Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on your computer or mobile device that contains data related to a website you visit. It may allow a website “remember” your actions or preferences over a period of time, or it may contain data related to the function or delivery of the site. Cookies can be set by the owner of the website or in some cases by third party services the website owner allows to present other information, run content or provide other functionality such as analytics.

Further information on cookies can be found at; http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm

 

How are they used on this site?

This site uses 2 different types of cookie:

  • Session Cookies
  • Persistent Cookies

 

Session Cookies are temporary cookies that are not persistently stored on your computer or mobile device. They are used to deliver basic functions of a website while you are actively using it – for instance during the checkout process process. Session cookies are generally erased when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies are those placed on your computer or mobile device for a pre-determined length of time when you visit this site. This allows the site to deliver functions between browser sessions and subsequent visits. This site only places cookies that are specific to this site.

 

Cookies used on ferdrum.com

TRM Ltd uses cookies when you visit our website. We use Google Analytics to our pages in order to assist us in redeveloping our website. Google analytics allows us to measure and learn in aggregate how our website is being used, and to see for example, which are the most popular pages. This will help us ensure we provide the best possible service to our customers. We also use a number of session cookies and a persistent cookie to help with the functions of the website.

Google Analytics make available an opt-out mechanism and more information.

 

Google Analytics Cookies used on this site

Cookie Name Expiration Time Description
_ga 2 years Used to distinguish visitors to site
_gid 24 hours Used to distinguish visitors to site
_gat 10 minutes Used to throttle request rate

 

Specific Cookies

The following cookies are used specifically on this site;

Cookie Name Expiration Time Description
__cfduid 1 Year is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis.
cookie_notice_accepted 30 Days Used to track acceptance to cookie policy

 

Managing Cookies

Within your browser settings you can choose whether your wish to accept cookies or not. Different browsers make different controls available to you and so we provide links below to popular manufacturers’ instructions on how you can do this. Generally, your browser will offer you the choice to accept, refuse or delete all cookies at all times, or those from providers that website owners use (“third party cookies”), or those from specific websites.