A cookie is information saved by your web browser. When you visit a website, the site may place a cookie on your web browser so it can recognize your device in the future. If you return to that site later on, it can read that cookie to remember you from your last visit and keep track of you over time.
Opting to use UKTenderNotice without Cookies
When you are on a particular website, a cookie may be stored within your browser by the website and this string of data will contain information that enables certain functions of the website to be supported. Without revealing who you are, cookies can improve your browsing experience by remembering your preferences, enabling you to perform actions quicker and more easily and presenting more appropriate advertising to you based on the websites you have visited and your location.
In our case, some of the cookies we use enable the affiliate networks partners we work with to track when you have made a transaction after visiting our website. These ‘persistent’ types of cookie contain the name of our website, the date the cookie is set to expire, plus a value. This information will allow us to be paid commission for the sale and this commission is how we are able to run the site and to continue to make improvements to the website that will enable you to have a better experience when you visit us.
We also use Google analytics. We store a different type of cookie in your browser that will enable us to gain an overall picture of where our web traffic is coming from, how long the traffic is staying on our website for and which pages within our site are visited. We have no way of finding out who you are from this as it is completely anonymous, but it is vital for us to understand how our website is being used, what works and what doesn’t. This allows us to have an insight into how we can improve our website to ensure that we are responding to the requirements of its users.
We also use cookies to check whether you have visited a particular page within the website to ensure you are not shown a registration pop up each time you visit.
Do You Still Wish to Op out?
Nevertheless, you are still able to use our website with your cookies disabled. All you need to do to delete or block your cookies is go into your browser’s settings, and make the changes.
Further Information
We are more than happy to answer any questions that you may have relating to cookies and how we use them.
Our Cookies
Below is a list of the cookies we use on the site and an explanation of what they are used for.
Logging In and Pop Ups
| Cookie Name | Cookie Length | Description |
| PHPSESSID | Session (until browser is closed) | This cookie provides a session ID to enable the account login process. This ID is also used to prevent you being shown sign up pop-ups as you visit our pages as it recognises you as already being logged in. |
| div | 1 month | This cookie is set to prevent a sign up pop-up showing up again if you have already visited a particular page within the last month |
Google Analytics
These are the cookies that are served from Google using JavaScript in order to use their analytics package.
| Cookie Name | Cookie Length (seconds) | Description |
| __utma | 63,072,000 | This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. |
| __utmb | 1,800 | Holds timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor first visits the site |
| __utmc | Session (until browser is closed) | Holds timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves the site |
| __utmv | 63,072,000 | Stores information used within Analytics to identify user as part of a custom segmentation. |
| __utmx | 63,072,000 | Stores data pertaining to particular Website Optimizer test a user is part of. |
| __utmz | 15,768,000 | Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine they used, what link was clicked on, what keyword they used, and where in the world they are when they accessed the website. |
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on UKTenderNotice.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to UKTenderNotice and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send the advertisements and links that appear on UKTenderNotice directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
UKTenderNotice has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. UKTenderNotice’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options.
Page Last Updated: 3rd January 2024