There are lots of misconceptions about cookies and what they are for.
Cookies are not programs; they are simple text files that can be used by a website for various purposes. At Connections we use cookies to ensure our website works efficiently and also to observe visitor behavior during a session. All the information contained in these cookies is used to ensure the website works correctly, delivers the performance you expect and also to improve the overall experience offered to visitors and customers. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the website.
If you would like to manage your cookies, you have the ability to turn them on/off and save your choices. If you ever want to change them in the future, please click on Cookie Settings and change your choices accordingly and click save.
The cookies we use are:
These cookies are needed to run our website and to keep it secure.
| Source of Cookie [Name of Cookie] |
Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| Session ID [retail_uid] |
Session ID is a unique number which is used to identify a user that has logged on to a website |
retail_uid - Upon expiry of session |
| Authentication/Login [user_id, cv6uid] |
This cookie is used to ensure that the user has successfully authenticated and has logged in successfully |
user_id - Four hundred days cv6uid - One year |
| Cookie Consent Preference [cds_cs] |
We use this cookie in order to store the users Cookie Consent Preferences |
cds_cs - Ninety days |
| YouTube | Third Party Cookies. Cookies are used by YouTube to allow users to view product videos embedded on to our site. For further information from YouTube, please read YouTube's privacy policy |
Varies from upon expiry of session to ten years from set/update |
| Google Tag Manager | Third Party Cookies. Google Tag Manager does not personally set cookies, however the services it hosts will contain cookies | |
| Jotform [JOTFORM_SESSION, guest, userReferer, last_form] |
Third Party Cookies. These cookies are required for our online Data Subject Request form. For more information on how Jotform uses cookies, please read Jotform's cookie policy |
JOTFORM_SESSION - Twenty nine days guest - Twenty nine days userReferer - Twenty nine days last_form - Twenty nine days |
These cookies allow us to provide enhanced functionality and personalise content for you. For example they're used to recognise you when you return to our website. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Source of Cookie [Name of Cookie] |
Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| No Cookies |
There are currently no Functional Cookies |
These cookies tell us how customers use our site and provide information to help us improve the website and your browsing experience.
| Source of Cookie [Name of Cookie] |
Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics [_ga, _ga_*, _gat, _gid, AMP_TOKEN] |
Third Party Cookies. We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors navigate to and through our website |
_ga - Two years _ga_* - One year _gat - One minute _gid - Upon expiry of session AMP_TOKEN - 30 seconds and 1 year |
| Hotjar [_hjSessionUser_*] |
Third Party Cookies. Hotjar tracks visitors moving around the site. This helps us to make improvements to the site |
_hjSessionUser_* - One year |
These cookies help us decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you. We use this data to customise the marketing content you see on websites, apps and social media. They also help us understand the performance of our marketing activities. These cookies are set by us or our carefully-selected third parties.
| Source of Cookie [Name of Cookie] |
Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| No Cookies |
There are currently no Marketing/Targeting Cookies |