This page contains information about what cookies are, how we use them, which ones we use and how you can change your cookie settings.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your computer or other mobile or handheld device (e.g. smart phone or tablet) via your internet browser when you visit our website. The cookies will help the website to recognise you the next time you visit which will enable us to improve your use of our website, providing you with a better service.
By using our website you consent to the use of cookies as described in this Cookie Policy.
There are two types of cookies used by Macro 4 which vary according to the length of time they remain active:
Temporary or ("session") cookies
These cookies are created when you visit a website but are set to expire immediately. This means that they wil not be read again in future. They are deleted, or overwritten, the next time you visit the website.
Persistent / Permanent cookies
These cookies are stored on your computer or device and are read again each time you visit the website which created that particular cookie. A permanent cookie will expire on a given date or can be deleted manually.
We use both of the above types of cookies and some of the cookies used by our website are served by us, and some are served by third parties (Google Analytics, Kentico CMS, Scorecard Research and ShareThis) who are delivering services on our behalf. Please note: Macro 4 does not control the settings of cookies set by third parties. You should check the relevant third party website for more information about these (please see 'further information' below).
How we use cookies
We use cookies to determine if you have visited our website before, so we can provide additional information to you if you have not visited before or recently. We may also use cookies to record data that you have provided via a form on our site, so that we can populate another form on our site and save you the effort of re-keying. We also use cookies to collect anonymous usage data. This allows us to track the popularity of different sections of our website and to make improvements where necessary.
Cookies we use
We have tried to cover all the cookies that we or our technology partners use. Please note that there may be a short delay in updating this list. If you do notice a discrepancy, or think a cookie is missing, please contact us.
The table below shows the cookies used on this website:-
| Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| Google Analytics [1] |
__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
__utmv
__utmz
|
These temporary cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to put together reports to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they have visited. |
| .NET |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
Anonymous temporary cookie used for internal website processes. |
| Kentico CMS [2] |
CMSPreferredCulture
CurrentVisitStatus
VisitorStatus
UrlReferrer |
This cookie is used to track your choice of language on the website. This cookies is a temporary cookie which expires when you leave the website, unless you select a different language. If you select a language other than English, this cookie then becomes a persistent cookie which will remember your choice for one year.
Records the visit status for this 24 hour period e.g. unknown, first visit, repeat visit. Cookie expires after one day.
Records the visitor status e.g. unknown, first visit, repeat visit. Persistent cookie expires after one year.
If a link was clicked to visit this website, this records where that link was located e.g. google.com. This cookie expires after one day. |
| Macro 4 |
Macro4Auth |
Used for security purposes on the Customer Support section of this website. This is a persistent cookie that expires after one month. |
Scorecard Research [3]
ShareThis [4] |
UID
UIDR
_stid
_uset |
These cookies provide links to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
These cookies provide the social networking widget found in many of our pages. This widget gives you the tools to bookmark our website, share, tweet and email our content to a friend. These cookies both expire after one year. |
Further information
[1] Google Analytics policy - http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
[2] Kentico CMS - http://devnet.kentico.com/Knowledge-Base/API-and-Internals/Cookies-in-Kentico-CMS-(Changes-to-the-rules-on-us.aspx
[3] Scorecard Research privacy policy - http://www.scorecardresearch.com/privacy.aspx
[4] ShareThis privacy policy - http://sharethis.com/privacy
If you'd like to learn more about cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Further information on the EU Directive on the use of cookies is available at http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Changing your cookie settings
If you want to enable or disable cookies you can change your internet browser settings to do so. To find out further information about cookies and how to manage them please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. Please remember – by disabling cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of our website.
Contact information
We may update this policy from time to time and any changes to this statement, will be posted here. Please Note: We are currently taking steps to work towards compliance of the new guidelines for the use of cookies. For further information please visit the Information Commissioner's Office website.
If you have any queries about this policy, please email the webmaster.