COOKIE POLICY
Last updated 22nd February 2024
This Cookie Notice explains how Penguin Random House use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit the Bookmarks website my-bookmarks.co.uk. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
By using the Bookmarks website my-bookmarks.co.uk, you confirm that you accept the terms of this policy and agree to us setting cookies via your browser.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Penguin Random House are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.
How do we use cookies?
We use first party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below. The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:
Types of Cookie:
Essential
These cookies are essential to the operation of the website. They include, for example, cookies that enable users to log into secure areas of a website.
Functional
These are used to recognise users when they return to a website. They enable the personalisation of content, the recognition of users and remember user preferences (for example, their choice of language or region).
Performance/Analytical
These types of cookies allow providers to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around their website when they are using it. This assists providers in improving the way their website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Cookies used on the Bookmarks community
Strictly Necessary Cookies - FIRST-PARTY
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my-bookmarks.co.uk |
cb-enabled |
Description: This cookie is associated with a free script which shows a
cookie alert notice on a website. It is used to record when the user has
dismissed the notice to prevent it re-appearing on return
visits. |
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my-bookmarks.co.uk |
_session_id |
This cookie creates an interim session ID used as an in-session user
ID. |
Performance Cookies - FIRST-PARTY
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my-bookmarks.co.uk |
_gat |
Description: Description:This cookie name is associated with Google Universal
Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request
rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires
after 10 minutes. |
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my-bookmarks.co.uk |
_ga |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a
significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This
cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated
number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site
and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites
analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although
this is customisable by website owners. |
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my-bookmarks.co.uk |
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate
visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's
analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a
randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
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my-bookmarks.co.uk |
_gid |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears
to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from
Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page
visited._gid |
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons or pixel tags?
Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "pixel tags" "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our website or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
How often will you update this Cookie Notice?
We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Notice regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookie Notice indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at hello@my-bookmarks.co.uk.