A cookie is a small text file that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first party cookies. We also use third party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our marketing efforts.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
- Assisting you in navigation
- Assisting in registration to login
- Analysing your use of our products and services
- Assisting with our marketing efforts
Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our website. We classify cookies in the following categories:
- Necessary
- Statistics
- Preferences
- Marketing
You can opt-in to each non-essential cookie category (e.g. "Preferences") by clicking the relevant check-box on the cookie banner.
Cookie Policy last updated on 03/09/2018
Necessary (5)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
| _cfduid |
masthaven.co.uk |
Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
|
1 year |
HTTP Cookie |
| _cfduid |
feefo.com |
Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
|
1 year |
HTTP Cookie |
| _cflb |
masthaven.co.uk |
This is a persistent cookie.
|
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
masthaven.co.uk |
Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests.
|
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
| CMSCsrfCookie |
masthaven.co.uk |
Store's a security token that the system uses to validate all form data submitted via POST requests. Helps protect against Cross site request forgery.
|
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
Statistics (4)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
| _ga |
masthaven.co.uk |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
|
2 years |
HTTP Cookie |
| _gat |
masthaven.co.uk |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
|
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
| _gid |
masthaven.co.uk |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
|
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
| UniqueUserSessionGUID |
masthaven.co.uk |
Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests.
|
1 day |
HTTP Cookie |
Preferences (2)
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like the region that you are in.
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
| CMSPreferredCulture |
masthaven.co.uk |
Stores the visitor's preferred content culture.
|
1 year |
HTTP Cookie |
| cookie_bar |
masthaven.co.uk |
This is a persistent cookie and is used to remember if a user has viewed the cookie bar or not.
|
6 months |
HTTP Cookie |
Marketing (2)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They may be used to show you relevant adverts on other sites.
| Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
| ads/ga-audiences |
masthaven.co.uk |
Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites.
|
Session |
Pixel |
| __ab12# |
masthaven.co.uk |
|
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
Key Definitions
First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (in this case, cookies placed by https://www.masthaven.co.uk
Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.
Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies: these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.