Cookies

Cookies Policy

Our website uses Cookies for various purposes. Cookies are small text parcels sent to and from a website, which is then stored on your computer by your browser. Without a Cookie a website cannot distinguish between different users, which can lead to the essential functionality of a site not working as expected. This policy explains how Cookies are used on our website and how you can control them.

In this policy, we/us/website refers to https://thegpservice.co.uk

How we use Cookies

We use Cookies to define sessions, provide essential site features and track visitors anonymously for analytical purposes. We regularly carry out an audit of the cookies used on our website and have categorised them into the following:

Essential Cookies
Functional Cookies
Third Party Cookies

The below tables highlight all of the Cookies in use on this website. The Duration specifies how long they live on your computer until they are removed or renewed. Each type of Cookie may occur multiple times, each with different Name(s). We grouped these together for readability purposes.

Essential Cookies

These Cookies are required by the website in order to work as expected. Without them, you may be unable to browse parts of the website or view it at all.

Cookie	Name(s)	Duration	Description
Session	ASP.NET_SessionId	Session	Used to provide the User with a Session
Authorisation	ASPXAUTH	Session	Authorises the User to have access to the member’s area
Member	Member	2 months	Stores the User’s unique ID for login and checkout purposes
User	User	30 days	Stores the User’s basket for adding items to their basket and remembering it when returning to the site
SelectedOption	SelectedOption	1 hour	Stores the User’s chosen delivery option on the Checkout

Functional Cookies

These Cookies are used by features of our website to identify you and your preferences as you use the site. It is possible to use the website without these, though you may see a degraded experience.

Cookie	Name(s)	Duration	Description
Viewed	ViewedHomeSlide20120229a	2 days	Name varies, but is used to determine if the homepage offer has been viewed to avoid showing it to the user multiple times.
Name	Name	2 days	Stores the User’s name when entered on the various forms to save having to re-enter their name at a later date.
Email	Email	2 days	Stores the User’s email when entered on the various forms to save having to re-enter their email at a later date.
Referrer	Referrer	2 days	Stores the affiliate that referred the User to the website for tracking purposes
Legacy Cookies	URLS, Query	2 days	Old legacy cookies that may still be stored on a User’s PC if they have visited the website previously
Purchased	Purchased	2 months	Tracks whether the User has previously purchased from the website in the last 2 months

Third Party Cookies

These Cookies are used by selected third parties we have chosen to integrate with. They are used mainly for tracking purposes so that we can further improve the site for the future. They may also be used for integrating with social sites to further enhance your website experience.

Cookie	Name(s)	Duration	Description
Google Analytics	_utmz, _utmc, _utmb, _utma	Varies	Used by Google Analytics for tracking purposes. You can opt out of these using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Controlling the Cookies

By default, all of the above Cookies are in use on our website. However, if you wish to take control of these cookies you can do so by following the instructions below for your browser:

Internet Explorer (mobile)
Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Blackberry
Android
Opera

This will allow you to remove Cookies or prevent using them altogether. Remember, turning off Cookies in your browser will affect all websites not just this one. If you later decide you’d like to allow Cookies, then simply adjust your browser settings and continue using the website; Cookies will then be sent to and from our website.

Cookie	Duration	Description
__stripe_mid	1 year	Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments.
__stripe_sid	30 minutes	Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments.
_GRECAPTCHA	5 months 27 days	This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics-cookies	1 year	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics-cookies".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional-cookies	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store the user consent for cookies in the category "Functional-cookies".
CookieLawInfoConsent	1 year	Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

Name	__stripe_sid
Host	thegpservice.co.uk
Duration	A few seconds
Type	First Party
Description	Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.

Name	__stripe_mid
Host	thegpservice.co.uk
Duration	364 days
Type	First Party
Description	Stripe is used to making credit card payments. Stripe uses a cookie to remember who you are and to enable the website to process payments without storing any credit card information on its own servers.

Name	OptanonAlertBoxClosed
Host	thegpservice.co.uk
Duration	365 Days
Type	First Party
Description	This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.

Name	OptanonConsent
Host	thegpservice.co.uk
Duration	365 Days
Type	First Party
Description	This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_hjSession_2258911	30 minutes	No description
_hjSessionUser_2258911	1 year	No description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertising-cookies	1 year	No description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-essential-cookies	1 year	No description
m	2 years	No description available.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	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.
_gat_gtag_UA_92596411_1	1 minute	Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gat_UA-92596411-1	1 minute	A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to.
_gat_UA-92596411-4	1 minute	A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to.
_gcl_au	3 months	Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
_gid	1 day	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.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	30 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.
_hjFirstSeen	30 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	2 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit.
_hjIncludedInSessionSample	2 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit.