Cookies

Cookies are simple text files that most websites store on your computer or mobile device when you access a site. Only the particular website server is able to retrieve or read the contents of the cookies it sets.

Cookies contain anonymous information and allow a website to remember things about your visit to the site, such as what brought you to the site, your preferences or what's in your shopping basket. Some are placed only for the particular session and 'self destruct' when you end the browser session, others stay on your PC for a set period (typically a few months, but it can be longer) even after you have logged off.

How to remove cookies?

You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer, but be warned, your experience on the internet (not just our site) will be diminished by doing so. For example, websites will treat each visit as if you had never used the site before, so it won't save things like your user name, preferences or items in a shopping basket. If you would still like to remove cookies, visit this Google page for more information..

Do we use Cookies?

Yes, we do. We store two first party cookies on your computer - the first of which is known as a session cookie. This cookie is called 'usaycompare_session'. It stores some personal information about you to help us recognise who you are when you are logged in. The second first party cookie is called 'XSRF-TOKEN' and is used for security purposes to stop hackers from stealing your data.

We also use first party cookies for Google Analytics and Hotjar. Google Analytics is a web analytics tools which helps us see reports on how users are using our website and helps us deliver the best possible service by constantly improving our site. We also implement “Google Analytics Demographic and Interest” advertiser’s features. Hotjar will collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site.

Google Analytics and Hotjar collect information anonymously and it identifies trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of these without affecting how you visit our site. For more information please visit these Google and Hotjar pages.

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