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Cookie Policy

What cookies Mortgage Advice Bureau use and why

Cookies are small text files, which often include a unique identifier that is sent by a web server to your computer, mobile phone or any other internet enabled device (“device”) when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work efficiently and help provide us with business and marketing information to enable us to make informed decisions on the development of our websites.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential – Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
  • Performance – Performance cookies help owners understand how the website is used by visitors. This information can then be used to improve the way the website works.
  • Preference – Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
  • Statistics – Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
  • Marketing – Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Name Description Purpose Type
.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.# Used to help prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. Essential Session
.AspNetCore.Mvc.CookieTemp Used to preserve the visitor’s session state across page requests. Essential Session
_cf_bm Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website to make valid reports on the use of their website. Essential 1 day
_grecaptcha Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. Essential Persistent
_GRECAPTCHA

 

 Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. Essential 179 days
ARRAffinity Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. Essential Session
ARRAffinitySameSite Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. Essential Session
ASP.NET_SessionId

 

 Used to preserve the visitor’s session state across page requests Essential Session
AWSALB Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. Essential 7 days
AWSALBCORS Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. Essential 7 days
AWSALBTG Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. Essential 7 days
AWSALBTGCORS Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. Essential 6 days
AWSELBCORS Used to register which server-cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in context with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. Essential Session
CONSENT Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. Essential 2 years
CookieConsent Used to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain Essential 1 year
optimizelyRumLB Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. Essential Session
FontsLoaded Used to keep track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data. Essential Session
rc::a Used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. Essential Persistent
rc::b Used to distinguish between humans and bots. Essential Session
rc::c Used to distinguish between humans and bots. Essential Session
rc::f Used to distinguish between humans and bots. Essential Persistent
UMB_SESSION Used to store the domain prefix to determine whether it holds https or http URL properties. Essential Session
_yfpc Used as a website search tool Essential 3 months
shadowId Used as a web version of an Affordability Calculator tool. Essential Persistent
cookieId Used to assign a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics. Statistics 3 months
https://#_oeu#.#$$event_queue Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
https://#_oeu#.#$$layer_states Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
https://#_oeu#.#$$session_state Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
https://#_oeu#.#$$tracker_optimizely Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
https://#_oeu#.#$$variation_map Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
https://#_oeu#.#$$visitor_profile Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
https://www.mortgageadvicebureau.com_pending_events Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Statistics Persistent
optimizely_data$$pending_events Used to make split-tests on the website, which optimizes the website’s relevance towards the visitor – the cookie can also be set to improve the visitor’s experience on a website. Statistics Persistent
optimizelyEndUserId Used to measure how selected users react to targeted changes to the website’s content and functionality, in order to determine what variation is most efficacious in terms of converting users to customers. Statistics 179 days
vuid Used to collect data on the user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been read. Statistics 399 days
optimizely_data$$#$$event_queue Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizely_data$$#$$events Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizely_data$$#$$layer_states Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizely_data$$#$$session_state Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizely_data$$#$$tracker_optimizely Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizely_data$$#$$variation_map Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizely_data$$#$$visitor_profile Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizelyDomainTestCookie Used as an A/B testing tool to test user-responses Marketing Persistent
optimizelyDomainTestCookie Used to track the conversion rate between the user and the advertisement banners on the website – This serves to optimise the relevance of the advertisements on the website. Marketing 179 days
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Used to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. Marketing 179 days
YSC Used by YouTube to log statistics on what YouTube videos the user has seen Marketing Session
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Persistent
yt-remote-cast-available Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Session
yt-remote-cast-installed Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Session
yt-remote-connected-devices Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Persistent
yt-remote-device-id Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Persistent
yt-remote-fast-check-period Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Session
yt-remote-session-app Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Session
yt-remote-session-name Used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. Marketing Session

ow to withdraw consent to, control and/or delete cookies

It is possible to remove cookies or block them from recording this information. You also have the option of blocking third party cookies only.

This option is generally found within the Options menu then Privacy section of your particular browser. Each browser is slightly different and constantly updating.

For more information consult the Help menu of your browser. The links below provide information on *how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website..

 

This information has been provided to show our commitment to legislation regarding cookie awareness so that you can understand what cookies we use and why we use them. This ensures transparency in the data collected on you.

Further information

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/guidance-on-the-use-of-cookies-and-similar-technologies/

http://www.allaboutcookies.org

 

This policy was last updated 19th July 2023