Cookie
Policy

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, all of our web page sites use cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience on our website and digital platforms. 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 our sites functionality.

For more information on cookies see www.allaboutcookies.org

How We Use Cookies

We us cookies for a variety of reasons which are details below. Unfortunately, in most cases there are currently no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to our website. It is recommended that you leave on all your 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 will be given the opportunity to opt in / opt out certain cookies (including those that collect personal data about you) we use but as mentioned above opting out could disable the functionality and features they add to our websites. Once you have agreed to opt in we will always provide you with the opportunity to opt out at any time.

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 and features they add to our website that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of our websites. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

Our website offer newsletter, email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and weather to show certain notification which might only be valid to subscription / unsubscribed users/ members correspondence or relevant content sharing.
 

CookieNamePurpose
Cookie preferencetdr_cookie_policyThis cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
Universal Analytics (Google)_ga
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_gid		These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data
Force24f24_autoIdThis is a temporary identifier on a local machine or phone browser that helps us track anonymous information to be later married up with f24_personid. If this is left anonymous it will be deleted after 6 months . Non-essential, first party, 10 years, persistent.
Force24f24_personIdThis is an ID generated per individual contact in the Force24 system to be able to track behaviour and form submissions into the Force24 system from outside sources per user. This is used for personalisation and ability to segment decisions for further communications. Non-essential, persistent.

 
Third Party Cookies

We also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through using out websites.

Our Website use Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use our website and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies will track things such as how long you spend on our websites and pages that you visit so we continue to produce engaging content and maximise your experience.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page https://bit.ly/2KbnVIm

Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of our website so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on our websites or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve our websites for you.

You may also encounter cookies related to the WordPress Content Management System, which is essential for correct functionality.

We would also capture your IP address upon completion of a contact form on the websites (competition / registration) as well as every time you access our websites. In the later case, this would be in a non-profitable identifiable way.

Local Storage

Our websites also us JavaScript Local Storage. This doesn’t store personal data just your viewing preferences.

Force24 Cookies & Tracking

Our organisation utilises Force24’s marketing automation platform.

Force24 cookies are first party cookies and are enabled at the point of cookie acceptance on this website. The cookies are named below:

  • F24_autoID
  • F24_personID

They allow us to understand our audience engagement thus allowing better optimisation of marketing activity.

The information stored by Force24 cookies remains anonymous until:

  • Our website is visited via clicking from an email or SMS message, sent via the Force24 platform and cookies are accepted on the website.
  • A user of the website completes a form containing email address from either our website or our Force24 landing pages.

The Force24 cookies will remain on a device for 10 years unless they are deleted.

Force24 Other Tracking

We also use similar technologies including tracking pixels and link tracking to monitor your viewing activities

  • Device & browser type and open statistics: All emails have a tracking pixel (a tiny invisible image) with a query string in the URL. Within the URL we have user details to identify who opened an email for statistical purposes.
  • Link Tracking: All links within emails and SMS messages sent from the Force24 platform contain a unique tracking reference, this reference help us identify who clicked an email for statistical purposes.

More information

If you are looking for more information, you can either contact us by

MPM Products Ltd, Trident 3 Business Park, Floor 2, Styal Road, Manchester, England, M22 5XB