Cookies are small text files a website might put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit the site or a particular page. The cookie helps the website to recognise your device the next time you visit. Cookies can:
- help us to remember your preferences
- analyse how well our website is performing
- contain personal information so you donât need to enter it twice (for instance, when you tick the âRemember Meâ box)
What sort of cookies does www.telfords.ie use?
1st Party Cookies (Our Cookies)
COOKIE name | COOKIE Description |
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CART | The association with your shopping cart. |
CATEGORY_INFO | Stores the category info on the page to allow pages to display faster. |
COMPARE | The items you have in the Compare Products list. |
CURRENCY | Your preferred currency |
CUSTOMER | An encrypted version of your customer ID with the store. |
CUSTOMER_AUTH | Indicates if youâre currently logged into the online store. |
CUSTOMER_INFO | An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to. |
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS | Stores the Customer Segment ID |
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE | A flag indicating whether caching is disabled or not. |
FRONTEND | Your session ID on the server. |
GUEST-VIEW | Allows guests to edit their orders. |
LAST_CATEGORY | The last category you visited. |
LAST_PRODUCT | The most recent product you viewed. |
NEWMESSAGE | Indicates whether a new message has been received. |
NO_CACHE | Indicates whether cache is allowed. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART | A link to information about your cart and viewing history if youâve asked the site. |
POLL | The ID of any polls youâve recently voted in. |
POLLN | Information on polls youâve voted on. |
RECENTLYCOMPARED | The items youâve recently compared. |
STF | Information on products youâve emailed to friends. |
STORE | The store view or language youâve selected. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Indicates whether a customer is allowed to use cookies. |
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS | The products that youâve recently viewed. |
WISHLIST | An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist. |
WISHLIST_CNT | The number of items in your Wishlist. |
3rd Party Cookies (Performance cookies)
Cookies set by Google Analytics are shown in the table below. These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies donât collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated, therefore anonymous, and is only used to improve how telfords.ie works.
COOKIE name | COOKIE Description |
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__unam | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to understand what subjects on our website youâre interested in and to help us improve the usability of the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form - cookies donât identify you- including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages visited |
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Can a website user block cookies?
Cookies help you to get the most out of our website, but if youâd like disable cookies just in case, please follow the instructions below. If you do choose to disable cookies, you might find that certain sections of our website wonât work properly and you wonât be able to purchase products online.
How to enable and disable cookies using your browser Google Chrome- Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar
- Select Settings
- Click âShow advanced settingsâ
- In the âPrivacyâ section, click the âContent settingsâ button
- To enable cookies in the âCookiesâ section, pick âAllow local data to be setâ, this will enable both first-party and third-party cookies. To allow only first-party cookies pick âBlock all third-party cookies without exceptionâ
- To disable cookies, in the âCookiesâ section, pick âBlock sites from setting any dataâ
Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Chrome. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Chrome, refer to the following page from Google: Google Chrome Cookie Settings
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
- Click âToolsâ at the top of your browser window and select âInternet Optionsâ
- In the options window navigate to the âPrivacyâ tab
- To enable cookies: Set the slider to âMediumâ or below
- To disable cookies: Move the slider to the top to block all cookies
Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Explorer. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Internet Explorer, refer to the following page from Microsoft: Microsoft Internet Explorer Cookie Settings
Mozilla Firefox
- Click on âToolsâ at the browser menu and select âOptionsâ
- Select the Privacy panel
- To enable cookies: Check âAccept cookies for sitesâ
- To disable cookies: Uncheck âAccept cookies for sitesâ
Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Firefox. For more information, refer to the following page from Mozilla: Mozilla Firefox Cookie Settings
Opera
- Click on âSettingâ at the browser menu and select âSettingsâ
- Select âQuick Preferencesâ
- To enable cookies: check âEnable Cookiesâ
- To disable cookies: uncheck âEnable Cookiesâ
Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Opera. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Opera, refer to the following page from Opera Software: Opera Software Cookie Settings
Safari
- Click on âSafariâ at the menu bar and select the âPreferencesâ option
- Click on âSecurityâ
- To enable cookies: In the âAccept cookiesâ section select âOnly from site you navigate toâ
- To disable cookies: In the âAccept cookiesâ section select âNeverâ
Note there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Safari. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Safari, refer to the following page from Apple: Safari Cookie Settings
All other browsers, please look for a âhelpâ function in the browser or contact the browser provider.