About Cookies
CMP’s website and news blog like most other websites on the internet make use of “cookies”. These are small text files stored on your computer containing data. While the actual data in the cookies and how it is used can vary greatly between websites, cookies created when you use our website are mainly used by your internet browser to help improve user experience, monitor use of our websites and enable correct function of our websites.
How We Use Cookies
Some of the cookies we deploy are essential to make our site work. Other cookies we use help to improve the site content for visitors by showing us how you use our site and helps to re-target you with promotions when visiting other sites or platforms.
Types of cookie
There are two types of cookie which we use when you navigate any of our online areas.
Session Cookies – these will be stored on your computer or device for as long as your browsing lasts and is deleted once the browser is closed. These cookies can also be used to validate security or confirm when you are logged in to a secure area.
Persistent Cookies – also known as stored or permanent cookie, these are stored on your computer or device until it expires or when the user deletes it. These cookies are used to re-target products to you on other websites or platforms such as Facebook. They can also be used store preferences when logging on to our website.
What These Cookies Are Used for And How We Class Them
The International Chamber of Commerce guide to cookie categories for the UK details four categories.
Strictly Necessary – These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website.
Performance – These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages.
Functionality and profile – These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
Targeting – These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests on other sites as well as ours. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns.
Below is a list of where the cookies our site deploys, or related pages on other platforms, come from and how they can be classed.
Where do our cookies come from?
Cookies left by our website
Google Analytics Performance
Google Adverts Targeting
Facebook Targeting
We do not use the data gathered through cookies we directly deploy to contact you via post, email, or phone.
You can find more information about the individual strictly necessary cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
If you wish to find details on cookies, then visit www.aboutcookies.org This site details how you can manage and remove cookies through different browsers. It also carries general information about cookies, how they are used and what for. Mobile users should consult their phone manual or manufacturer website for more details.
You can choose to disable analytical cookies by selecting the enable/disable button on our cookie pop-up on our website.
Please note that if you disable or block certain cookies on our website some functions may not work correctly or at all.