. Disabling this cookie will prevent this widget from loading | Optional |
__atuvs | Used by AddThis sharing widget to allow visitors to share content. Disabling this cookie will prevent this widget from loading | Optional |
loc | Used by AddThis sharing widget to cacluate where interactions are coming from. Disabling this cookie will prevent this widget from loading | Optional |
uvc | Used by AddThis sharing widget to recognise visitors across websites. Disabling this cookie will prevent this widget from loading | Optional |
user_allowed _save_cookie | Stores user's cookie consent, if given | Optional |
zync-uuid | Allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisements | Optional |
sd-session-id | Rezync uses this information to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites | Optional |
_fbp | Facebook site anayltics | Optional |
DV | Google Ads ad delivery | Optional |
_ga | Google Ads visitor distinguisher | Optional |
_gid | Google Ads visitor distinguisher | Optional |
__Secure-ENID | This cookie is used to remember your Google preferences and other information | Optional |
SOC | Stores Google consent settings | Optional |
OTZ | Google Ads cookie that provides an aggregate analysis of Website visitors | Optional |
_gat | Used to throttle request rates to Google Analytics | Optional |
_gcl_au | Google conversion tracking | Optional |
_pin_unauth | Pinterest Tag for non-logged in users to group actions across pages | Optional |
_uetsid | This contains the Bing Advertisement session ID for a unique session on the site | Optional |
_uetvid | Bing Advertisement assigns this unique, anonymized visitor ID, representing a unique visitor. UET stores this data in a first-party cookie | Optional |
btIdentify | Used by Disqus to identify users when making comments and authenticating | Optional |
_bti | Used by Disqus to identify users when making comments and authenticating | Optional |
_bts | Used by Disqus to identify users when making comments and authenticating | Optional |