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Cookie Policy

About this cookie policy.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: benchmarkestimating.co.uk

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
COOKIE DESCRIPTION
Necessary Cookies
viewed_cookie_policy The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Non-necessary” category .
JSESSIONID The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application.
Others
xtc No description
li_gc No description
Advertisement
loc AddThis sets this geolocation cookie to help understand the location of users who share the information.
Analytics
_gid Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_gat_gtag_UA_19706278_1 Set by Google to distinguish users.
uvc Set by addthis.com to determine the usage of addthis.com service.
at-rand AddThis sets this cookie to track page visits, sources of traffic and share counts.
_ga The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
Functional
__atuvc AddThis sets this cookie to ensure that the updated count is seen when one shares a page and returns to it, before the share count cache is updated.
__atuvs AddThis sets this cookie to ensure that the updated count is seen when one shares a page and returns to it, before the share count cache is updated.
lang LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user’s language setting.
bcookie LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID.
bscookie LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website.
lidc LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection.

How can I control the cookie preferences ?

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking on the “Settings” button and enabling or disabling the cookie categories on the popup according to your preferences.

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

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